Fran Kirby
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish association football player (born 1993)
Francesca Kirby is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and played for the England national team. She began her career with hometown club Reading before moving to Chelsea in July 2015 where she remained until 2024.
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It is understanding my body, knowing when I need to take an extra day recovery, knowing when I need to do more recovery; like now I do recovery every day.
Fran Kirby: ‘It’s tough to do the things I do at Chelsea with England’ by Suzanne Wrack. November 25, 2021. Retrieved 16/11/2023.
People tweet me saying they have just seen me in town. It's great. But I just want to get on with the football. Just enjoy it - that's all I want to do.
Fran Kirby interview: Chelsea star hates being compared to Lionel Messi by Tony Banks. February 1, 2016. Retrieved 16/11/2023.
Women's football has such a platform now. It can only go from strength to strength. I just hope it encourages girls who might not have taken up the game to do it now.
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Michelle AgyemangAlso played for England women's national under-23 association football team
Pernille HarderAlso played for Chelsea F.C. Women
Eniola AlukoAlso played for England women's national football team
Bethany EnglandAlso played for England women's national under-23 association football team
Mandy van den BergAlso played for Reading F.C. Women
Georgia StanwayAlso played for England women's national football teamAbout this person
Francesca Kirby is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and played for 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, the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands and the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England.
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