Lucy Bronze

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Lucy Bronze
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Personal information
Full name Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[1]
Position(s) Full back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 20
Youth career
Sunderland
Blyth Town
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 North Carolina Tar Heels 24 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Sunderland 25 (5)
2010–2012 Everton 20 (2)
2012–2014 Liverpool 28 (3)
2014–2017 Manchester City 33 (5)
2017–2020 Olympique Lyonnais 48 (3)
2020– Manchester City 15 (2)
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[2] 82 (9)
2021– Great Britain 4 (0)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:22, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 August 2021

Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze (born 28 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for English club Manchester City and the England national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, and Olympique Lyonnais as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels at college level in the United States.[3] Bronze has won three UEFA Women's Champions League titles with Olympique Lyonnais as well as three FA Women's Super League titles with Liverpool and Manchester City.

Bronze represented England at all youth levels before featuring in the full national squad at Euro 2013. She won the Silver Ball at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, helping England to a third place finish, and was named to the All-Star Squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, in which England finished fourth. She has won the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award twice – in 2014 and 2017.[4][5]

In 2018 and 2020, Bronze was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. In 2019, she became the first English footballer to win the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award.[6] Bronze was named The Best FIFA Women's Player in December 2020.[7]

Club career[]

Early career[]

Bronze played with Alnwick Town A.F.C. to the under-11 level, but F.A. rules prevented her from continuing with the boys team.[8] She began playing for Sunderland at under-12 academy level and joined the senior team when she turned 16 in 2007.[9] She previously captained the under-16 team.[9] 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.[3] The next season she helped them win the Northern Division and gain promotion to the National Division.[10] Bronze also appeared in the 2009 FA Women's Cup final,[11] claiming the Player of the Match award in Sunderland's 2–1 defeat to Arsenal.[9]

That summer, Bronze moved to the United States to study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and play for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team, the most successful Division 1 team in the country.[12] She won a scholarship from coach Anson Dorrance after impressing him during several soccer camps.[3] Bronze featured prominently in the midfield for the team,[13] eventually becoming the first British player to win an NCAA Cup in December 2009.[14][15] All-American honours followed for Bronze, who scored three goals in 24 games.[16] She then returned to Sunderland in the Premier League National Division.[17]

Everton, 2010–12[]

In September 2010 it was revealed that Bronze had signed for Everton, when she was named in their UEFA Women's Champions League squad.[18] She debuted for Everton in a 0–0 draw against MTK in Hungary, but continued to play for Sunderland for the remainder of 2010.[19]

At the age of 19, Bronze competed in six matches for Everton during the 2011 FA WSL season.[19] Everton finished in third place during the regular season with a 7–3–4 record.[20] During the 2012 FA WSL, she was a starter in ten of the eleven matches she played.[19] She scored her first Everton goal during a 2–0 win against Liverpool L.F.C.[19] She scored another goal during a 2–2 draw against Arsenal.[19] Everton finished the season in third place with a 7–3–4 record.[21]

Liverpool, 2012–14[]

Bronze (right) with Liverpool in 2015.

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.[22]

Bronze was part of the Liverpool side that won the FA WSL in 2013 and again in 2014.[19] During the 2013 FA WSL season, she was a starting defender in 13 of the 14 matches she played. She scored a goal during the team's 4–1 win over Birmingham City.[19] Liverpool finished in first place and conceded only two losses.[23] During the 2014 FA WSL, Bronze started all matches for Liverpool helping lead the team to a first-place finish and 7–2–5 record, conceding only two losses for the second consecutive season.[24]

In 2014, Bronze 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.[25]

Manchester City, 2014–17[]

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 which 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.[26] 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.[27] She ended competition with eight appearances, as 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] selected in the PFA WSL Team of the Year[28] and Women's Champions League Squad of the Season.[29] Later that year, she was shortlisted for the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award[30] and The Best FIFA Women's Player Award,[31] but finished eighth and ninth respectively in the voting.

