Personal information | |||
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Full name | Natalie Elizabeth Haigh[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Coventry United (on loan from Aston Villa) | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Wetherby Athletic | |||
Leeds United | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | Leeds United | ||
2009–2011 | Leeds City Vixens | ||
2012–2013 | Swindon Spitfires | ||
2013–2015 | Yeovil Town | ||
2015 | Larkhall Athletic | ||
2016 | Swindon Town | ||
2017 | Yeovil Town | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Coventry United | ||
2018 | → Nordsjælland (Loan) | ||
2019–2022 | Aston Villa | 33 | (2) |
2022 | → Coventry United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC) |
Natalie Elizabeth Haigh (born 8 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa of the FA WSL. She has previously played for Yeovil Town, Coventry United and Nordsjælland.[3] In 2022 to May 2023 she was assistant manager at Lewes FC Women.
Haigh was born in Reading,[4] but grew up in Wetherby and attended Boston Spa Sports College.[2] She began playing football at nine years old and her first club was Wetherby Athletic.[5]
In August 2005, 16-year-old Haigh made her FA Women's Premier League National Division debut for Leeds United as a substitute in a 4–3 defeat at Arsenal.[6] In May 2006 she started in Leeds's 5–0 FA Women's Cup final defeat by Arsenal.[7] She joined Leeds City Vixens in 2009.[8]
Haigh rejoined Yeovil Town in February 2017 after previously being captain of the team.[9] Haigh made six appearances that season and saw this as a great achievement after having recovered from a back injury received in 2015.
On 21 July 2019, Haigh joined Aston Villa alongside Shania Hayles and Charlotte Greengrass who signed on the same day.[10] She made her debut on 18 August in a 3–2 home win over Sheffield United in the Women's Championship.[11]
In 2022 she took a position of assistant manager to Scott Booth at Lewes FC Women.[12] She left in May 2023.[13]
At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China, Haigh won a gold medal with the Great Britain Universities team.[14]
Haigh relocated to Gloucestershire to study at the University of Gloucestershire. Before turning professional with Aston Villa, she ran the women's football and futsal teams at Hartpury College.[15][16]