Chloe Morgan (footballer) explained

Chloe Morgan
Birth Date:1989 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Leytonstone, England
Height:172cm[1]
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Crystal Palace Coach Staff
Clubs1:Leyton Ladies
Clubs2:Leyton Orient
Years3:–2014
Clubs3:Tottenham Hotspur
Years4:2014–2015
Clubs4:Arsenal
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2015–2020
Clubs5:Tottenham Hotspur
Caps5:32
Goals5:0
Years6:2020–2022
Clubs6:Crystal Palace
Caps6:21
Goals6:0
Club-Update:12 July 2020 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:15:54, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Chloe Morgan (born 12 December 1989) is an English lawyer, journalist and former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for FA Women's Championship club Crystal Palace.[2]

Early life

Morgan is from Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.[3] As a youngster, the film Erin Brockovich inspired her to become a personal injury lawyer.[4] She also enjoyed football and played recreationally for local clubs including Leyton Orient alongside her studies.[5]

Club career

Morgan progressed to playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division. During the 2013–14 season, local rivals Arsenal required a goalkeeper for their reserve team and signed Morgan from Spurs. With Arsenal, she won the 2014 FA WSL Development Cup[6] and made 16 reserve team appearances in 2014–15.[7]

In 2019, Morgan was among 11 of Spurs' existing players to be offered a full-time professional contract to remain with the club following their promotion to the FA Women's Super League. She had started 18 of 20 league games in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship campaign, in which Spurs finished as runners-up to Manchester United.[8]

Upon retiring at the end of the 2021–22 FA Women's Championship Morgan announced her retirement from football.[9]

Post-playing career

Morgan combined her football career with a full-time job as a personal injury lawyer.[10]

Morgan is a co-presenter on the woman's football podcast Upfront alongside Rachel O'Sullivan, co-founder of the Girls On The Ball platform.[11]

Personal life

Morgan is openly LGBT.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chloe Morgan . . 26 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010804/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs-ladies/chloe-morgan/ . 3 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Chloe Morgan - Goalkeeper Women . 2022-03-07 . Crystal Palace F.C. . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 1 Chloe Morgan . . 26 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Our People - Chloe Morgan . . 26 December 2019.
  5. News: Chloe Morgan Ahead Of The North London Derby . 26 December 2019 . Soccer Bible . 13 November 2019.
  6. News: Ladies Reserves win Development Cup . 26 December 2019 . . 1 June 2014.
  7. News: Jamet . Sylvain . Arsenal Ladies Development team end of season review and statistics . 26 December 2019 . Daily Cannon . 25 May 2015.
  8. News: Introducing our Tottenham Hotspur Women players . 14 September 2019 . . 5 July 2019.
  9. Web site: I'm retiring! . 2023-01-20 . Twitter . en.
  10. Web site: Hyde2022-08-12T09:49:00+01:00 . John . Earning her Spurs: Meet the woman who combined law with top-flight football . Law Gazette.
  11. Web site: Upfront Stak . 2023-01-20 . stak.london . en.
  12. News: 'The power football has is great'. BBC Sport.