Lucy Bronze

Lucy Bronze
Bronze playing for Olympique Lyonnais in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991
Place of birth Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Lyonnais
Number 2
Youth career
Sunderland Academy
Blyth Town
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 North Carolina Tar Heels 24 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Sunderland 23 (5)
2010–2012 Everton 24 (3)
2012–2014 Liverpool 28 (3)
2014–2017 Manchester City 34 (5)
2017– Olympique Lyonnais[2] 23 (3)
National team‡
2008 England U17 6 (0)
2009–2010 England U19 20 (0)
2010 England U20 3 (0)
2010–2013 England U23 5 (0)
2013– England[3] 60 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:54, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:54, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Lucia Roberta Tough "Lucy" Bronze (born 28 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays for French club Olympique Lyon and England. Bronze plays primarily as a right-back, however she can play anywhere in the defence or midfield. She won the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award twice – in 2014,[4] and again in 2017.[5]

She previously played for Sunderland Women, Everton, Liverpool, and Manchester City as well as North Carolina Tar Heels at college level in the United States.[6]

Bronze also represented England at all youth levels, and featured in their squads at Euro 2013 and the 2015 World Cup, helping them to third place at the latter tournament.

Club career

Bronze began playing for Sunderland at under-12 academy level and joined the senior team when she turned 16 in 2007.[7] She had previously captained the under-16 team.[7] In 2007–08, Bronze was named Manager's Player of the Year as Sunderland finished third in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.[6] The next season she helped them win the Northern Division and gain promotion to the National Division.[8] Bronze also appeared in the 2009 FA Women's Cup final,[9] claiming the Player of the Match award in Sunderland's 2–1 defeat to Arsenal.[7]

That summer, Bronze moved to North Carolina to study at UNC. She won a scholarship from coach Anson Dorrance after impressing him during several soccer camps.[6] She went on to feature prominently in midfield for the Tar Heels varsity team,[10] eventually becoming the first British player to win an NCAA Cup in December 2009.[11][12] All-American honours followed for Bronze, who scored three goals in 24 games.[13]

She then returned to Sunderland in the Premier League National Division.[14] In September 2010 it was revealed that Bronze had signed for Everton, when she was named in their UEFA Women's Champions League squad.[15] She debuted for Everton against MTK in Hungary, but continued to play for Sunderland while her new club awaited the 2011 FA WSL.

In November 2012, Bronze left Everton to sign for local rivals Liverpool, following Natasha Dowie and Fara Williams who had made the same move days earlier.[16]

Bronze was part of the Liverpool side that won the FA WSL in 2013 and again in 2014. The following year, she was awarded the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year.[4] Following her second league title, she departed Liverpool to sign for Manchester City.[17]

In her first year at Manchester City, Bronze scored two goals from the full-back position, helping City to second place in the league, meaning they qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. In 2016, her second season in Manchester, she scored two league goals as the Blues went unbeaten for the entire season. The defender contributed to an outstanding record in which we saw Manchester City only concede four league goals. She also helped Manchester City to their second FA WSL Cup win in three years, scoring the winning goal in the 105th minute of the final. Bronze was also named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year.[18] She played a part in both the home and away leg of Manchester City's first ever Champions League games, scoring two and assisting two in a 6–0 aggregate win over Russian champions Zvezda Perm.[19] Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the 2016–17 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League, with their title hopes ended in late April when they lost Olympique Lyonnais a 3–2 on aggregate. On 23 April 2017, Bronze was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year for second time.[5]

In August 2017, Bronze signed a three-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.[20] In 2017–18 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League, Bronze made eight appearances scoring two goals as Lyon reached the final. Lucy featured in the final match of the UEFA Women's Champions League and help Lyon win the competition.[21] In the Division 1 Féminine league, Lyon captured its twelve straight league title, but was unable to defend its Challenge de France title losing to the Paris Saint-German in the final.[22][23]

International career

Youth teams

Bronze was called into the England under-17 squad in March 2007, while she was playing for Blyth Town WFC in the Northern Girls Tyne Tees League.[24] She went on to participate in the England under-17 squad that came fourth in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. Bronze was also part of the England under-19 squad that won the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus during July 2009 and part of the squad the following year that finished runners-up to France in the finals held in June 2010 in Macedonia.[12]

She was called into an England under-20 training camp in January 2010.[14] After featuring in all three games during the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Bronze made her debut for the England under-23 team in a 2–1 win over Germany in September 2010.

Senior team

Bronze made her debut for the England senior team on 26 June 2013 as a substitute in the 67th minute for Dunia Susi in a friendly against world champions Japan at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton-upon-Trent. She had a claimed goal disallowed in the 89th minute of the 1–1 draw.[25] The following month, she was an unused member of the squad at Euro 2013 in Sweden, a group stage exit.

