Anna Filbey
Wales international footballer
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Anna Marie Filbey (born 11 October 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Watford in the FA Women's National League South and the Wales national team. She was described by Tottenham as a "brave and technically-gifted defensive midfielder".[3]
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With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Marie Filbey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, England[3] | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Arsenal | 2[2] | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur | 40 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Celtic (loan) | 12 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Crystal Palace | 36 | (2) |
| 2024- | Watford | 20 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | England U17 | 12 | (4) |
| 2017 | England U19 | 2 | (2) |
| 2019– | Wales | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 May 2023 | |||
Club career
On 11 February 2018, Filbey made her debut for Arsenal, coming on in the 80th minute, replacing Emma Mitchell in a 4–0 Arsenal win over Yeovil Town in the 2017–18 season.[4]
That proved to be her only league appearance with the club as she joined Tottenham Hotspur on 1 August.[5]
In February 2021 she joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6]
FIlbey was part of the Crystal Palace squad that earned promotion to the Women's Super League for the first time, before joining Watford in the summer of 2024.[7][8]
Her first goal for the Golden Girls came in the 2-0 win over Cheltenham Town at Grosvenor Vale.[9]
International career
Filbey has represented England at the youth level for the U17 and the U19 team. On 20 September 2018, Filbey received a call up for the Welsh national team,[10] but was later forced to pull out due to injury.[11]
She made her senior international debut for Wales on 8 October 2019, starting a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying away win over Belarus.[12]
Filbey earned a recall to the Wales squad in October 2024,[13] and was involved again in November of that year as the side qualified for their first-ever major tournament.[14][15]
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