Jess Carter

Jessica Leigh Carter (born 27 October 1997) is an English professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea FC[2] and the England women's national team. She also holds American citizenship.[3]

Jess Carter
Carter in October 2022
Personal information
Full name Jessica Leigh Carter[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997
Place of birth Warwick, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2013 Warwick Junior
2013 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Birmingham City 67 (1)
2018– Chelsea 66 (3)
International career‡
2014 England U19 3 (1)
2016 England U20 3 (0)
2016–2019 England U21 5 (1)
2017, 2021– England 16 (1)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner2022 England
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima
Winner2023 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 06 April 2023 (UTC)

Early life

As a youth, Carter captained the Warwick Juniors to the County Cup championship;[4] a plaque honouring Carter was installed at the club in 2022 as part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign.[5] In June 2013, she joined the Birmingham City Academy.[6]

Club career

Birmingham City

In March 2014 at the age of 16, Carter made her debut for Birmingham City in a match against Arsenal in the first leg of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final. She was subsequently named player of the match.[7]

Chelsea

In June 2018, Carter joined Chelsea on a three-year contract from Birmingham City.[8] She began her career at Chelsea as a fringe player, starting only 11 WSL games in her first three seasons with the team. In January 2020, she scored her maiden goal for the club in a 6-1 win over Bristol City.[9] She had her career breakout during the 2021-22 season in which she formed the key part of the defensive back three with teammates Millie Bright and Magdalena Eriksson.[10] It was announced in October 2022 that Carter would be extending her Chelsea contract and would be remaining at the club as a defender until 2025. [11]

International career

Carter has represented England on the U19 and U20 national teams.[12][13][14] During her debut for the England U19 team, she scored against Norway.[15] In 2017, Carter was called up to the senior England squad for a qualifier against Kazakhstan and made an appearance, replacing Lucy Bronze, in the 77th minute as England won 5–0.[16]

In June 2022 Carter was included in the England squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[17][18]

Personal life

Carter was born in England to an American father and English mother.[19] She is in a relationship with her Chelsea teammate Ann-Katrin Berger.[20]

Carter is an ambassador for an all-female football academy run by former Arsenal youth player, Judan Ali.[21][22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 March 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2014 FA WSL 12020 2 040200
2015 FA WSL 14020 7 0—230
2016 FA WSL 16010 4 0—210
2017 FA WSL 7000 ——70
2017–18 FA WSL 18120 3 0—231
Total 67170 16 040941
Chelsea 2018–19 FA WSL 13 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 24 0
2019–20 FA WSL 8 1 2 0 5 0 — 15 1
2020–21 FA WSL 9 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 16 0
2021–22 FA WSL 21 0 4 0 3 1 5 0 33 1
2022–23 WSL 10 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 17 2
Total 61 3 10 0 16 1 18 0 105 4
Career total 128 4 17 0 32 1 22 0 198 5
  1. Includes the FA Women's Cup
  2. Includes the FA WSL Cup
  3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 23 February 2023.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team YearApps Goals
England 201710
202121
202290
2023 3 0
Total151
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carter goal.
List of international goals scored by Jess Carter
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 30 November 2021 Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, England  Latvia 10–0 20–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [24]

Honours

Chelsea

England

See also: Collective honours for the England women's national football team

Individual

References
  1. "Jessica Leigh Carter". UEFA. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. "Jess Carter". ChelseaFC. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. "Getting to know Chelsea Women: Jess Carter".
  4. "Warwick Juniors Angels Win Girls Cup". Birmingham FA. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. "England's Euro 2022 winners honoured with gold plaques at local football clubs". 90min. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. "Birmingham City sign up Warwick Juniors youngster". Leamington Courier. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. "Debut delight for Jessica Carter". Birmingham City Football Club. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. Frith, Wilf (19 June 2018). "Jess Carter joins Chelsea Women". SheKicks. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  9. Weir, Luke (14 July 2022). "Who England Lionesses defender Jess Carter is". Football.London. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. "Jess Carter signs new three-year Chelsea contract". OneFootball. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  11. "Jess Carter: Chelsea defender to stay at club until 2025". BBC Sport. 18 October 2022.
  12. Callow, James (5 April 2014). "Williamson leads England U19s to victory over Denmark". England FA. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  13. "Brandrick is a proud man after Carter's England debut". Leamington Courier. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  14. "England Under 20 Squad Announced". FA WSL. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  15. Veevers, Nicholas (31 January 2014). "Thriller at SGP as Women's U19s draw with Norway". England FA. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  16. uefa.com. "Women's World Cup - Matches – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
  17. Davies, Callum (15 June 2022). "England Women's final squad named for EURO 2022". England Football.com. The FA. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  18. England Squad. UEFA. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  19. "Getting to know Chelsea Women: Jess Carter". www.chelseafc.com.
  20. "Jess Carter on learning German". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  21. "Coach Ali wants to give local girls chance to play football". 8 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021.
  22. "Interview with the Judan Ali Football Academy". 6 June 2021.
  23. "England - J. Carter - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  24. "England vs. Latvia - 30 November 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  25. Sanders, Emma (31 July 2022). "England beat Germany to win first major women's trophy". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  26. Sanders, Emma (6 April 2023). "England beat Brazil on penalties to win Finalissima". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  27. "England 3 - 1 Germany". BBC Sport. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  28. "Arnold Clark Cup: England hit six v Belgium to retain trophy". BBC Sport. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  29. https://www.thepfa.com/news/2017/4/20/pfa-wsl-team-of-the-year
  30. https://www.thepfa.com/news/2017/4/23/jess-carter-wins-pfa-young-player-of-the-year
  31. "Lionesses and Sarina Wiegman given Freedom of the City of London after Euros win". ITV News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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