Molly Bartrip
English footballer
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Molly Bartrip (born 1 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.[1]
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Bartrip in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Molly Bartrip | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Romford, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2021 | Reading | 59 | (0) |
| 2021– | Tottenham Hotspur | 90 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | England U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:34, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2017 | |||
Early life
Bartrip started her playing career at age seven with Tottenham Hotspur's U10s team, in the mid-2000s. She was initially scouted while playing on a local boys team.[2] At age 11 she went on to play for Charlton Athletic and a few years after that she joined Arsenal.[3][4]
Club career
Reading
Bartrip joined Reading on 4 April 2014 from Arsenal's academy, ahead of the club's debut season in the newly created FA Women's Super League 2.[5][6] She played four matches in the 2014 WSL Cup for Reading but no league appearances. In December 2015 Bartrip signed a professional contract with Reading ahead of the club's debut in the WSL.[7]
Her WSL debut came in the season opener on 23 March 2016 in a start against her former club Arsenal.[8] She scored her first and only goal for the club on 1 November 2017 in a win against Watford in the group stage of the 2017–18 FA WSL Cup.[9] Bartrip made her 100th appearance across all competitions for Reading on 10 February 2021 in a win away to Manchester United.[10] She left the club after the 2020–21 FA WSL season, along with seven other players.[11][12]
Tottenham Hotspur
On 16 July 2021, she joined Tottenham Hotspur from Reading for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.[13][1] She played her first game for Spurs in a 1–0 league win over Birmingham City.[14] Having played in every game of the 2024–25 season Bartrip signed a new three-year contract, taking the 29-year-old defender until 2028. Spurs had concluded their efforts second from the bottom culminating in the sacking of coach Robert Vilahamn on 8 June 2025 after two seasons in charge.[15][16]
Personal life
In 2018, Bartrip revealed that she had anorexia nervosa during her teenage years.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 May 2026[18]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League cup[a] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2014 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Women's Super League | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 85 | 1 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 114 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 141 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 199 | 2 | ||
- Includes FA Women's League Cup
