Layla Young
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Layla Young | ||
Date of birth | 29 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
2000 | University of Kansas | 12 | (0) |
2001 | Fulham | ||
2001–2002 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
2002–2004 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
2004–2005 | Leeds United | ||
–2012 | Lewes | ||
National team‡ | |||
2000 | England | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:13, 29 July 2011 (UTC) |
Layla Young (born 29 January 1979)[1] is an English former footballer. She most recently played as a goalkeeper for Lewes, having previously played at the top level for Fulham, Doncaster Belles and Leeds United. She also played at full international level for England.
Originally from Bewbush in Crawley, Young represented Brighton & Hove Albion while still a student at Durham University, flying home every weekend to play with Albion.[2] She later played for the University of Kansas in the USA.[3]
International career[]
Young represented England, playing once at international level. She made her senior debut in August 2000, in a 1–0 friendly defeat to France, before 50,000 spectators at Stade Vélodrome.[4]
References[]
- ^ "READ UP ON TONIGHT'S ENGLAND STARS". Norwich City F.C. 23 July 2002. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Sports Round-up". Crawley News. 7 July 1999. p. 111.
- ^ "Joining Albion can help Layla's England bid". The Argus (Brighton). 23 February 2002. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "England learn lessons in defeat". TheFA.com. 5 August 2000. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
Categories:
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- England women's international footballers
- Fulham L.F.C. players
- Lewes F.C. Women players
- Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players
- Leeds United L.F.C. players
- FA Women's National League players
- 1970 births
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- English expatriate women's footballers
- Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Kansas Jayhawks women's soccer players
- Alumni of Durham University
- Sportspeople from Crawley
- Footballers from West Sussex
- English women's football biography stubs
- English football goalkeeper stubs