Olympique Lyonnais, 2017–20[]

Lucy Bronze celebrating winning the UEFA Champions League with Lyon in 2019.

In August 2017, Bronze signed a three-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.[32] In the 2017–18 season 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 helped Lyon win the competition.[33] In the Division 1 Féminine league, Lucy made nineteen appearances, scoring two goals, as Lyon captured its twelfth straight league title.[34] Bronze was named in the Team of the Year for D1 Feminine[35] and Women's Champions League Squad of the Season.[36] In the Coupe de France, Bronze and Lyon were unable to defend their Coupe de France title, losing to Paris Saint-German in the final.[37] Bronze has been shortlisted for the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or award,[38] was one of 10 players nominated for UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award[39] and The Best FIFA Women's Player Award,[40] but finished sixth, fifth and sixth respectively.

During the 2018–19 season, Bronze made 29 appearances for the Lyon in all competitions, scored two goals[41] and collected her second Division 1 Féminine league title winner's medal; she also won Coupe de France Féminine title and helped Lyon win a second consecutive UEFA Women's Champions League trophy.

Bronze helped Lyon win Trophée des Championnes in 2019 – a first historic new trophy against Paris Saint-Germain.[42] The same year, for her performances in the tournaments, the defender finished as runner-up for the Women's Ballon d'Or,[43] was named UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award[44] and finished third in the voting for The Best FIFA Women's Player Award.[45]

At the end of the season, Bronze confirmed that she would be leaving Lyon, following the expiration of her contract. She won nine trophies in three seasons with the club.[46][47]

Return to Manchester City, 2020–present[]

On 8 September 2020, Bronze rejoined Manchester City on a two-year deal,[48] following the conclusion of her contract with Olympique Lyonnais, which brought the curtain down on a trophy-laden three-year spell in France.[49] In 2020, after winning a treble with Olympique Lyonnais and for her performances in the tournaments,[50] she was named as winner for The Best FIFA Women's Player Award on 17 December 2020 , becoming the first defender to win the award and the first English footballer to do so.[51][52][53]

International career[]

Youth[]

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.[54] 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.[15]

She was called into an England under-20 training camp in January 2010.[17] 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[]

Bronze playing for England in 2018.

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.[55] The following month, she was an unused member of the squad at Euro 2013 in Sweden, a group stage exit.[56]

Bronze scored her first England goal on 14 June 2014, in a 3–0 away win over Belarus in World Cup qualification.[57] She scored again on 17 September, as England concluded their qualification process with a 10–0 away win over Montenegro and a 100% record.[58] On 23 November Bronze started England's 0–3 defeat by Germany in the first England women's match at Wembley Stadium.[59]

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.[60] 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.[61] She was widely praised as one of the best performers for England team at the World Cup.[62][63][64] For her performances in the tournament, Bronze was included in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team[65] and shortlisted for the Golden Ball – the award given to the best player at the Women's World Cup.[66]

In July 2017, she was named in the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, which England lost 3–0 to eventual winners Netherlands in the semi-final.[67] For her performances in the tournament, Bronze was included in the 2017 UEFA Team of the Tournament.

Bronze captained England for the first time in the 2018 SheBelieves Cup opening match against France.[68]

