Alice Griffiths

Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Southampton Women F.C. Griffiths represented Wales at all youth levels and made her debut for the senior team in 2017.

Alice Griffiths
Personal information
Full name Alice Griffiths
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001
Place of birth Aberdare, Wales
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 19
Youth career
Llwydcoed
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Cyncoed Ladies
2018–2019 Cardiff Met. Ladies 16 (3)
2019–2021 Charlton Athletic 26 (0)
2021– Southampton 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Wales U17 12 (1)
2018-2019 Wales U19 4 (1)
2017– Wales 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Griffiths was born and raised in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She attended St John the Baptist School.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, who is also a footballer and has represented Wales at youth level.[2] Her father, Nigel, has described Alice as "a very shy and quiet girl, but give her a pair of football boots and she thrives."[1]

Club career

Griffiths began playing football with local amateur side Llwydcoed in the Aberdare and Rhondda Junior Football League. At under-16 level, she was the only female player in an otherwise all-boys league and received private tutoring to keep up with schoolwork she missed playing football.[1] She joined Welsh Premier Women's Football League side Cyncoed Ladies in 2017 and was named the division's Young Player of the Year during her first season.[3]

In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies along with teammate Grace Horrell.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Griffiths helped the side win a domestic treble, winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[5]

In July 2019, Griffiths moved to England and signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic.[6]

International career

In 2014, Griffiths was named in a Wales under-16 training camp squad as the youngest member of the team, being two years under the age group level.[2] Two years later she was called up to the under-17 team at the age of 15 after impressing in an otherwise all-boys league.[1][7]

Griffiths was called up to the Wales senior squad in 2017. She made her debut in Wales' 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round.[8]

Honours

Cardiff Met. Ladies

Individual

References
  1. Tegeltija, Sam (22 April 2016). "She's her football club's only girl and plays in a boys' team... now Alice Griffiths is excelling in the red of Wales". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. "Girls' Footballing Success". St. John the Baptist School. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "International recognition for Cyncoed duo". Welsh Premier Women's Football League. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. Jones, Jordan (1 September 2018). "2018/2019: Welsh Premier Women's League Season Preview". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. "Charlton Athletic Women sign Alice Griffiths". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. Sands, Katie (31 August 2018). "The girls who grew up to stand on the brink of taking Wales to the World Cup". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. Alice Griffiths at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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