Sophie Howard (footballer)
Sophie Louise Howard (born 17 September 1993) is a football defender who most recently played for Reading of England's FA WSL. Since 2017, she has been a member of the senior Scotland national team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sophie Louise Howard[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Hanau, Germany | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Sportfreunde Oberau | |||
SV Phönix Düdelsheim | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | UCF Knights | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 42 | (1) |
2013 | Colorado Rapids Women | ||
2014–2015 | Colorado Pride | ||
2015–2018 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 63 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Reading | 17 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Germany under-20 | 2 | (0) |
2017– | Scotland | 15 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2019 |
Career
Club
On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Howard had left the club after her contract had expired.[2]
International
Howard played twice for the Germany women's national under-20 football team in 2012. She was named in Germany's squad for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan, but did not get to play in any matches. In 2016 she was called into a training camp for England's new "Next Gen" team. She said: "Although I was born and brought up in Germany it’s always been my ambition to play for England, and hopefully I’ve now taken my first step."[3]
In March 2017 she was called up into the Scotland national team. The Scots had three injured defenders and were allowed to pick Howard because her grandfather is Scottish.[4] She made her senior international debut on 11 April 2017, as a 64th-minute substitute in a 5–0 friendly defeat by Belgium in Leuven.[5]
International goals
- Results list Scotland's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 28 May 2019 | Glasgow, Scotland | Friendly |
References
- "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 September 2012. p. 5. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- "🙏 Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- Leighton, Tony (23 August 2016). "Howard's way is a boost for Next Gen coach Spacey". The League Paper. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- Lindsay, Clive (29 March 2017). "Scotland women: Signeul hopes to add Barsley and Howard to squad to face Belgium". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- "Under-strength Scotland fall to Belgium". Scottish Football Association. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
Anna Signeul made a further change on the 64th minute, replacing one debutant with another, as the impressive Vaila Barsley made way for Sophie Howard.
External links
- Sophie Howard – FIFA competition record
- Sophie Howard at the Scottish Football Association
- Sophie Howard at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German)
- Sophie Howard at DFB (also available in German)