In 2019, Bronze was part of the England team that won the SheBelieves Cup in the United States.[69] Later that year, Bronze was selected in England's World Cup squad.[70] As part of England's social-media facing squad announcement, her name was announced by former footballer Alex Scott.[71] Bronze scored during a 3–0 victory over Norway in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[72] England finished the tournament in fourth place.[73] Bronze ended up winning the tournament's silver ball, being the second best player in the tournament.[74] After the World Cup, Bronze played in an unfamiliar central midfield role in friendlies against Belgium and Norway, having previously played there in the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, with England manager Phil Neville likening her to Philipp Lahm. Neville said: "We have a two-year period now where playing Lucy in midfield might be one of the risks we take ... Pep Guardiola did it with Philip Lahm. He was voted one of the best right-backs, but he put him into midfield."[75]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 2 February 2020[19][76]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe[c] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 2007–08[77] WPL Northern 9 4 0 0 1 0 — — 10 4
2008–09[78] WPL Northern 9 1 0 0 2 0 — — 11 1
2009–10[79] WPL National 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2010–11[80] WPL National 4 0 0 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Total 25 5 0 0 3 0 — — 28 5
Everton 2011 WSL 9 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 — 17 0
2012 WSL 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 13 2
Total 20 2 0 0 4 0 6 0 — 30 2
Liverpool 2013 WSL 14 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 — 19 1
2014 WSL 1 14 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 — 23 2
Total 28 3 3 0 9 0 2 0 — 42 3
Manchester City 2015 WSL 1 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 — 16 2
2016 WSL 1 16 2 3 0 4 1 8 3 — 31 6
2017 WSL 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 1
Total 33 5 4 0 8 1 8 3 — 53 9
Olympique Lyonnais 2017–18[81] Division 1 19 2 3 0 — 8 2 — 30 4
2018–19[82] Division 1 16 1 4 0 — 9 1 — 29 2
2019–20[83] Division 1 13 0 2 0 — 3 0 1[d] 0 19 0
Total 48 3 9 0 — 20 3 1 0 78 6
Career total 154 18 16 0 24 1 36 6 1 0 231 25
  1. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup and Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes the Women's Premier League Cup and WSL Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Championnes

International[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 2 August 2021.
Year England Great Britain
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2013 ? ? N/A
2014 ? ? N/A
2015 ? ? N/A
2016 ? ? N/A
2017 ? ? N/A
2018 ? ? N/A
2019 ? ? N/A
2020 ? ? N/A
2021 ? ? 4 0
Total 82 9 4 0

International goals[]

As of match played 23 February 2021
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bronze goal.
List of international goals scored by Lucy Bronze
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 14 June 2014 Traktar Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 3–0 3–0 World Cup 2015 qualification [57]
2 17 September 2014 Stadion Pod Malim Brdom, Petrovac, Montenegro  Montenegro 4–0 10–0 World Cup 2015 qualification [84]
3 22 June 2015 Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Canada  Norway 2–1 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup [60]
4 27 June 2015 BC Place, Vancouver, Canada  Canada 2–0 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup [61]
5 10 April 2017 Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England  Austria 2–0 3–0 Friendly [85]
6 19 September 2017 Prenton Park, Birkenhead, England  Russia 4–0 6–0 World Cup 2019 qualification [86]
7 4 September 2018 Pavlodar Central Stadium, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 6–0 6–0 World Cup 2019 qualification [87]
8 27 June 2019 Stade Océane, Le Havre, France  Norway 3–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup [72]
9 23 February 2021 St. George's park, Burton upon-trent, England Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3–0 6–0 Friendly

Honours[]

University of North Carolina

Sunderland

Liverpool[19]

Manchester City[19]

Bronze (left) celebrates with Lyon teammates Shanice van de Sanden and Ada Hegerberg during the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

Olympique Lyonnais

England U19

England

Individual

Personal life[]

Bronze was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in north-east England to a Portuguese father[121] 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.[122] Bronze has two siblings: an older brother, Jorge; and younger sister, Sophie.

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Further reading[]

  • Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, ISBN 9781473564480
  • Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317966234
  • Clarke, Gemma (2019), Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game, ISBN 9781568589206
  • Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, ISBN 9781785315411
  • Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, ISBN 9781785311512
  • Dunn, Edwina (2017), The Female Lead: Women Who Shape Our World, Ebury Publishing, ISBN 9781473529458
  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Stay, Shane (2019), The Women's World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Soccer World Cup, Books on Demand, ISBN 1782551921
  • Theivam, Keiran and Jeff Kassouf (2019), The Making of the Women's World Cup: Defining stories from a sport’s coming of age, Little, ISBN 1472143310

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