Carly Mitchell Telford (born 7 July 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for

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and the England national team.

Club career

Telford joined

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in 2007 from relegated club

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. In May of that year she had turned out for Charlton Athletic in a tournament in Spain, but Charlton disbanded their women's team shortly afterwards. At Leeds, Telford was named player of the match in the 2008 FA Women's Cup final, after an impressive performance in Leeds' 4–1 defeat to

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. In summer 2010, Telford was called into the England squad as an unattached player, having left Leeds Carnegie. Matt Beard signed her for

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ahead of the inaugural

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season. In October 2012 it was announced that Telford would join Australian club

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for the 2012–13 winter season. Telford left Chelsea after three years in December 2013, signing for Notts County ahead of the

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season. There she was reunited with her former Leeds

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Rick Passmoor and she would have the opportunity to train with goalkeeper coach Kevin Pilkington. Chelsea coach Emma Hayes' decision to hand Telford a free transfer left her shocked and raging. Telford was carrying a shoulder injury ahead of the

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and Notts County were angry when The Football Association refused their request for dispensation to sign another goalkeeper. Telford recovered to play in the team's 1–0 defeat by Chelsea at Wembley Stadium. She signed a two-year extension to her contract in November 2015. In June 2016, Telford suffered torn ankle ligaments in a win over

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and was ruled out for three months.

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folded in April 2017 and Telford returned to Chelsea. On 24 January 2022, Chelsea sold Telford to San Diego Wave FC of the

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International career

Telford made her senior international debut on 11 March 2007 as a substitute against Scotland, having previously played at U17, U19, U21 and U23 levels. In May 2009, Telford was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by The Football Association. In May 2015, Mark Sampson named Telford in his final squad for the

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, hosted in Canada. England eventually finished in third place, but Telford was disappointed to be the only member of the squad not to play any minutes at the tournament. In 2019, Telford was part of the England team that won the SheBelieves Cup in the United States, playing two of the three games against Brazil and

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. Later that year, Telford was called up by Phil Neville to the 2019 World Cup squad. As part of England's social-media facing squad announcement, her name was announced by Sports Presenter Nicole Holliday. Having been included in England squads for the

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and UEFA Women's Euro 2017 without getting to play, Telford finally got her first minutes at a major tournament on 14 June 2019, starting in England's second group game at the

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against Argentina.

Personal life

Telford attended Tanfield School, then

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on the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme. In August 2010 her boyfriend was

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. Telford publicly came out in 2017. She is in a relationship with England

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er Georgia Elwiss.

Career statistics

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 27 July 2021.''

Honours

England *

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third place:

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* SheBelieves Cup:

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References

External links

Carly Telford
at the FA website
Carly Telford Interview
at the Keeper Portal Website
Carly Telford
at the San Diego Wave FC website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Telford, Carly 1987 births Living people Lesbian sportswomen LGBT association football players English LGBT sportspeople English women's footballers Leeds United Women F.C. players Chelsea F.C. Women players Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies players San Diego Wave FC players England women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Women's Super League players Notts County L.F.C. players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne Women's association football goalkeepers England women's under-23 international footballers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic women's footballers of Great Britain 21st-century LGBT people English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players National Women's Soccer League players