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Rachel Susan Rowe (born 13 September 1992) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Wales national team and FA Women's Super League club Reading.

Rachel Rowe

Rowe for Wales in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Susan Rowe[1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 (age 29)
Position(s)	Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team	Reading
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Cardiff City
2013–2015	Swansea City
2015–	Reading	99	(12)
National team‡
2010–2011	Wales U19	6	(1)
2015–	Wales	26	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:24, 5 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

She began her senior career with Cardiff City before joining Swansea City in 2013. After two seasons, she joined Reading in February 2015, initially combining her playing career with a job in the prison service. She turned professional later the same year after helping the club win promotion to the FA Women's Super League. She made her international debut for Wales in 2017.

Early life

Rowe lived in Swansea, Wales where she began playing football at a young age. Her father suffered from alcoholism and she later commented that their "relationship deteriorated" due to his drinking before his death when Rowe was 21.[2] She took a job at HM Prison Swansea as an operational support guard and later fulfilled the same role at HM Prison Cardiff. The role included performing vehicle checks and escorting contractors onto prison wings to perform maintenance work. She later enrolled on a business management course provided by the Welsh Government.[3]

Club career

Rowe initially played for a local boys youth team but later stated that "nobody wanted to play with me". She was spotted by a scout from Swansea City Ladies and played for the club's youth academy.[2] However, she began her senior career with the club's local rivals Cardiff City and won the inaugural Welsh Premier Women's Football League title during the 2012–13 season, scoring in their decisive 5–2 victory over Wrexham in the final game of the season.[4] She returned to Swansea during the summer window soon after. However, she suffered a broken leg while playing against her former team during the first half of the following campaign.[3]

In February 2015, Rowe joined WSL 2 side Reading with assistant manager Kelly Chambers describing her as possessing "an abundance of competiveness along with her pace, strength and work rate".[5] Despite the move, Rowe remained semi-professional during her first year, making the 300-mile round trip from her home in Swansea to training three times every week while remaining in her job with the prison service.[3][6] In December 2015, she signed a professional contract with Reading following the club's promotion to FA Women's Super League.[7] Following promotion, Rowe converted to playing as a full-back for a period, having originally joined the club as a winger.[8]

At the start of the 2018–19 season, she featured in a 1–0 victory over Liverpool. However, the following month, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a friendly match that ended her season after a single appearance. Despite her injury setback, she was offered a new contract with the club at the end of the campaign.[9] On 7 November 2020, Rowe played her 100th game for Reading.[10]

In March 2021, Rowe signed a new three-year contract with Reading.[11]

International career

Having previously represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level, Rowe made her debut for the senior side in Wales' first UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match against Austria starting in a 3–0 defeat in Sankt Pölten.[12] She made her international debut despite still working within the prison service.[3][6]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 September 2021	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales	Kazakhstan	3–0	6–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 May 2022[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2015	WSL 2	16	0	0	0	6	0	-		-		22	0
	2016	FA Women's Super League	16	1	2	0	1	0	-		-		19	1
	2017		4	1	1	0	0	0	-		-		5	1
	2017–18		18	4	1	0	6	1	-		-		25	5
	2018–19		1	0	0	0	2	0	-		-		3	1
	2019–20		12	0	2	0	5	0	-		-		19	0
	2020–21		19	5	1	1	3	0	-		-		23	6
	2021–22		13	1	1	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
	Total		99	12	8	2	24	1	-	-	-	-	131	15
Career total			99	12	8	2	24	1	-	-	-	-	131	15

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rachel Rowe.

• Rachel Rowe – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Rachel Rowe at Soccerway

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Rachel Susan Rowe (13 settembre 1992) è una calciatrice gallese, centrocampista offensiva del Reading e della nazionale gallese.

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