Charlie Wellings
Personal information
Full name Charlie Louise Wellings[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2015 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Birmingham City 59 (10)
2019–2021 Bristol City 33 (3)
2021–2022 Celtic 10 (11)
2022– Reading 7 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U20 4 (0)
2019 England U21 6 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:39, 25 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020

Charlie Louise Wellings (born 18 May 1998)[2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Reading. Wellings has previously played for Birmingham City and Bristol City of the Women's Super League and Celtic of the Scottish Women's Premier League.[3]

Club career

Birmingham City

On 24 March 2015, Wellings signed her first senior contract at Birmingham City WFC. Wellings made her debut on 2 July 2014 during a WSL Cup match against Oxford United, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute replacing Karen Carney.[4] Wellings did not make her league debut until the 2015 FA WSL where she started against Liverpool F.C. Women in a 2–1 loss.[5] Wellings' first goal was in a 7–1 win against Aston Villa in the WSL Cup, scoring in the 91st minute.[6]

In May 2017, she scored in Birmingham City's 4–1 2017 FA Women's Cup Final defeat by Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, the club's first ever goal at Wembley.[7]

Bristol City

On 28 May 2019, Wellings left childhood club Birmingham and signed a pre-contract agreement[8] with fellow FA WSL team Bristol City, the same day as Birmingham teammate Meaghan Sargeant.[9] Bristol are managed by former Birmingham assistant Tanya Oxtoby. On 7 September 2019,Wellings made her debut for Bristol City W.F.C. in a 0-0 home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA WSL.[10]

Celtic

Wellings signed for Celtic in July 2021.[11] She made an impressive start to her career in Scotland; scoring twice in a 4–2 win over Aberdeen in the opening league match of the season on 5 September 2021,[12] and by mid-October she had scored 11 goals in 10 games.[13]

Reading

On 5 August 2022, Reading announced the double signing of Wellings.[14]

International career

In August 2018, Wellings represented England at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The team finished in third place, losing the semi-final to Japan before beating France on penalties in the third place playoff. It was the team's best ever result.[15] On 5 April, Wellings made her debut for the U21 team in a 2-1 win against France U23, where she scored both goals.[16] Later that year in October, Wellings as well as fellow teammate Sophie Baggaley were called up to the England U21 team again.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 November 2022[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League Cup FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2014 FA WSL 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2015 6 0 6 2 1 0 13 2
2016 14 2 4 1 1 1 19 4
2017 7 1 0 0 — 7 1
2017–18 18 4 4 2 2 0 24 6
2018–19 20 4 5 2 — 25 6
Total 65 11 20 7 4 1 89 19
Bristol City 2019–20 FA WSL 13 1 5 2 2 0 20 3
2020–21 20 2 5 2 1 0 26 4
Total 33 3 10 4 3 0 46 7
Celtic 2021–22 SWPL
Reading 2022–23 Women's Championship 7 2 0 0 1 0 8 2
Career total 105 16 30 11 8 1 143 28

Honours

Celtic

SWPL League Cup: 2022[18]


References

  1. ^ a b "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Charlie Wellings". Birmingham City Football Club. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "England - C. Wellings - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Birmingham City vs. Oxford United - 2 July 2014 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Liverpool vs. Birmingham City - 1 April 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City - 30 July 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ Phillips, Owen (13 May 2017). "Birmingham City Women 1 - 4 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Wellings signs with City Women". Bristol City.
  9. ^ "Meaghan Sargeant & Charlie Wellings: Bristol City Women sign Birmingham City pair". BBC. 28 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Women's Super League: Bristol City Women 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Women". 7 September 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  11. ^ Carr, Colette (16 July 2021). "English striker Charlie Wellings joins the Hoops". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  12. ^ Carr, Colette (5 September 2021). "Wellings and Craig doubles claim opening day victory". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ Gould, Louise (15 October 2021). "Charlie Wellings has hit the ground running at Celtic". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "CHAMBERS CAPTURES THREE - BURNS, WADE & WELLINGS". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's U20 World Cup: England beat France to bronze in penalty shootout". 24 August 2018.
  16. ^ "England U21 vs. France U23 - 5 April 2019 - Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Seven City Women away on International Duty". Bristol City. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  18. ^ "#SWPLCup: Glasgow City 0-1 Celtic". Women’s Premier League. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links

Reading F.C. Women – current squad
2021–22 PFA Scotland SWPL Team of the Year
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