Annabel Blanchard
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Annabel Blanchard (born 7 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as forward for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace.[1]
.jpg) Blanchard with Blackburn Rovers in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Annabel Blanchard | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Liverpool | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Leicester City | 20 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | (4) |
| 2022– | Crystal Palace | 41 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | England U17 | 8 | (5) |
| 2018 | England U18 | 5 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | England U19 | 6 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:20, 19 January 2020 (UTC) | |||
Blanchard made her professional debut on 24 April 2018 against Arsenal.[2]
Blanchard joined Leicester City ahead of the 2019–20 season.[3] She made her league debut against Durham on 18 August 2019.[4] Blanchard scored her first league goal against Crystal Palace on 19 January 2020, scoring in the 15th minute.[5]
On 21 January 2021, Blanchard joined Blackburn Rovers.[6] She made her league debut against London City Lionesses on 24 January 2021.[7] Blanchard scored her first league goal against Watford on 12 September 2021, scoring in the 80th minute.[8]
Blanchard made her league debut against London City Lionesses on 21 August 2022.[9] She scored her first league goal against Coventry United on 27 August 2022, scoring in the 64th minute.[10] On 16 October 2023, it was announced that Blanchard had won the Barclays Women's Championship Player of the Month award and the Barclays Women’s Championship Goal of the Month award for September.[11] She was voted Crystal Palace Women’s cinch Player of the Month for October.[12] On 16 January 2024, it was announced that she had signed a new deal until 2025.[13] Blanchard was announced as the Crystal Palace Women’s cinch Player of the Month for April 2024.[14]
International career
Blanchard represented England throughout the U14 to U19 levels, including scoring twice in three appearances at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Lithuania.[1]
Blanchard is known for her outstanding technical ability and complete two footedness which is a rarity in the women's game.
- As of 3 March 2024.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2017–18 | WSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leicester City | 2019–20 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. | 2021-22 | Championship | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Total | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Crystal Palace F.C. | 2022-23 | Championship | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Total | 41 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 83 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 95 | 19 | ||
- ^ a b c "England – A. Blanchard". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "ARSENAL VS. LIVERPOOL 3 – 0". 24 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Annabel Blanchard signs for Leicester City Women". 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Leicester City vs Durham - 18 August 2019". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Crystal Palace vs Leicester City - 19 January 2020". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Blanchard becomes a blue!". www.rovers.co.uk.
- ^ "London City Lionesses vs Blackburn Rovers - 24 January 2021". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers vs Watford - 12 September 2021". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "London City Lionesses - 21 August 2022". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Crystal Palace vs Coventry United - 27 August 2022". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Blanchard wins Women's Championship POTM and GOTM". www.cpfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Blanchard voted your October cinch Player of the Month". www.cpfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Annabel Blanchard pens new Palace deal". www.cpfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Blanchard wins cinch Women's Player of the Month for April". www.cpfc.co.uk.
- Annabel Blanchard at Soccerway