Goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck, 23, began her profession at her girlhood membership Sheffield United earlier than leaving to hitch Manchester City on the younger age of 15.
She went on to signal her first skilled contract with the membership at 18 in 2018 after impressing on the senior stage in Karen Bardsley’s absence.
Roebuck’s success at membership degree earned her her first senior call-up to Phil Neville’s England squad within the latter levels of 2018 and she or he was later invited to coach with the SheBelieves Cup squad within the US in March 2019.
That similar yr, Roebuck signed a two-year contract extension and was quickly awarded the Barclays Women’s Super League’s Golden Glove on the finish of the 2019/20 season, having stored 10 clear sheets in 16 league appearances.
The Sheffield native was then known as as much as be Great Britain’s primary for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, beginning all 4 of England’s video games when the pandemic-delayed match lastly befell in summer season 2021.
However, she missed a lot of the 2021/22 season attributable to a calf harm, limiting her to 10 league appearances out of twenty-two. She additionally missed a number of worldwide fixtures.
In February final yr, the City goalkeeper made her a hundredth look for the membership in opposition to Chelsea, earlier than serving to the aspect to Continental Cup success.
She was a part of the Lionesses’ triumphant Euro 2022-winning aspect, England’s first main soccer honour for the reason that males’s aspect received the 1966 World Cup, however then, as now, she faces the near-impossible job of ousting Mary Earps between the sticks, with the promising Hannah Hampton additionally ready within the wings.