Drew Spence
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File:Drew Spence.png Spence in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team 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 | 34 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | England | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Jamaica | 7 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14.40, 9 January 2022 (CET) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:45, 13 August 2022 | |||
Drew Spence (born 23 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur. Born in England she played for the England national football team in 2015, and as of 2021, represents Jamaica.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Chelsea
[edit | edit source]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]
Spence and 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, Spence won her first ever major trophy, in the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Spence secured her first FA WSL title as her team beat Sunderland 4–0 in October 2015 to secure the 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 saw her stay with Chelsea until June 2022.[7]
Tottenham Hotspur
[edit | edit source]In June 2022, Spence signed a two-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur, leaving Chelsea as their longest serving player.[8]
On 10 December 2025 it was announced Spence had signed a long-term contract with the club.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]National coach Mark Sampson gave Spence her first senior call up in October 2015, in an understrength squad for the 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament.[10] She won her first England cap on 23 October 2015, as a substitute in England's 2–1 defeat to China in Chongqing.[11]
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.[12]
In November 2022, Spence was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 192nd women's player to be capped by England.[13][14]
Spence qualified for Jamaica through her heritage and made her debut on 24 October 2021.[15]
International goals
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 26 September 2023 | BMO Field, Toronto, Canada | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 1–0 | 1–2 | CONCACAF Olympic Play-in |
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Personal life
[edit | edit source]Spence's brother Lewwis Spence is also a professional footballer.[16]
Spence spoke on a podcast in 2020 about being part of the LGBT+ community.[17]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Chelsea[18]
- 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[19]
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External links
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- Drew Spence on TwitterLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 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
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Dual internationalists (women's football)
- Jamaican women's footballers
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- Women's association football midfielders
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- Footballers from London
- English women's footballers
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- English LGBTQ footballers
- Jamaican lesbians
- LGBTQ people from London
- English lesbian sportswomen
- Fulham F.C. Women players
- Chelsea F.C. Women players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- FA Women's National League players
- Women's Super League players
- England women's under-23 international footballers
- England women's international footballers
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- Black British sportswomen
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 21st-century English sportswomen