Amber Stobbs

Amber Keegan Stobbs (born 21 October 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Championship.[1]

Amber Stobbs
Playing for Charlton Athletic in 2018
Personal information
Full name Amber Keegan Stobbs
Date of birth (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 7
Youth career
Chelsea
Arsenal
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Hofstra Pride 66 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Washington Spirit Reserves
2016 Reading 8 (0)
2017 Everton 5 (0)
2017–2018 West Ham United 6 (1)
2018–2019 Charlton Athletic 18 (1)
2019– Crystal Palace 14 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020

Personal life

Amber has two French Bulldogs called Mango and Hudson.

Is a qualified FA coach and has worked as the women and girls officer at the West Ham Foundation. Amber is now the director of Equal Focus Football.[2] An entity that works with and develops girls football and opportunities within local London neighbourhoods.

Amber has two degrees from Hofstra University, the first is a BSc in Psychology followed by a Masters in Sports Science.

Playing career

Youth and college

Stobbs started playing football at age six, joining Arsenal Women before moving on to Chelsea Ladies while in school. In 2010, she traveled to the United States and enrolled at Hofstra University, playing football for the Hofstra Pride. During her time at university, she registered 66 appearances, scoring nine goals, and thirteen assists.[3]

Washington Spirit

During her time at Hofstra, Stobbs previously played for Washington Spirit Reserves in the American USL W-League where she helped the team win the national championship in 2015.[4][5]

Reading

In December 2015, Stobbs signed with Reading F.C. of the FA WSL 1.[6][7][8][9] Reading would struggle during the 2016 season, with Stobbs earning 8 appearances.[10]

Everton

In February 2017, Stobbs signed with Everton who were competing in the FA WSL 2 ahead of the FA WSL Spring Series.[11] Later that month, she made her debut for the Toffees in the 8–1 win over Brighouse Town in the FA Women's Cup.[12] Everton would go on to win the Spring Series, with Stobbs registering five appearances.

West Ham United

Ahead of the 2017-18 season, Stobbs joined West Ham United competing in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division.[13]

References
  1. "Amber Stobbs | West Ham United Profile". West Ham United FC. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. "Equal Focus Football | About Us". www.equalfocusfootball.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. "Stobbs Signs Professional Contract With Reading FC". Hofstra University. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Washington Spirit Reserves sign forward Amber Stobbs to the 2014 W-League squad". SoccerWire. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. "W-League: Washington Spirit Reserves win championship". GoalNation. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "Women's Super League: Reading sign forward Amber Stobbs". BBC. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  7. Bohl, Brian (27 January 2016). "Stobbs Signs Professional Contract With Reading FC". Hofstra University. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  8. "Stobbs Joins Royals on Pro Contract". FA WSL. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. Drudge, Harriet (23 March 2016). "FourFourTwo's FA Women's Super League Season Preview 2016!". Four Four Two. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  10. Tom Crocker (3 May 2016). ""It's not good enough," says Emma Follis as Reading FC Women draw with Sunderland". Wokingham Paper. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  11. "Blue Girls Add Duo". FA WSL. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  12. "Amber Stobbs | Everton Profile". Everton FC. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  13. "West Ham United Ladies sign exciting WSL forward Amber Stobbs". West Ham United FC. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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