Lois Roche
Association football player (born 1993)
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Lois Jade Roche (born 18 June 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's National League South club Lewes. Born in England, she represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth level.
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Roche in 2021 in Charlton Athletic | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lois Jade Roche[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lewes | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal, | |||
| Chelsea, | |||
| Queen's Park Rangers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Reading | 67 | (14) |
| 2017 | Åland United | 22 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | CF Florentia | 23 | (1) |
| 2020 | Røa IL | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Charlton Athletic | 33 | (1) |
| 2023– | Lewes | 30 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 11 | |
| 2011–2012 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 10 | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2025 | |||
Life
Roche was born and brought up in England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[2] She played as a youth for Arsenal, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.[3]
She became a player for Reading in 2012 and she was there for four years. She scored fourteen goals and playing in 67 matches,[3][4][5][6][7][8] in 2017 she took the opportunity to play in a foreign league for the first time, joining Finnish Naisten Liiga club Åland United.[3]
At the end of the championship she decided to move to Italy, to play for Florentia, a team at the top of the Serie B table, in the second part of their 2017–18 season.[9] In September 2020 she made her debut in Norway for Røa IL.[1]
She joined Charlton Athletic in 2021 and at the end of her contract and joined Lewes in 2023.[3]
