Charlotte Wardlaw

Charlotte Wardlaw
Wardlaw in 2022
Personal information
Full name Charlotte Wardlaw
Date of birth (2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Carshalton, England
Position(s) Defender / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield United
(on loan from Chelsea)
Youth career
Carshalton Athletic
–2018 Millwall Lionesses
2018–2019 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Chelsea 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Liverpool (loan) 18 (1)
2022–2023 → Liverpool (loan) 4 (0)
2023 → Lewes (loan) 12 (0)
2023–2024 → Glasgow City (loan) 28 (2)
2024–2025 → Sheffield United (loan) 9 (0)
International career‡
England U15
2019– England U17 4 (0)
2021– England U19 6 (0)
2022– England U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:06, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Charlotte Wardlaw (born 20 February 2003) is an English footballer, who plays for Women's Super League club Chelsea. She has captained the England women's under-15, under-17 and under-19 teams, and represented the under-23 team.

Club career

Wardlaw started playing football at the age of six, for Carshalton Athletic. At the age of 13, she joined the Millwall Lionesses Academy,[1] and aged 15, she joined Chelsea Academy.[2] At the age of 16, Wardlaw made her senior debut for Chelsea in a 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea won the match 5–1.[3][4] She also made appearances in Chelsea's 2019–20 Women's FA Cup match against Charlton Athletic, and their 2020–21 Women's FA Cup match against London City Lionesses.[1]

In June 2021, Wardlaw signed a two-year professional contract with Chelsea. It was her first professional contract.[2] In August 2021, she joined FA Women's Championship club Liverpool on loan for the remainder of the season.[5][6] She was Liverpool's eighth signing of the season.[7] She scored her first Liverpool goal as they beat Sheffield United 2–0 in October 2021,[8] and also scored in Liverpool's 2021–22 Women's FA Cup fourth round match against Lincoln City.[9] In September 2022, Wardlaw was re-loaned to Liverpool for the 2022–23 season.[10] She returned to Chelsea in January 2023.[11] A few weeks later, she was loaned out again, this time to Women's Championship side, Lewes.[12] At the beginning of the next season she was loaned to Scottish club Glasgow City for the season.[13] The following season saw her loaned to Championship side Sheffield United before being recalled in January 2025.[14][15]

International career

Wardlaw has captained the England women's under-15,[2] under-17[16] and under-19 teams.[2] In 2017, she was part of the England under-15s team that beat Wales under-15s 7–0.[17] She captained England under-17s in 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches.[16] She was in the England squad for the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[18] In October 2022, she played for the England under-23 team in a match against Sweden.[19]

Personal life

Wardlaw is in a relationship with fellow women's footballer Hannah Robinson.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "Charlotte Wardlaw talks about first professional contract". Chelsea F.C. Women. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "England youth skipper gets first pro deal with Chelsea Women". She Kicks. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Hayes heaps praise on youngsters". Chelsea F.C. Women. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Chelsea thrash Spurs 5–1 in Conti Cup – no, Mourinho wasn't there". London News Online. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ "LFC Women sign Charlotte Wardlaw on season-long loan". Liverpool F.C. Women. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Women signed Charlotte Wardlaw on loan from Chelsea". She Kicks. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Defender Charlotte Wardlaw Joins Liverpool FC Women On Loan". SB Nation. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  8. ^ "DIE LFC WOMEN SIEGEN IM SPITZENSPIEL GEGEN SHEFFIELD UNITED" (in German). Redmen Family. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Vitality #WomensFACup: Southampton knockout Bristol City". She Kicks. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Charlotte Wardlaw: Defender rejoins Liverpool on loan from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Charlotte Wardlaw returns to Chelsea Women from Liverpool loan". Chelsea. 3 January 2023.
  12. ^ Frith, Wilf (21 January 2023). "Lewes sign Charlotte Wardlaw on loan from Chelsea Women". She Kicks.
  13. ^ "Charlotte Wardlaw joins Glasgow City on loan". Chelsea. 15 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Charlotte Wardlaw completes loan move". Chelsea. 12 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Charlotte Wardlaw recalled from loan". Chelsea. 10 January 2025.
  16. ^ a b "ENGLAND OPEN UEFA WOMEN'S U17 QUALIFIERS WITH VICTORY OVER CROATIA". The Football Association. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  17. ^ "CLINICAL ENGLAND TAKE VICTORY OVER WALES U15". Football Association of Wales. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  18. ^ "England drawn in Group B at u19 Euros in Czech Republic". Daily Cannon. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  19. ^ "England Women U-23 denied win late on by Sweden". She Kicks. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  20. ^ Charlotte Wardlaw (25 July 2023). "🌷sacred new beginnings🌷". Instagram. Retrieved 12 November 2023.