Molly Bartrip (born 1 June 1996) is an
English professional
footballer who plays as a
defender for
Women's Super League club
Tottenham Hotspur.
Early life
Molly Bartrip started her playing career at age seven with
Tottenham Hotspurs' U10s team, in the mid-2000s. She was initially scouted while playing on a local boys team. At age 11 she went on to play for
Charlton Athletic and a few years after that she joined
Arsenal
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.
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
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WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...
. 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.
Her WSL debut came in the season opener on 23 March 2016 in a start against her former club Arsenal. 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
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. Bartrip made her 100th appearance across all competitions for Reading on 10 February 2021 in a win away to
Manchester United
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. She left the club after the
2020–21 FA WSL season, along with seven other players.
Tottenham Hotspur
On 16 July 2021 she joined
Tottenham Hotspur from
Reading for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.
She played her first game for Spurs in a 1–0 league win over
Birmingham City.
Personal life
In 2018, Bartrip revealed that she had
anorexia nervosa during her teenage years.
Career statistics
Club
[https://int.soccerway.com/players/molly-bartrip/212830/]
References
External links
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Reading player profile
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Living people
1996 births
English women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Women's Super League players
Reading F.C. Women players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
England women's under-23 international footballers
Footballers from Romford
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