Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrea Sarah Worrall[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Tameside MBC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1998 | Stockport Ladies | ||
1998–2001 | Everton Ladies | ||
2001 | Liverpool Ladies | ||
2001–2003 | Manchester City Ladies | ||
2003–2005 | Leeds United Ladies | ||
2005–2008 | Stockport County Ladies | ||
2008–2011 | Manchester City Ladies | ||
2011 | Liverpool Ladies | 6 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Manchester City Ladies | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
Wales | 6 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC) |
Andrea Sarah "Andie" Worrall (born 1 April 1977) is an English-born Welsh international footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Worrall began playing for Tameside MBC after watching her father play football for a pub team throughout her childhood. She had been prevented from playing organised football at school because she was female.[2]
Her senior career has taken in Stockport Girls/Ladies,[3] Everton Ladies,[4] Liverpool Ladies,[5] Manchester City Ladies,[6] Leeds United Ladies[7] and Stockport County Ladies.[8]
Worrall played at Wembley with Everton in August 1998. The Blues lost the inaugural AXA Challenge Trophy to Arsenal on penalties, despite Worrall saving from Faye White.[9] She also featured in the 1998–99 FA Women's Premier League Cup final, a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal at Prenton Park in March 1999.[10]
In 2008 Worrall returned to Manchester City Ladies.[2] In March 2011 she made the difficult decision to leave Manchester City for Liverpool Ladies, in order to play in the new FA WSL.[11] Worrall left Liverpool after the 2011 FA WSL season.[12] She rejoined City in February 2013 when fellow goalkeeper Danielle Brown suffered a knee injury.[13]
Worrall was called into the England squad for a friendly against Italy in April 1998.[3]
She later played for Wales,[14][15] producing "heroics" in a 2–0 European Championship qualifying defeat to Belgium in December 1999.[16] During qualifying for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Worrall played in a 5–1 defeat to Scotland at Almondvale Stadium in October 2001.[17] She won a total of six caps for Wales.[18]
Worrall is an avid supporter of Manchester City[2].[19]
In October 2013 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation named Worrall 'Homo Heroes Role Model of the Year' for her work in championing LGBT causes. At the time, she was working as a manager for a housing association in deprived inner city areas of Manchester.[20]