Name Danielle Carter Current team Arsenal L.F.C. Years Team Weight 58 kg | Number 9 Height 1.6 m Playing position Role Footballer Position Forward | |
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Full name Danielle Carter-Loblack Date of birth (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 22) Similar People Jordan Nobbs, Leah Williamson, Rachel Yankey, Jemma Rose, Emma Byrne Profiles | ||
Danielle Carter-Loblack (born 18 May 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for FA WSL club Arsenal and the England national team.
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Club career
Carter came through the ranks at the Leyton Orient Girls Centre of Excellence. In 2009, she moved to Arsenal, while remaining at school in Romford. In the 2010 FA Women's Cup Final, Carter was a 70th-minute substitute for Julie Fleeting, but Arsenal lost 3–2 to Everton after extra time.
In 2011, Carter helped Arsenal win the inaugural FA WSL title, as well as the 2010–11 FA Women's Cup. In the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, she scored twice against Bobruichanka and once against Rayo Vallecano as Arsenal reached the semi-final, where they lost to 1. FFC Frankfurt. Arsenal retained the WSL in 2012 but were upset by Chelsea in the semi-final of the FA Women's Cup.
In the 2015–16 FA Women's Cup final against Chelsea, she scored the only goal of the match in the 18th minute which saw Arsenal to victory, thus lifting the cup.
International career
Carter started playing for England at U-15 level. She played as England came fourth in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand, scoring twice against Brazil. Two years later she competed in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.
Carter helped Great Britain win a gold medal in July 2013, at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. In September 2013, Carter was named in the senior England squad by interim coach Brent Hills.
Coach Mark Sampson gave Carter her senior international debut in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match against Estonia on 21 September 2015. She marked the occasion by scoring a hat-trick in England's 8–0 win.