Clare Wheatley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Wing back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1991-1993 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 1993–1995 | Chelsea Ladies F.C. | ||
| 1995–2005 | Arsenal Ladies | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | England | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Clare Wheatley (born 4 February 1971) is a football administrator and former player for Arsenal Ladies who played as a wing back.[1]
Playing career
Wheatley started playing football at her junior school & wanted to continue to play at her grammar school but that was not allowed back in the 1980s. When she was studying to be a Physical Education teacher at Sheffield City Polytechnic, she joined Sheffield Wednesday Ladies.[2] After graduating in 1993, she played for Chelsea Ladies where she was made Captain. In 1995, after a successful trial, she joined Arsenal Ladies where her first League game for her new Club was v Liverpool at Anfield. A year later she made her debut for the England women's national football team as a substitute.[2] In 1997, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a match against Millwall Lionesses, which meant she could not play for a whole season nor do her job as a PE teacher, but she returned in 1998.[2] Following her return, she did not receive another England call-up.[2] but continued to play for Arsenal until 2005.
Administration
During Wheatley's time injured in 1997, Akers had been appointed as kitman for Arsenal, and David Dein appointed Wheatley as Arsenal Ladies Club Development Officer. In 2014, when Akers retired, Wheatley succeeded him as the General Manager of Arsenal Ladies.[3]
Honours
Arsenal
FA Premier League 1996-97, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05
FA League Cup 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
References
- ^ "Clare Wheatley". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Players: Clare Wheatley". Women's Football Archive. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Vic Akers is handed new role at Arsenal Ladies as Clare Wheatley becomes general manager". Islington Tribune. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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