Rachel Stowell
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bristol City Women | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1996 | Bristol City Women | ||
| 1996–2000 | Southampton Saints | ||
| 2000–2004 | Fulham Ladies | ||
| 2004–2005 | Bristol City Women | ||
| 2005–2006 | Arsenal Ladies | ||
| 2006–2008 | Leeds United Ladies | ||
| 2009–2010 | Leicester City Women | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2005 | England | 14 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:08, 27 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Rachel "Macca"[1] Stowell (née McArthur; born 27 July 1977) is a former English football player, who played as a central midfielder. She finished her career with Leicester City Women after season 2009–10, and is a former member of the England squad.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Stowell joined Bristol City Women aged 12 and played with her local club for seven years before moving to Southampton Saints. With Southampton, Stowell played in the 1999 FA Women's Cup final.[2] She was a full-time professional player with Fulham from 2000 until 2003.[3][4] Stowell later played for Bristol City Ladies again, Arsenal Ladies[5] and Leeds United Ladies.[6] Stowell joined Leicester City after a period of inactivity after childbirth and an ACL injury.[1] She captained Leicester to third place in the 2009–10 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, then retired at the end of the season.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]She has England legacy number 141. The FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[7][8]
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
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| 1 | 9 March 2005 | Paderne | File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland | 4–0 | Algarve Cup | 1 |
Personal life
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She married former Wolves goalkeeper Mike Stowell in June 2009,[9] following the birth of their daughter in April of the previous year.[9] The two married whilst they both were in Leicester. Rachel being a Leicester City Women's player and her husband, Mike Stowell, being the goalkeeping coach at Leicester City FC.
Her grandfather Wally McArthur played for Bristol Rovers from 1933 until 1950.[10]
References
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- Leeds United Women F.C. players
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Southampton Saints L.F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. Women players
- England women's international footballers
- FA Women's National League players
- Footballers from Bristol
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- Women's association football midfielders
- English women's football biography stubs