Missy Goodwin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Deearna Missy Goodwin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 2003[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Redditch, England[3] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2020 | Birmingham City | ||
| 2020–2022 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Leicester City | 57 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | England U19 | 5 | (2) |
| 2023– | England U23 | 5 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:04, 3 April 2025[4] | |||
Deearna Missy Goodwin (born 27 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the England under-23s. She previously played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa, and has represented England from under-17 youth level.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Goodwin grew up in Redditch and attended St Augustine's High School.[5] She played in the Worcestershire County Schools’ under-14s and featured in the 2017 Gothia World Youth Cup.[6]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Birmingham City
[edit | edit source]Goodwin came up through the Birmingham City youth system, spending 10 years with the club,[7] and featured in one game for the academy team.[8] Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she spent preseason with the senior team before being registered as part of the first-team squad, gaining first tier gameday experience although she did not debut.[9]
Aston Villa
[edit | edit source]In July 2020, Goodwin left Birmingham to sign with Aston Villa. Initially playing as part of the club's under-21 WSL academy team,[10] she scored four goals in three appearances for the youth team.[11] She then made her senior debut on 17 November 2021, as a 78th-minute substitute in Villa's 2–1 defeat to Sheffield United in the FA Women's League Cup.[12]
Leicester City
[edit | edit source]On 7 January 2022, Goodwin signed for Leicester City on a short-term contract for the remainder of the 2021–22 season,[13] making her first appearance for the team on 16 January 2022 against Brighton & Hove Albion for a 1–0 win.[2] On 18 January 2023, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goal for the Foxes in the League Cup, scoring the first goal in a 5–0 result against Sunderland.[14]
On 29 April 2023, she scored her debut WSL goal, in injury time against Liverpool in a 4–0 victory.[15] On 6 July 2023, she signed a new long-term deal with the club.[16] On 5 November 2023, she scored her first goal of the 2023–24 season against Liverpool, with the game ending in a 2–1 defeat.[17]
On 14 December 2024, during the 2024–25 season, Goodwin scored the opening goal against league leaders Chelsea in a 1–1 draw,[18] putting the champions behind for the first time in the season. City received a standing ovation from fans at the King Power Stadium after the first half, courtesy of the well-worked goal that gained the lead.[19]
International career
[edit | edit source]Youth
[edit | edit source]In October 2019, with England under-17s, Goodwin played in all three qualifying round matches during 2020 U-17 Championship qualification,[1] as England won all three games, qualifying the team for the elite round, that was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
In October 2021, Goodwin featured in the under-19 squad during 2022 U-19 Championship qualification and scored in an 8–1 win over Northern Ireland.[21] In the second round of qualification on 6 April 2022, she scored the second goal against Wales in a 3–0 victory.[22]
In February 2023, Goodwin was named as part of the under-23 squad for a fixture against Belgium,[23] and was an unused substitute in the match.[24] On 6 April 2023, she made her debut for England U23 as 68th-minute substitute, gaining a penalty in injury time to secure a 3–2 victory.[25][26]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 10 February 2024.[1]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leicester City | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | |
| Total | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 4 | ||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Missy Goodwin at Leicester City F.C.[dead link]
- Deearna Goodwin at Soccerway (archive)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Redditch
- English women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Birmingham City W.F.C. players
- Aston Villa W.F.C. players
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- England women's youth international footballers
- 21st-century English sportswomen