Full name Helen Jane Ward Years Team Position Forward Number 18 Current team Reading F.C. Women | Playing position Role Football player Name Helen Ward | |
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Date of birth (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 29) Profiles | ||
Helen ward wins players player award at faw 2015 awards
Helen Jane Ward (née Lander; born 26 April 1986) is an international football striker who most recently played club football for FA WSL team Yeovil Town Ladies. Ward previously spent three seasons with Chelsea Ladies, whom she joined from Arsenal in 2010. Born in the London Borough of Brent, Ward began her career with 14 years at Watford Ladies where she was a prolific goalscorer and team captain.
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- Helen ward wins players player award at faw 2015 awards
- Club career
- International career
- International goals
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Ward played for the England women's national under-23 football team in 2007, but chose to represent Wales at senior level in 2008. With over 30 goals, she is the Welsh national team's all–time record goalscorer.
Club career
Ward began her career with Watford Ladies, joining at the age of nine and progressing to become captain of the senior side. She left to join Arsenal Ladies in January 2009, scoring on her debut later that month as Arsenal beat Colchester United in the FA Women's Cup.
Ward moved to Chelsea Ladies in September 2010.
In December 2013, Ward announced a transfer from Chelsea to Reading. There she was reunited with former Arsenal and Wales teammate Jayne Ludlow, who was Reading's manager. Ward returned to training ahead of the 2015 FA WSL 2 season, after giving birth to daughter Emily in September 2014.
On 8 February 2017, Ward joined newly promoted FA WSL 1 side Yeovil Town Ladies, but was forced to withdraw from her contract after announcing she was pregnant with her second child.
International career
In July 2007, Ward made a 10-minute substitute appearance for the England women's national under-23 football team in a 4–1 Nordic Cup defeat by Finland.
Ward represented England at Under-23 level, but, due to her mother's father being Welsh, she made her senior debut for Wales against Luxembourg on 30 September 2008. Wales came from behind to win 6–1, with Ward scoring the second goal.
In August 2010 Ward scored six goals in Wales' 15–0 win over Azerbaijan. She was listed as a Chelsea player. By the time of Ward's 50th cap, against Belarus in September 2013, she had scored 30 international goals.