Aileen Whelan
![]() Whelan in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aileen Mary Whelan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Stafford, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Rugby Town Girls FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Rushden & Diamonds F.C. | |||
Barnet Ladies F.C. | |||
2009–2011 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
2011–2013 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | (10) |
2013–2017 | Notts County | 58 | (9) |
2017 | Everton | 2 | (1) |
2017– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 70 | (17) |
National team‡ | |||
England U23 | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020[2] ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2018 |
Aileen Mary Whelan (born 11 August 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for FA WSL club Brighton & Hove Albion.[3] Whelan started her playing career in 1996 at Rugby Town Girls FC, after it was set up by Steve Heighton and Michelle Guppy and her father Declan became a coach.
Club career[]
Whelan started her senior career turning out for Rushden & Diamonds F.C., Barnet Ladies F.C. and Milton Keynes Dons.[4][5] She then signed for Nottingham Forest, ahead of their 2011–12 Women's Premier League season and scored on her debut for the club.[6] She stayed with Forest for the 2012–13 season.[7][8]
Whelan transferred to Notts County during the summer of 2013 ahead of their maiden season in the FA WSL.[9]
She left the club following its folding and joined Everton in May 2017. Everton went on to win the FA WSL 2 Spring Series.[4]
Whelan signed for FA WSL 2 side Brighton & Hove Albion in September 2017. During her first season at the club she was named February 2018 WSL 2 Player of the Month.[10][11] The club joined FA WSL 1, the top tier of women's football in England, ahead of the 2018–19 season.[3][12]
International career[]
Whelan represented England at their under-23 level.[3] She also competed for Team GB at the World Student Games in 2013, winning the gold medal.
Personal life[]
Whelan holds a master's degree in child psychology and works part-time as a play therapist outside of football.[13] She has a young child with her partner, former Brighton defender Fern Whelan.[14]
References[]
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2018 and 31/08/2018" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "A. Whelan". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Aileen Whelan". Brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Aileen Whelan". Evertonfc.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Combination Leagues round-up". Womenssoccerscene.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Women's Premier League: Leaders Sunderland held to draw". BBC Sport. 14 November 2011.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Ladies Capture WSL 1 Pair - Everton Football Club". Evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "FA WSL Summer 2013 Transfers". Mywomensfootball.wordpress.com. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Albion striker Whelan wins player of the month award". Britghtonandhoveindependent.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "February's WSL 2 Player of the Month is Brighton's Aileen Whelan". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Aileen Whelan". Skysports.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Brighton's Aileen Whelan: 'I'll concentrate on child psychology after retiring' | Louise Taylor". the Guardian. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Louise (14 April 2021). "Brighton's Aileen Whelan: 'I'll concentrate on child psychology after retiring'". The Guardian.
External links[]
- Profile at the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website
- Aileen Whelan at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
- FA Women's Super League players
- Women's association football midfielders
- English women's footballers
- Barnet F.C. Ladies players
- Nottingham Forest L.F.C. players
- Everton F.C. (women) players
- Notts County L.F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Stafford
- FA Women's National League players
- Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain
- Universiade medalists in football
- LGBT association football players
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Child psychologists
- 21st-century LGBT people
- English women's football biography stubs