Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 January 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Lichfield, Staffordshire, England | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Aston Villa | ||
2018–2020 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Birmingham City | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Aston Villa | 19 | (1) |
2022 | → Leicester City (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2023–2024 | → Reading (loan) | 4 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
2021–2022 | England U19 | 10 | (3) |
2022– | England U23 | 4 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023 |
Freya Gregory (born 12 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the England Under-23 youth team.
Gregory was part of the Birmingham City academy for two seasons and broke into the first team in the 2019–20 season.[1] On 17 November 2019, Gregory made her senior debut for Birmingham City against Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3–0 FA WSL defeat.[2] She left Birmingham in June 2020.[3]
On 4 July 2020, Gregory announced she was returning to Aston Villa, where she had previously been as a youth, ahead of the team's first season in the FA WSL.[4] She scored her first WSL goal in late April 2021, in a 1–1 draw against her former club Birmingham.[5] On 7 January 2022, Gregory joined Leicester City on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[6]
On 14 September 2023, Reading announced the season-long loan signing of Gregory from Aston Villa.[7] Gregory returned to Aston Villa on 4 January 2024, ending her loan at Reading early.[8]
In October 2019, Gregory was called to up to the England U17 team to play in the 2020 U17 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification games and played against Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium.[9]
On 23 October 2021, after being named in the under-19 for 2022 U19 Championship qualification,[10] Gregory scored a penalty against Northern Ireland in an 8–1 win in Round 1.[11][12] On 17 February 2022, she scored in the Marbella International Tournament against Finland in a 4–0 victory with the U19 team.[13] On 9 April, in Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Gregory scored the second goal in England's 2–0 victory against Iceland.[14][15] In June 2022, with England qualifying for the tournament, she was named in the team for the 2022 U19 Championship.[16]
In February 2022, Gregory was named as part of the under-23 squad.[17] On 10 October, she scored against Sweden in a 1–1 draw.[18] On November 10, after being named as part of the U23 team as a defender,[19] she scored both goals against the Netherlands in the team's 2–0 win.[20]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Birmingham City | 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Aston Villa | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
Leicester City (loan) | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Reading (loan) | 2023–24 | Women's Championship | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Career total | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 4 |