Bronze scored her first England goal on 14 June 2014, in a 3–0 away win over Belarus in World Cup qualification. She scored again on 17 September, as England concluded their qualification process with a 10–0 away win over Montenegro and a 100% record.[26] On 23 November Bronze started England's 0–3 defeat by Germany in the first England women's match at Wembley Stadium.[27]

Bronze was part of the England squad at the 2015 Women's World Cup. In the last 16 against Norway in Ottawa, she scored the winning goal from outside the penalty area as England came from behind to win 2–1, their first knock-out win at the World Cup.[28] She also went on to score what proved to be the quarter-final winner against Canada in Vancouver as she netted England's second from a header in the 14th minute.[29] She was widely praised as one of the best perfomers for England team at the World Cup.[30][31][32]

Earning 15 caps and scoring twice for her team, Bronze's senior team career continues to be a success.[33]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 June 2014Traktar Stadium, Minsk, Belarus Belarus3–03–0World Cup 2015 qualification
217 September 2014Stadion Pod Malim Brdom, Petrovac, Montenegro Montenegro4–010–0World Cup 2015 qualification
322 June 2015Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Canada Norway2–12–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup
427 June 2015BC Place, Vancouver, Canada Canada2–02–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup
510 April 2017Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England Austria2–03–0Friendly
6 19 September 2017 Prenton Park, Birkenhead, England  Russia 4–0 6–0 World Cup 2019 qualification
7 4 September 2018 Pavlodar Central Stadium, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 6–0 6–0 World Cup 2019 qualification

Personal life

Bronze (6) marking Arsenal's Rachel Yankey in October 2014

Bronze was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in north-east England to a Portuguese father[34] and an English mother. She has since lived on Lindisfarne, in Belford and in Alnwick. Having studied at The Duchess's Community High School in Alnwick, she moved to North Carolina to study at UNC. Bronze subsequently moved to Leeds Metropolitan University. Bronze has two siblings: an elder brother, Jorge; and younger sister, Sophie.[6]

Honours

College

University of North Carolina

Club

Sunderland

Liverpool

Manchester City

Olympique Lyonnais

International

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™: List of Players: England" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lucy Bronze". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lucia Bronze". The FA. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Sports, PA. "Lucy Bronze wins PFA Players' Player of the Year". thepfa.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Player Bio: Lucy Bronze". University of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 "32: Lucy Bronze". Sunderland Women's FC. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sunderland promoted to National Division". Fair Game. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  9. ↑ "Arsenal win FA Women's Cup". BBC. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "Bronze's roots come through for Tar Heels". ESPN. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  11. ↑ "North Carolina Claims Second Straight Title With Win Over Undefeated Stanford". NCAA.com. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  12. 1 2 "Bronze Boldly Goes". She Kicks (1): 22. December 2009.
  13. ↑ "Brooks & Bronze Named To Soccer America's Freshman All-America Teams". University of North Carolina. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  14. 1 2 "Four selected for England u20 training camp". Sunderland Women's FC. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  15. ↑ "Lucia Bronze". UEFA. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  16. ↑ Garrity, Paul (22 November 2012). "Liverpool Ladies sign defender Lucy Bronze from Everton". BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "MCWFC sign Lucy Bronze". mancity.com. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "JORDAN NOBBS AMONG THE WINNERS AT ANNUAL FA WOMEN'S FOOTBALL AWARDS". theta.com. 18 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "Women's Continental Cup final: Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City (aet)". BBC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Lucy Bronze: England right-back joins Lyon from Manchester City". BBC. 18 August 2017.
  21. ↑ Garry, Tom (25 May 2018). "Women's Champions League final: Wolfsburg Ladies 1–4 Lyon Feminines (AET)". BBC Sport.
  22. ↑ "D1 FÉMININE : 12ÈME SACRE CONSÉCUTIF POUR L'OL FÉMININ APRÈS SA DÉMONSTRATION FACE À L'OM (7–0)" (in French). ol.fr. 13 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "PSG – OL FÉMININ (CDF) : UNE SAISON FORMIDABLE BOUCLÉE PAR UNE FINALE ROCAMBOLESQUE (1–0)" (in French). ol.fr. 31 May 2018.
  24. ↑ Hayley Revell (26 March 2007). "Lucy gets the call to join England squad". New Post Leader. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  25. ↑ Magowan, Alastair (26 June 2013). "England 1–1 Japan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  26. ↑ Leighton, Tony (17 September 2014). "Scots face women's World Cup play-off but England beat Montenegro 10–0". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  27. ↑ Thompson, Anna (23 November 2014). "England Women 0–3 Germany Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  28. ↑ Shemilt, Stephan (22 June 2015). "Norway Women 1–2 England Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  29. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (28 June 2015). "England Women 2–1 Canada Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  30. ↑ Louise Taylor (2015-07-04). "Women's World Cup 2015: our top five players of the tournament". the guardian.com.
  31. ↑ Alistair Magowan (2015-07-05). "Women's World Cup 2015: Which England players impressed?". bbc sport.
  32. ↑ Carrie Dunn (2015-07-05). "England's women rated... and where to see them play now". eurosport.co.uk.
  33. ↑ "Lucy Bronze official bio". Manchester City FC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  34. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (25 July 2017). "Women's Euro 2017: Lucy Bronze almost opted for Portugal over England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  35. ↑ Sports, PA. "England's Lucy Bronze named player of the year at FA Women's Football Awards". thepfa.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  36. ↑ Sports, PA. "Bronze caps memorable 2015 with Player of the Year award". The Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  37. ↑ award, Jordan. "Jordan Nobbs: Arsenal midfielder wins England player of the year award". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  38. ↑ "MCWFC SEASON AWARDS A FITTING FINALE". mancity.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  39. ↑ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018: Lucy Bronze wins award". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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