Ellie Brazil

Ellie Brazil

Personal information
Full name	Ellie Jade Brazil[1]
Date of birth	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	West Bridgford, England
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Charlton Athletic
Number	11
Youth career
	Derby County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Birmingham City	9	(0)
2017–2018	Fiorentina	17	(2)
2018–2022	Brighton & Hove Albion	59	(4)
2022–2024	Tottenham Hotspur	5	(0)
2024–	Charlton Athletic	5	(3)
International career^‡
2014–2016	England U17	14	(4)
2017–2018	England U19	11	(2)
2017–2018	England U20	2	(1)
2019	England U21	5	(0)
2021–	England U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2020

Ellie Jade Brazil (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic. She joined Birmingham City at the age of 16 and has represented England at under-15 to under-23 level.^[2][3]

Club career

Before signing for Birmingham, Brazil played for the Derby County academy^[4] and was a gold medal winner in the 800 metres at the 2015 English Schools' Athletics Championships.^[5]

Fiorentina

In August 2017 Ellie signed for Fiorentina Women's FC of Serie A,^[6] despite the offer of "an exciting fresh deal" from Birmingham City.^[7] She scored her first goal for the team on 28 October 2017 against Sassuolo in the third match of the season.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 13 July 2018 former England manager Hope Powell signed Brazil for Brighton stating: "Ellie has already gained valuable experience playing in both England and Italy's top division."^[8] She made her debut on the opening day of the season in the match against Bristol City,^[9] and scored her first goal in a 3–1 League Cup win over London Bees.^[10] She scored her first two league goals for the club in the 75th and 78th minutes of a 3–3 draw against Everton, to help Brighton secure their first point of the season.^[11]

In November 2019 Brazil suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which ruled her out for at least the rest of the 2019–20 FA WSL season.^[12] She returned to the matchday squad on 18 October 2020 for the game against Everton^[13] and returned to the field for the last 31 minutes of the game against Tottenham on 6 December the same year.^[14] A week later she played the full 90 minutes against Chelsea.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 6 July 2022 it was announced that Brazil had signed a two-year deal to sign for Tottenham Hotspur. She made her competitive debut for the side as a 16th minute substitute during a 2–1 win against Leicester City on 18 September 2022. She made her first start on 22 October against Manchester City but picked up a second ACL injury that ruled her out for the rest of the season.^[15]

Charlton Athletic

On 29 July 2024, Brazil was announced at Charlton Athletic on a one year contract.^[16]

International career

On 8 January 2019 Brazil was called up to Mo Marley's Under 21 national team training camp.^[17] She made her debut for the side on 5 April 2019 during a 1–1 draw with France.

Personal life

Brazil is dating fellow women's footballer and former England youth teammate Emma Harries.^[18][19]

Her father is former league footballer and manager Gary Brazil.^[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 November 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [a]		League Cup [b]		Continental [c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Birmingham City	2016	Women's Super League	3	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0
	2017	Women's Super League	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	1	0	—		10	0
Fiorentina	2017–18	Serie A	17	2	1	0	—		2	1	20	3
Brighton & Hove Albion	2018–19	Women's Super League	19	4	0	0	4	2	—		23	6
	2019–20	Women's Super League	6	0	0	0	2	0	—		8	0
	2020–21	Women's Super League	15	0	3	0	0	0	—		18	0
	2021–22	Women's Super League	19	0	1	0	2	0	—		22	0
	Total		59	4	4	0	8	2	—		71	6
Tottenham Hotspur	2022–23	Women's Super League	3	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0
	2023–24	Women's Super League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	1	0	—		6	0
Career total			90	6	5	0	6	2	2	1	103	9

1. includes Women's FA Cup, Coppa Italia
2. includes FA Women's League Cup
3. includes UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours

Club

Birmingham City

• FA Women's Cup runner-up: 2016–17^[21]

International

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship third place: 2016

References

1. "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
2. "Ellie Brazil – UEFA.com". UEFA. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
3. "Birmingham City Ladies youngster Ellie Brazil nets on England duty". Solihull Observer. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
4. "Derby quartet aim to impress". Derby Telegraph. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Bridgford's Ellie a rising England star". Nottingham Local News. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
6. "La Fiorentina Women's sigla il colpo dei colpi: in arrivo Ellie Brazil". Calci Femminile Italiano. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
7. "Ellie Brazil departs Blues". Birmingham City L.F.C. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
8. "Ellie Brazil: Brighton sign England U20 forward from Fiorentina". BBC. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
9. "Match report". BBC. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
10. "Match report". Brighton & Hove Albion website. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
11. "Match report". BBC. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
12. "WSL: ACL injuries sideline Bristol City's Abi Harrison and Brighton's Ellie Brazil". BBC Sport. 23 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
13. "Match report". BBC. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
14. "Match report". BBC. 6 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
15. "Ellie Brazil: 'Devastating' ACL injury rules Tottenham forward out of WSL season". BBC. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
16. "Ellie Brazil signs for Charlton". www.charltonafc.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
17. "International call-ups for Albion duo". Brighton and Hove Albion. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
18. Brazil, Ellie (14 February 2022). "The smile says it all - thankful for you 🤍". Instagram. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
19. Harries, Emma. "∞". Instagram. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
20. "Ellie Brazil: Brighton sign England U20 forward from Fiorentina". BBC. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
21. Moore, Glenn (13 May 2017). "Manchester City Women win the FA Cup for the first time in front of a record-breaking crowd at Wembley". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links

• Ellie Brazil – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ellie Brazil – UEFA competition record (archive)
• England player profile