Martha Harris (footballer)

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Martha Harris
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Martha Harris playing for Manchester United in February 2019
Personal information
Full name Martha Harris[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Lincolnshire, England[2]
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.56 m)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lincoln Ladies 16 (0)
2014–2018 Liverpool 43 (0)
2018– Manchester United 33 (1)
National team‡
2013 England U19 11 (0)
2014 England U20 3 (1)
2014–2015 England U23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017

Martha Harris (born 19 August 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a full-back for FA WSL club Manchester United.[3]

Harris has represented England at under-19, under-20 and under-23 level and was named the inaugural PFA Women's Young Player of the Year in 2014.

Club career[]

Lincoln Ladies[]

Harris made her league debut for Lincoln Ladies (since re-located and re-branded as Notts County) on 26 August 2012 in a FA WSL match against Liverpool,[4] coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Bonnie Horwood.[5] In all, she made three substitute appearances in the 2012 WSL season,[4] with the team managed by her father Glen Harris.[6] The following season saw new manager Rick Passmore take charge of the team,[7] and this coincided with Harris becoming a key part of the Lincoln first team, making twelve starts and one substitute appearance in the Lady Imps' fourteen league games.[4]

Liverpool[]

Her performances in the 2013 season were enough to earn a move to Liverpool, where she signed a two-year contract.[8] She also became the first ever winner of the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award in April 2014.[9] In Harris's first season at Liverpool, they retained their WSL title on the final day of the season.[10] She also represented Liverpool in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Harris was ever-present in the 2015 FA WSL season but the club limped to a seventh-place finish. In November 2015, she signed a new contract with Liverpool.[11] On 12 May 2016, she was named Liverpool Ladies Player of the Season.[12]

Manchester United[]

Harris playing for Manchester United against Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019.

On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Harris was joining Manchester United for their inaugural season.[13] On 9 September, she made her debut for the club in a 12–0 away victory over Aston Villa in the Championship.[14] She scored her first goal for the club on 28 April 2019, a penalty in a 5–0 away win against Millwall Lionesses.[15]

International career[]

Harris was part of the England under-19 team who finished as runners-up to France at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Wales.[16]

In her first season with Liverpool, she was called up to the under-20 squad for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[17] She scored in England's opening match, a 1–1 draw with South Korea, but the next two matches were lost and England went out in the first round.[18] Harris then graduated to the under-23 team.

Personal life[]

Harris comes from a footballing family in Scothern, who in 2011 were all associated with Lincoln Ladies or Lincoln City.[2] Her father Glen Harris had two spells as manager of Lincoln Ladies and later managed Doncaster Rovers Belles,[19] before joining Manchester United as an assistant manager in 2018.[20] Older sister Megan was club captain at Lincoln until quitting football when she became pregnant with twins in 2014. Megan is married to former England captain Casey Stoney.[2][21] Younger brother Liam is a youth team player at Lincoln City, and Martha's twin sister Emily plays recreationally, though she was formerly a teammate of Martha's at Lincoln.[2][22]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 30 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln Ladies 2012 WSL 3 0 0 0 2 1 — 5 1
2013 13 0 0 0 5 0 — 18 0
Total 16 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 23 1
Liverpool 2014 WSL 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14 0
2015 14 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 21 0
2016 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2017–18 16 0 1 1 3 0 — 20 1
Total 43 0 1 1 10 0 4 0 58 1
Manchester United 2018–19 Championship 15 1 3 0 4 0 — 22 1
2019–20 FA WSL 11 0 0 0 5 0 — 16 0
2020–21 7 0 1 0 0 0 — 8 0
2021–22 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 33 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 48 1
Career total 92 1 6 1 27 1 4 0 129 3
  1. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours[]

Liverpool

Manchester United

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ a b "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Emily Clark (26 August 2011). "Football – a Harris family affair". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League – Martha Harris". UEFA. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "M. Harris". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool vs. Notts County 2–3". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Lincoln Ladies part company with manager Glen Harris". BBC Sport. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. ^ John Fernandez (1 February 2013). "New manager for Lincoln Ladies". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Martha Harris: Liverpool Ladies sign England Under-19 defender". BBC Sport. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ^ a b D. Marshall (28 April 2014). "Former Lincoln Ladies star Martha Harris receives PFA Women's Young Player of the Year accolade". Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  10. ^ Leighton, Tony (12 October 2014). "Liverpool Ladies pip Chelsea to WSL title on dramatic final day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Liverpool Ladies trio pen new contracts". Liverpool F.C. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Quartet of accolades for Philippe Coutinho at LFC Players' Awards". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Manchester United include England stars in unveiled women's squad". 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  14. ^ "MATCH REPORT: ASTON VILLA 0 UNITED WOMEN 12". manutd.com. Manchester United. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  15. ^ Drudge, Harriet (28 April 2019). "MILLWALL LIONESSES 0 UNITED WOMEN 5". manutd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Martha Harris". UEFA. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  17. ^ Glenn Lavery (1 July 2014). "England squad named for Women's U20 World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  18. ^ Whiley, Mark (25 November 2014). "The Big Read: Martha Harris shining bright for club and country". Lincolnshire Echo. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Glen Harris: Doncaster Belles appoint ex-Lincoln Ladies boss". BBC Sport. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  20. ^ Theivam, Kieran (19 September 2019). "'Don't be nice. You want it more than them' — a day with Manchester United Women". The Athletic. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  21. ^ Casey Stoney (16 July 2014). "Why being a gay mum can help my England career". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  22. ^ "Meet the Harrises: A real football family". FIFA. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  23. ^ "Man Utd Women 7-0 Crystal Palace Ladies: Women's Championship title sealed by win". BBC Sport. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  24. ^ Frith, Wilf (28 April 2014). "PFA's WSL Team of the Year". She Kicks. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  25. ^ "PFA awards: Lucy Bronze and Martha Harris honoured". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014.

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