Molly Bartrip

Molly Bartrip (born 1 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.[1]

Molly Bartrip
Personal information
Full name Molly Bartrip
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996
Place of birth Romford, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 5
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Charlton Athletic
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Reading 59 (0)
2021– Tottenham Hotspur 37 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 England U17 9 (0)
2013–2015 England U19 9 (0)
2016 England U20 3 (0)
2018 England U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2017

Early life

Molly Bartrip started her playing career at age seven with Tottenham's U10s team, in the mid-2000s. She was initially scouted while playing on a local boys team.[2] At age 11 she went on to play for Charlton Athletic and a few years after that she joined Arsenal.[3][4]

Club career

Reading

Bartrip joined Reading on 4 April 2014 from Arsenal's academy, ahead of the club's debut season in the newly created FA Women's Super League 2.[5][6] She played four matches in the 2014 WSL Cup for Reading but no league appearances. In December 2015 Bartrip signed a professional contract with Reading ahead of the club's debut in the WSL.[7]

Her WSL debut came in the season opener on 23 March 2016 in a start against her former club Arsenal.[8] She scored her first and only goal for the club on 1 November 2017 in a win against Watford in the group stage of the 2017–18 FA WSL Cup.[9] Bartrip made her 100th appearance across all competitions for Reading on 10 February 2021 in a win away to Manchester United.[10] She left the club after the 2020–21 FA WSL season, along with seven other players.[11][12]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 16 July 2021 she joined Tottenham Hotspur from Reading for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.[13][1] She played her first game for Spurs in a 1–0 league win over Birmingham City.[14]

Personal life

In 2018, Bartrip revealed that she had anorexia nervosa during her teenage years.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 March 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA cup League cup[lower-alpha 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 2014 FA WSL 0 0 ? ? 4 0 4 0
2015 FA WSL 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
2016 FA WSL 12 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
2017 FA WSL 2 0 – – 2 0
2017–18 FA WSL 6 0 0 0 4 1 10 1
2018–19 FA WSL 14 0 4 0 4 0 22 0
2019–20 FA WSL 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
2020–21 FA WSL 21 0 1 0 3 0 25 0
Total 59 0 9 0 17 1 85 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2021–22 FA WSL 22 0 1 0 4 0 27 0
2022–23 WSL 15 1 2 0 4 0 21 1
Total 37 1 3 0 8 0 48 1
Career total 96 1 12 0 25 1 133 2
  1. Includes FA WSL Cup

References
  1. "Molly Bartrip completes move". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. Includes Template Cup, Sample Cup
  3. Includes Template League Cup, Sample League Cup
  4. "Who is Molly Bartrip?". SYST Business. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. One appearance in Template Super Cup; two appearances, one goal in Template Centenary Cup
  6. getreading (11 July 2014). "Molly Bartrip gets the call up for England Under-19s". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. "Reading sign up Bruton and Bartrip". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. "Arsenal vs. Reading - 23 March 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. "Result Details". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. FC, Reading. "💯 Bartrip makes 100th Royals appearance". Reading FC. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  11. "Eight players to depart from Reading FC Women this summer". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  12. FC, Reading. "Reading FC Women start to reshape squad ahead of fresh 2021-22 challenge". Reading FC. Retrieved 8 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Tottenham sign defender Bartrip". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  14. "Graham scores as Spurs beat Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  15. Falkingham, Katie (7 November 2018). "Molly Bartrip: Reading defender on overcoming teenage anorexia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  16. https://int.soccerway.com/players/molly-bartrip/212830/


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