Ellie Roebuck (born 23 September 1999) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the England national team. She has also represented England at youth level.

Club career

Roebuck started her career at Sheffield United's centre of excellence, before leaving to join

, aged 15. In January 2018, Roebuck signed her first professional contract with Manchester City. A month later, she made her senior breakthrough from the development squad, due to an early injury to

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, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 league draw against

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. On 23 May 2019, Roebuck, having been part of the side that won both the

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and

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, extended her contract with Manchester City for another two years. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Roebuck was awarded the inaugural Barclays FA WSL Golden Glove having kept ten clean sheets in 16 league appearances. Roebuck missed much of the 2021–22 season with a calf injury, limiting her to 10 league appearances out of 22, her lowest since 2017. In addition she missed several international fixtures.

International career

Roebuck was part of the England squad that won bronze medal in the 2018 U20 World Cup in France, however, she was an unused substitute in all the fixtures. In October 2018, England manager

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named Roebuck and Manchester City team-mate

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in his squad for the first time. Roebuck made her senior team debut as a 79th minute substitute for

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on 8 November 2018 against

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. She made her first start, before being replaced by Earps at half time, in a 2–1 win against

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on 9 April 2019. On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Roebuck had been selected as one of the two goalkeepers in the

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for the

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. She made her debut on 21 July 2021 in a 2–0 win against

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. In June 2022, Roebuck was included in the England squad which won

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Personal life

Roebuck was born in

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and grew up as a

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supporter. Whilst at City, she attended

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to complete a sports qualification.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 6 September 2022.''

Honours

Manchester City *

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: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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, 2018–19, 2021–22 England *

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England U20 *

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third place:

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Individual * Barclays FA WSL Golden Glove: 2019–20 *

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(announced 1 August 2022)

References

External links

Profile
at the Manchester City F.C. website
Profile
at the Football Association website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roebuck, Ellie Living people 1999 births Footballers from Sheffield English women's footballers England women's youth international footballers England women's international footballers Olympic footballers of Great Britain Women's association football goalkeepers Women's Super League players Manchester City W.F.C. players Sheffield United W.F.C. players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players