Mared Griffiths
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mared Alaw Griffiths[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Trawsfynydd, Wales | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FAW North Academy | |||
| 2024– | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2024 | Wales U17 | 15 | (3) |
| 2023– | Wales U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2025– | Wales | 4 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 December 2025[2] | |||
Mared Alaw Griffiths (Welsh: [ˈmarɛd aˈlaw]; born 3 March 2007) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Wales national team.
Youth career
[edit | edit source]Griffiths played for the FAW North Academy.[3][4] In July 2024, Griffiths moved to Manchester United to join the club's under-21 academy team.[5][6]
Senior career
[edit | edit source]Manchester United
[edit | edit source]Griffiths was named to a senior matchday squad for the first time on 11 December 2024, as an unused substitute in a League Cup group stage match against Newcastle United. She made her senior debut on 8 February 2025, appearing as an 81st-minute substitute and scoring twice in a 6–0 victory against third division Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fifth round of the 2024–25 Women's FA Cup.[7] Griffiths signed her first professional contract with Manchester United on 14 July 2025.[8]
International career
[edit | edit source]Youth
[edit | edit source]On 30 October 2022, Griffiths made her debut for the Wales under-17s in 2023 U17 Championship qualification against Montenegro in a 4–0 victory,[2] playing as a left winger.[9] She scored her debut goal for the youth team in the second round of qualification against Finland during a 2–1 defeat.[2][10]
In October 2023, she played the full 90 minutes for the under-19s in all three 2024 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification first round matches against Czech Republic, England, and Greece.[11]
Senior
[edit | edit source]In March 2024, Griffiths was called up to the Wales national team for the first time, for UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying games against Croatia and Kosovo; one of five uncapped young players added to the squad by Rhian Wilkinson.[12][13] A regular with the under-17s,[14] she was recalled to the senior team for qualifying matches in June 2024,[3] and later qualifying play-offs against Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland in October and November 2024. In total, Griffiths was named as a substitute four times during the qualification campaign but did not make her debut.[15][16][17]
On 21 February 2025, she made her senior international debut, appearing as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Italy in the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League.[18] Her first international goal arrived on 25 October in a 2–1 loss to Australia.[19]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Griffiths is from the village of Trawsfynydd and studies business at Meirion-Dwyfor college in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales.[14]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 8 February 2025.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester United | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 2 December 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 October 2025 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mared Griffiths at Soccerway (archive)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).