Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachel Dugdale | ||
Date of birth | 19 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Youth career | |||
Reading | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Boston College | 15 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 18 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | (1) |
2023 | Coventry United | 8 | (0) |
2023– | Reading | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016– | Northern Ireland | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 19 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:46, 30 August 2019 (UTC) |
Rachel Dugdale (née Newborough; born 19 November 1996) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Reading in the FA Women's Championship and has appeared for the Northern Ireland women's national team.
In July 2019, Newborough joined FA Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic.[1] Two years later, she signed a professional contract with the club.[2]
In January 2023, Newborough joined Coventry United after she departed Charlton Athletic by mutual consent.[3]
On 25 August 2023, Reading announced the signing of Dugdale, who'd previously been at the club at youth level.[4]
Newborough has been capped for the Northern Ireland national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[5]
Newborough married her partner, Guy Dugdale, on 13 May 2023.