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Fran Kirby

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Born
1993 (33 years old)
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Forward

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Active

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White

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14

Height
1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight
128 lbs

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Francesca Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the England national team. She began her career with hometown club Reading before moving to Chelsea in July 2015 where she remained until 2024. In August 2014, Kirby won her first senior cap for England. She represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

For the 2017–18 season, Kirby was awarded her first PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award. Alongside the inaugural Football Writers' Women's Footballer of the Year. Winning both awards again in the 2020–21 season. She was named to the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or in 2021, ranking 10th. She was also named to the Top 10 of The Guardian's The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2021, ranking 7th. As of May 2024, when it was announced that Kirby would be leaving Chelsea at the end of the 2023–24 season, she holds the record as the club’s leading goalscorer, with 116 goals, holding this record since December 2020.
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Trophy icon English FA Womens Super LeagueTeam badge Chelsea Women2023-2024
Trophy icon UEFA Womens ChampionshipTeam badge England Women2022
Trophy icon Arnold Clark CupTeam badge England Women2022
Trophy icon English PFA Womens Players Player of the YearTeam badge Chelsea Women2020-2021
Trophy icon English FA Womens League CupTeam badge Chelsea Women2020-2021
Trophy icon FA Womens Challenge CupTeam badge Chelsea Women2020-2021
Trophy icon English FA Womens Super LeagueTeam badge Chelsea Women2020-2021
Trophy icon English FA Womens League CupTeam badge Chelsea Women2019-2020
Trophy icon English FA Womens Super LeagueTeam badge Chelsea Women2019-2020
Trophy icon English PFA Womens Players Player of the YearTeam badge Chelsea Women2017-2018
Trophy icon FA Womens Challenge CupTeam badge Chelsea Women2017-2018
Trophy icon English FA Womens Super LeagueTeam badge Chelsea Women2017-2018
Trophy icon Cyprus Womens CupTeam badge England Women2015
Trophy icon English FA Womens Super LeagueTeam badge Chelsea Women2015
Trophy icon FA Womens Challenge CupTeam badge Chelsea Women2014-2015


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Milestone icon UEFA Womens Champions League Hat-TrickChelsea Women2018-10-31


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