Alice Evans (born 22 July 1994) is a Welsh professional futsal player. She previously played for the Wales football team where she was the goalkeeper. After playing for

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

and Yeovil Town, she joined Bristol Academy in 2014 but returned to Yeovil a year later. She made her Senior international debut for the Wales football team in 2015. She is also the first British female futsal player to gain a professional contract. She first did this when she joined Italian side Sinnai in 2015, where she competed for a season in the top flight division. In 2020 she joined newly promoted Santu Predu in the Italian second division. This is currently where she is still playing.

Early life

Evans was born in

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to Neil and Catrin Evans. She attended

Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth is a Welsh language primary school in the university town of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. It was established as a private school in 1939 by Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards and was originally named Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd. ...

before the family moved to

Builth Wells Builth Wells (; cy, Llanfair-ym-Muallt) is a market town and community in the county of Powys and historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of ...

, where she attended Builth Wells High School. She has one brother, Jack, and a sister, Emily.

Club career

Evans began her senior career with

before joining Yeovil Town in 2012. She established herself as Yeovil's first choice goalkeeper during the 2013–14 season. Her performances prompted FA Women's Super League One side Bristol Academy to sign her during the summer of 2014 to provide competition for

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. However, she returned to Yeovil after a single season.

Futsal

Alongside her football career, Evans also played futsal for Bristol City and helped the side win the FA Women's Futsal Cup. She has played futsal in the UK for Hartpury College. Bath, Wrexham and Cheshire. In 2015, she was invited for a trial with professional Italian Serie A futsal side Sinnai after they approached her coach. She impressed enough to be offered a contract. In doing so, Evans became the first professional British female futsal player.

International career

Having represented Wales at under 16's and under-19 level, Evans made her Euro qualifier debut for the Wales senior side in a 4–0 defeat to Norway on 23 October 2015 in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match.

Personal life

Evans attended the University of Bath where she studied for a BSc in sports performance. In June 2015, she was one of four students chosen to travel to Zambia as part of the university's sports programme to provide PE lessons and sporting competitions in the country. She also played rugby for the university team. She later moved to Brecon and, in February 2018, she took up a role as a community education officer with the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Alice 1994 births Living people Footballers from Aberystwyth Welsh women's footballers Wales women's international footballers Bristol City W.F.C. players Yeovil Town L.F.C. players Alumni of the University of Bath Women's association football goalkeepers People educated at Ysgol Calon Cymru