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Cheryl Foster Personal information Full name Cheryl Foster Date of birth 4 October 1980 Place of birth Bangor, Wales Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Liverpool LFC Youth career Conwy Devils Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† –2003 Bangor City Girls F.C. 2003– Liverpool LFC National team‡ 1997– Wales 60 (9) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 May 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04 May 2010 (UTC)Cheryl "Fozzy"[1] Foster (born 4 October 1980) is a Welsh footballer. She plays as a striker for Liverpool Ladies and is the all-time record appearance holder for the Welsh national team.[2]
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Club career
After starting her career at Conwy Devils,[1] Foster moved to Bangor City and was the club's Northern Division top-scorer in every season from 1999–00 to 2002–03.[3] She also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Cup.[4]
In summer 2003 Foster joined an exodus of players leaving Bangor City for Liverpool.[5] By season 2009–10, she was Liverpool Ladies' longest serving player.[1] That season she was the Northern Division top goalscorer with 16 goals as Liverpool romped to the title.[6] Foster and Liverpool team-mate Kelly Jones joined Irish Cup winners St Francis F.C. on loan for a UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying tournament in August 2010.[7]
Foster had planned to retire at 30-years-old, but changed her mind in order to play in the FA WSL.[8] She then scored Liverpool's first goal in the new competition, helping them to a 3–3 opening day draw against local rivals Everton.[9]
International career
Foster represented Wales at youth level, winning five U16 caps, four U18 caps and scoring one goal in a single U20 appearance.[10]
Her full debut was in 1997[2] and she captained the side on her 50th appearance, a 3-0 friendly win over Slovenia in Llanelli in August 2009.[11] Foster won a record 52nd cap in Wales' 2–1 defeat in Azerbaijan in October 2009.[2][12]
Personal life
Foster is a Liverpool FC supporter[1] and works as a P.E. teacher at Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School, Chester.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Players". Liverpool Ladies FC. http://www.liverpoolladiesfc.co.uk/Pages/ContactsDirectory.aspx?id=139. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ a b c d "Ladies football: Chester schoolteacher Cheryl Foster become most capped player in Welsh women’s football history". The Chester Chronicle. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-sport/cheshire-football/2009/11/12/ladies-football-chester-schoolteacher-cheryl-foster-become-most-capped-player-in-welsh-women-s-football-history-59067-25147178/. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Bangor City Girls Football Club". Bangor City Girls Football Club. http://freespace.virgin.net/gillsmith.gillsmith/score2.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Cheryl Foster". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/teams/player=43285/index.html. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Bangor City Girls Football Club". Bangor City Girls Football Club. http://freespace.virgin.net/gillsmith.gillsmith/bcgnews.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Key figures honoured at Women's awards". TheFA.com. http://www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball/Players/PlayersPages/WomensAndGirls/NewsandFeatures/2010/FAWFA10. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ "St Francis overhaul three-goal deficit". She Kicks. 2010-08-10. http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/1460. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ "No longer in it for kicks: women's football turns pro". The Independent. 2010-09-13. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/no-longer-in-it-for-kicks-womens-football-turns-pro-2077570.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Liam Chronnell (2011-04-15). "Reds boss praises battling spirit". TheFA.com. http://www.thefa.com/Leagues/SuperLeague/NewsAndFeatures/2011/liverpool-everton-reaction-150411. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ "Women - A Squad - Cheryl Foster". FAW.org.uk. http://www.faw.org.uk/teams/5/64. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Match Report - Wales 3 - 0 Slovenia". FAW.org.uk. http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/448. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ "Match Report - Azerbaijan 2 - 1 Wales". FAW.org.uk. http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/442. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
External links
- Cheryl Foster at UEFA
- Cheryl Foster at FAW
Categories:- Living people
- 1980 births
- People from Bangor, Gwynedd
- Welsh women's footballers
- Wales women's international footballers
- Liverpool L.F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- FA WSL players
- Women's association football biography stubs
- Welsh football biography stubs
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