Abbey-Leigh Stringer
Stringer in 2021
Personal information
Full name Abbey-Leigh Stringer
Date of birth (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995
Place of birth Nuneaton, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 4
Youth career
Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Birmingham City 37 (0)
2015 → Aston Villa (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2021 Everton 40 (1)
2021– West Ham United 37 (1)
International career‡
2010–2012 England U17 9 (2)
2012–2014 England U19 14 (0)
2014 England U20 3 (0)
2015 England U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:48, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2017

Abbey-Leigh Stringer (born 17 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club West Ham United.[1]

Club career

Stringer spent her youth development with Aston Villa's center of excellence.[2] Her performances and development there earned her call-ups for England's youth national teams at various levels.

In June 2014, Stringer signed with WSL 1 side and cross-town rivals, Birmingham City[3][4] After limited appearances for Birmingham, she was loaned back to Aston Villa in July 2015 to gain more experience and develop her skills.[5][6]

At the conclusion of her loan spell, she returned to Birmingham and signed a professional deal in January 2016.[5] During her time with Birmingham she would make 37 league appearances, 6 WSL Cup appearances, and help the Blues finish as runners up in the 2016 WSL Cup and the 2016–17 FA Women's Cup.[7]

In August 2018, Stringer signed for Everton[1]

International career

Stringer has made appearances for various youth levels of the England national team from U-17s through U-23s.[1] She contributed 2 starts and 3 appearances for England during their runner-up finish in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2014 Women's Super League 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2015 Women's Super League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2016 Women's Super League 14 0 ? ? 3 0 17 0
2017 Women's Super League 7 0 ? ? — 7 0
2017–18 Women's Super League 11 0 ? ? 2 0 13 0
Total 37 0 ? ? 6 0 43 0
Aston Villa (loan) 2015 Women's Super League 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 10 0
Everton 2018–19 Women's Super League 15 1 1 0 2 0 18 1
2019–20 Women's Super League 11 0 5 0 2 0 18 0
2020–21 Women's Super League 14 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
Total 40 1 6 0 7 0 53 1
West Ham United 2021–22 Women's Super League 18 1 3 0 4 0 25 1
2022–23 Women's Super League 11 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
2023–24 Women's Super League 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
Total 37 1 3 0 9 0 49 0
Career total 119 2 9 0 22 0 150 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peter Lennox (2 August 2018). "Stringer Becomes Ladies' Latest Signing". Everton FC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Paul Brown (8 June 2012). "Stringer and Mannion among four Villa starlets called up by England". Aston Villa FC. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stringer leaves Villa for FA WSL 1 leaders Birmingham". England FA. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Blues sign England U20 star". Birmingham City Ladies. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Stringer signed for Birmingham City Ladies in June 2014 from local rivals Aston Villa". Birmingham City FC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Aston Villa Ladies re-sign Abbeyleigh Stringer from Blues". BBC. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 Abbey-Leigh Stringer at Soccerway
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