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Drew Spence (born 23 October 1992) is an English-born Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA WSL club Tottenham Hotspur and the Jamaica women's national football team. She played for the England women's national football team in 2015.

Drew Spence

Spence in 2014 with Chelsea.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth	London, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	24
Youth career
	Arsenal
	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2022	Chelsea	223	(49)
2022–	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
National team‡
2015	England	2	(0)
2021–	Jamaica	6	(1)
Honours Representing  Jamaica CONCACAF W Championship 2022 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14.40, 9 January 2022 (CET) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:45, 13 August 2022

Club career

Chelsea and England teammate Gilly Flaherty recalled playing alongside Spence in the Arsenal Centre of Excellence.[1] Spence progressed to Fulham's youth team, before signing for Chelsea in 2008.[2]

Chelsea reached the FA Women's Cup final for the first time in 2012, but were eventually beaten by Birmingham City in a penalty shootout after twice taking the lead in a 2–2 draw. Spence's effort was saved by Becky Spencer.[3]

In 2015 Chelsea won their first ever major trophy, in the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. They then beat Sunderland 4–0 in October 2015 to secure the FA WSL title and a League and Cup "double".[4] At the end of the season Spence signed a new two-year contract with Chelsea.[5]

During a 5–0 thrashing by Arsenal in October 2018, Spence left Kim Little nursing a broken leg with what Arsenal's website described as a "heavy tackle". The match officials were criticised for failing to send off Spence, who left Little ruled out for around ten weeks.[6]

In 2020 Spence signed a new contract that will see her stay with Chelsea until 2022.

In June 2022, Spence signed a two-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur, leaving Chelsea as their longest serving player.[7]

International career

National coach Mark Sampson gave Spence her first senior call up in October 2015, in an understrength squad for the 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament.[8] She won her first England cap on 23 October 2015, as a substitute in England's 2–1 defeat by China in Yongchuan.[9]

In September 2017, Spence's Chelsea team-mate Eniola Aluko was pursuing allegations of racial discrimination against The FA through the pages of The Guardian newspaper. Spence was drawn into the controversy when she was revealed as the previously-anonymous "The Player" who was said to have been "upset and offended" by Mark Sampson on the trip to China.[10]

Spence also qualifies for Jamaica through her heritage and gets her first call-up to Reggae Girlz for June international break camp. She made her debut on 24 October 2021.[11]

Personal life

Spence's brother Lewwis Spence is also a professional footballer.[12]

Honours

Chelsea Women[13]

• FA Women's Super League (5): 2015, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA WSL Spring Series (1): 2017
• Women's FA Cup (4): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA Women's League Cup (2): 2019–20, 2020–21
• Women's FA Community Shield (1): 2020

Individual

• CONCACAF W Championship Best XI: 2022[14]

References

External links

• Drew Spence on Twitter
• Drew Spence at Chelsea FC
• Drew Spence profile Archived 23 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the Football Association
• Drew Spence news at Chelsea FC

На других языках

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- [en] Drew Spence

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[fr] Drew Spence

Drew Spence, née le 23 octobre 1992 à Londres, est une footballeuse internationale jamaïcaine. Elle joue au poste de milieu de terrain à Tottenham Hotspur FC.

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[it] Drew Spence

Drew Spence (Londra, 23 ottobre 1992) è una calciatrice britannica naturalizzata giamaicana, centrocampista del Chelsea e della nazionale giamaicana.

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