Anna Patten
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Rose Patten | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 April 1999||
Place of birth | Harpenden, England[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Arsenal | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Florida State Seminoles[3] | 41 | (4) |
2019–2020 | South Carolina Gamecocks[2] | 32 | (4) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Arsenal | 8 | (0) |
2021– | Arsenal | 11 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | England U15 | ||
2015–2017 | England U17 | 14 | (3) |
2017 | England U19 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | England U20 | 8 | (1) |
2019 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2020 |
Anna Rose Patten (born 20 April 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal[4] in the FA Women's Super League. She previously played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and the South Carolina Gamecocks in the United States and has represented England at multiple youth levels from under-15 up to under-21.
Early life[]
Patten grew up in Harpenden, England, a commuter town outside London.
A childhood Arsenal fan, Patten joined the Arsenal Academy at 12 years of age. With the youth sides she won the FA Youth Cup tie, in 2015 & 2016. she won
After years of development in the academy ranks, Patten made her senior side debut in 2017 aged 18.
College career[]
Florida State Seminoles 2017–18[]
In her freshman year at Florida State, Patten made 18 appearances , including 13 starts. Utilized primarily as a defender and holding midfielder, she tallied two assists during the season.
In her sophomore season she made 12 starts and played in 23 matches. She scored four goals and made two assists. Patten and the Seminoles won the 2019 ACC Women's Championship & the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[5]
South Carolina Gamecocks 2019–20[]
Patten transferred to the South Carolina Gamecocks as a rising junior. She joined England U21 teammate Grace Fisk at the university who helped with the transfer process.[6] The pair helped the Gamecocks post 15 shutouts in their first 21 matches of the 2019 season.[6] They helped South Carolina to a 2019 SEC-Soccer Championship. Patten was named the All-SEC second team and made the SEC Academic Honour Roll.
The Southeastern Conference was one of the conferences which opted to play their 2020 NCAA women's soccer tournament in the fall with a reduced 10 game season. Patten was named captain of the side for the fall campaign. She played the second most minutes of anyone on the team and was named to the All-SEC First Team.[7]
She graduated with a degree in sociology.[8]
Club career[]
Arsenal 2017, 2021–[]
Patten made her senior side debut in a Champion's league match against Bayern Munich in February 2017. She made her league debut in April 2017, during the FA WSL Spring Series. She went on to play every game of that series. Patten then departed Arsenal to play college soccer in the United States.
On 17 January 2021 Patten made her second Arsenal debut against Reading in the FA WSL in a game which would end 1–1, in which she played 45 minutes.[9] On 28 February Patten came on for her second game this time against Aston Villa where she played the final ten minutes in a game which would end 4–0 to Arsenal. On 19 March Patten would come on as a substitute again in the league this time against Manchester United for the final four minutes a game in which Arsenal would win 2–0. Patten's fourth appearance would also be as a substitute this time against North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in game which would finish 3–0 to Arsenal.
On 18 April 2021 Patten would score her first goal for Arsenal in a FA Cup match against Gillingham in a game that would finish 10–0 to Arsenal.[10]
International career[]
Youth career[]
Patten has been part of several England youth teams. She made her first appearance on the U-15 team in 2014. Two years later Patten was part of the England 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup which reached the quarterfinals.[5]
In 2018 she was part of the England U20 which finished third at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France.
Senior career[]
Patten has been called in the England senior squad for a number of camps.
References[]
- ^ a b "Anna Patten: England profile". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Anna Patten – Women's Soccer – University of South Carolina Athletics". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Anna Patten". Florida State University. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Anna Patten re-signs for Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Anna Patten". Florida State Seminols. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "A'Don't be a melt.' These Brits guide South Carolina soccer with stellar play, lingo". The State. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Anna Patten". Gamecocks onlineaccess-date=19 June 2021.
- ^ "Arsenal's Anna Patten on her American adventure, Gunners dream team and life after the WSL". The State. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Arsenal bring back centre-back Anna Patten". 7 January 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Anna Patten can reflect on successful campaign back at Arsenal". Islington Gazette. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
External links[]
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Profile at the Florida State Seminoles website
- Profile at the South Carolina Gamecocks website
- Anna Patten – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Anna Patten at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- FA Women's Super League players
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Women's association football defenders
- Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- English expatriate footballers