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Marieanne Spacey Personal information Full name Marieanne Spacey Date of birth 13 February 1966 Place of birth Sutton, London, England Playing position Second striker
Attacking midfielderSenior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–2002 Arsenal Ladies 2002–2005 Fulham Ladies National team 1984–2001 England 91 (28) Teams managed 2003–2006 Fulham Ladies * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Marieanne Spacey (born 13 February 1966)[1] is an English former international women's footballer. Having played 91 times for England, Spacey is considered one of the greatest English footballers of all time.[2]
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Club career
Spacey played for Friends of Fulham and was reported to have signed for Italian club Roi Lazio as a 19-year-old in 1985.[3] Spacey also played for the women's section of HJK Helsinki in Finland.[2] She returned to England and scored 12 goals in the first five games of the 1991-92 season for her old club, who became known as Wimbledon Ladies in 1991.
Spacey then spent eight seasons with Arsenal from 1994, before moving to Fulham on a professional contract in the 2002 close season. She had missed the second part of 1995-96 due to pregnancy.[4] In her final season with Arsenal she was the leading goalscorer and FA Players' Player of the Year, also winning a Sport Relief special achievement award.[5] Throughout her Arsenal career Spacey had enjoyed great success as a deep-lying forward player, helping The Gunners win numerous trophies.[2][6]
"Marieanne was one of the most feared forwards in the game. She had good technique, ability on the ball, pace and power, and she was capable of scoring goals from all over the pitch - many of them from distance." – Vic Akers speaking about Spacey's career in 2009.[6]
In 2002-03 Spacey won a domestic treble with Fulham.[1] She became manager of the team in 2003,[1] but left in 2006 after Fulham scrapped their women's team.[7] Later that year she became a senior coach for AFC Wimbledon Ladies.[8] Spacey later coached the England U-16, U-17 and U-19 teams as well as working in the coaching departments of Arsenal and Charlton Athletic.[2]
In November 2006 she was appointed girls and women's football development officer for the Worcestershire FA.[9]
International career
Spacey made her debut for England against Belgium in 1984.[1] She played in all four of England's games at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.[10] Having finished playing for England with a respectable 76 appearances, Spacey was later recalled by Hope Powell to add experience in midfield.[6] She went on to play a total of 91 times for her country, scoring 28 goals before retiring in 2001 aged 36.[5]
Honours
Spacey was induced into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2009.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Spacey says: "Give footy a go!"". BBC Sport Academy. 2002-07-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/football/features/newsid_2062000/2062840.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ a b c d "Marieanne Spacey". TheFA.com. http://tescoskills.thefa.com/Coaches/MarieanneSpacey. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ Simon Barnes (1985-11-21). "Women footballers are lured by the lire / English women to become professional soccer players in Italy". The Times.
- ^ "Quotes of the week". The Independent. 1995-12-02. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/quotes-of-the-week-1523716.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ a b "Fulham squad profiles:Marieanne Spacey". BBC Sport. 2003-04-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2977285.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ a b c Robert Galvin. "Marieanne Spacey". National Football Museum. http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/Inductees/MarieanneSpacey.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "Fulham pull plug on women's team". BBC Sport. 2006-05-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4988138.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ "Dons Trust Quarterley Report 03/06". AFC Wimbledon. http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/dtdocs/061019-sgm/061019-dt-sgm-06-quarterly_report-0306.pdf. Retrieved 2000-11-11.
- ^ "Women's Football: Spacey set to inspire soccer stars". Kidderminster Shuttle. 2006-11-06. http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2006/11/6/434722.html. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ "England:Marie Anne Spacey". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=428/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ "Latest News - Hall of Fame 2009". National Football Museum. http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/pages/fame/2009%20hall%20of%20fame.html. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
FA Women's Players' Player of the Year England squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 
England squad – 2001 UEFA Women's European Championship Categories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- Arsenal L.F.C. players
- Fulham L.F.C. players
- England women's international footballers
- FA Women's Premier League players
- English Football Hall of Fame inductees
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