Molly Bartrip | |
Fullname: | Molly Bartrip |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1996 |
Birth Place: | Romford, England |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Clubnumber: | 5 |
Youthclubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Youthclubs2: | Charlton Athletic |
Youthclubs3: | Arsenal |
Years1: | 2014–2021 |
Clubs1: | Reading |
Caps1: | 59 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2021– |
Clubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
Caps2: | 54 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011–2012 |
Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2013–2015 |
Nationalteam2: | England U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2016 |
Nationalteam3: | England U20 |
Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2018 |
Nationalteam4: | England U23 |
Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 19:04, 16 December 2023 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 10 June 2017 |
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]
Bartrip started her playing career at age seven with Tottenham Hotspurs' 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]
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]
On 16 July 2021, she joined Tottenham Hotspur from Reading for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.[13] She played her first game for Spurs in a 1–0 league win over Birmingham City.[14]
In 2018, Bartrip revealed that she had anorexia nervosa during her teenage years.[15]
Season | League | FA cup | League cup | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Reading | 2014 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
2017 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
2018–19 | Women's Super League | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Women's Super League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 85 | 1 | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 1 | |||
Career total | 113 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 152 | 2 |