Rachel Rowe

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Rachel Rowe
File:20150922 1827 W AUT WAL 3982.jpg
Rowe for Wales in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rachel Susan Rowe[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 (age 33)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Youth career
2008-13 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Cardiff City
2014–2015 Swansea City
2015–2023 Reading 118 (14)
2023–2024 Rangers 19 (4)
2024– Southampton 14 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Wales U19 6 (1)
2015– Wales 76 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025

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

Rowe 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

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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 Grade (OSG) and later fulfilled the same role at HM Prison Cardiff. She later enrolled on a business management course provided by the Welsh Government.[3]

Club career

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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 competitiveness 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] Rowe left Reading at the end of the 2022–23 season following their relegation to the Women's Championship.[12]

On 21 July 2023, Rowe signed for Scottish Women's Premier League club Rangers.[13]

On 14 June 2024, she signed for Women's Championship club Southampton.[14]

International career

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Rowe (right) during her international debut in 2015

Having previously represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level, Rowe made her debut for the senior side in an international friendly in March 2015 against Costa Rica[15] in a 1-0 victory.

She made her international debut despite still working within the prison service.[3][6]

In 2022 she earned her 50th cap in a FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 qualifying playoff tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[16] Heading into the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, she has 76 caps for Cymru.[17]

In June 2025, Rowe was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 May 2025[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 2015 WSL 2 16 0 0 0 6 0 — 22 0
2016 WSL 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 14 1 1 1 1 0 — 16 1
2022–23 18 3 3 0 3 0 — 24 3
Total 118 14 11 2 27 1 — 156 18
Rangers 2023–24 SWPL 19 4 1 1 1 0 — 21 5
Southampton 2024–25 FA Women's Championship 14 0 1 0 2 0 — 17 0
Career total 151 18 13 3 30 1 — 194 23

International appearances

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As of matches played 3 June 2025. Statistics from the Football Association of Wales
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2015 8 0
2016 7 0
2017 9 0
2018 6 0
2019 2 1
2020 5 1
2021 5 1
2022 13 0
2023 6 2
2024 11 3
2025 4 0
Total 76 8

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 October 2019 Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 0-1 0-1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2. 1 December 2020 Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 2–0 3–0
3. 17 September 2021 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 3–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4. 6 April 2023 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 4–0 4–1 Friendly
5. 11 April 2023 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 1-1 1–1
6. 5 April 2024 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
7. 9 April 2024 Zahir Pajaziti Stadium, Podujevo, Kosovo File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 0-1 6–0
8. 0-3

Honours

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Individual

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Rangers

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