Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elise Anna Hughes | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Hawarden, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Everton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Everton | 22 | (0) |
2020 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 19 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | (5) |
2022– | Crystal Palace | 32 | (18) |
International career‡ | |||
Wales U16 | |||
2017–2018 | Wales U17 | 8 | (3) |
2018 | Wales U19 | 4 | (1) |
2019– | Wales | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:05, 01 May 2023 (UTC) |
Elise Hughes (born 15 April 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a forward for Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Championship and the Welsh national team.
Hughes was born in Hawarden, Flintshire.[1]
Her grandfather David and father Peter were both footballers.[1] The family supports Everton.[1]
Hughes came through Everton's Regional Talent Centre.[1] In February 2018, Hughes made her first team debut for Everton in a 1–0 loss against Arsenal at 16 years old.[1] Hughes scored her first professional goal in a derby win against Liverpool during the group stage of the FA WSL Cup.[2]
On 4 January 2020, Hughes joined Bristol City on loan for the rest of the season.[3] However, Hughes returned to Everton on 30 January to rehabilitate after suffering an ACL injury.[4]
Hughes has made appearances for the Wales women's national football team at the under-16 and under-17 levels.[1] She has been called up several times to the senior team, and made her senior debut 5 March 2018 in the Cyprus Cup against Switzerland.[5][6]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 December 2023 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | Iceland | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |