Alice Griffiths
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alice Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdare, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Llwydcoed | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Cyncoed Ladies | ||
| 2018–2019 | Cardiff Met. Ladies | 16 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Southampton | 58 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Durham (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Wales U17 | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Wales U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2017– | Wales | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2025 | |||
Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Women's Championship club Southampton and the Wales national team, making her debut for the latter in 2017.
Early life
[edit]Griffiths was born and raised in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She attended St John the Baptist School.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, who is also a footballer and has represented Wales at youth level.[2] Her father, Nigel, has described Alice as "a very shy and quiet girl, but give her a pair of football boots and she thrives."[1]
Club career
[edit]Griffiths began playing football with local amateur side Aberdare Grasshoppers, before moving to Cardiff City Ladies. She also played for Llwydcoed AFC in the Aberdare and Rhondda Junior Football League. At under-16 level, she was the only female player in an otherwise all-boys league.[1] She joined Welsh Premier Women's Football League side Cyncoed Ladies in 2017 and was named the League's Young Player of the Year during her first season.[3]
In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Griffiths helped the side win a domestic treble, winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[5]
In July 2019, Griffiths moved to England and signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic.[6]
Griffiths joined Southampton for the 2021-22 season, helping them win promotion for the first time to the Women's Championship in her first season at the club. In her time at Southampton, Griffiths made a total of 62 appearances for the Saints, scoring one goal.[7]
On 30 January 2025, transfer deadline day, Griffiths moved on loan to Durham for the remainder of the 2024-25 Women's Championship season.[8]
On 17 May 2025 it was announced that Griffiths would depart Southampton F.C. Women upon the expiry of her contract at the end of the 2024-25 season.[7]
International career
[edit]In 2014, Griffiths was named in a Wales under-16 training camp squad as the youngest member of the team, being two years under the age group level.[2] Two years later she was called up to the under-17 team at the age of 15 after impressing in an otherwise all-boys league.[1][9]
Griffiths was called up to the Wales senior squad in 2017. She made her debut in Cymru's 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round.[10] Alice has 16 caps for Cymru.
Alice was recalled to the squad towards the end of Gemma Grainger’s reign as manager after a period away. Under Rhian Wilkinson, Alice has featured regularly and started the EURO second leg semi-final play-off against Slovakia.
Cymru is special to Alice because “It means so much to my family when I step on the pitch for Cymru, they are special moments that we can share together. Also, because of the team and the feeling I get playing for Cymru. There is no other place/team that can replicate anything close." Alice’s first memory of representing Cymru is scoring for the WU17s against Turkey to help Cymru qualify for the Euro Elite round.[1]
In June 2025, Griffiths was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[11]
International appearances
[edit]- As of matches played 3 June 2025 - statistics from the Football Association of Wales
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 11 September 2024
Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to lack of historical statistics.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cyncoed Ladies | 2016-17 | Welsh Premier Women's Football League | ||||||||
| 2017-18 | Welsh Premier Women's Football League | |||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||
| Cardiff Met. Ladies | 2018–19 | Welsh Premier Women's Football League | ||||||||
| Charlton Athletic | 2019–20 | |||||||||
| 2020-21 | ||||||||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | ||||||||
| Southampton | 2021–22 | FA Women's National League South | ||||||||
| 2022–23 | Women's Championship | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Women's Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Women's Championship | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Career total | ||||||||||
Honours
[edit]Cardiff Met. Ladies
- FAW Women's Cup winner: 2018–19[5]
Individual
- Welsh Premier Women's Football League Young Player of the Year: 2017–18[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Tegeltija, Sam (22 April 2016). "She's her football club's only girl and plays in a boys' team... now Alice Griffiths is excelling in the red of Wales". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Girls' Footballing Success". St. John the Baptist School. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b "International recognition for Cyncoed duo". Welsh Premier Women's Football League. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Jones, Jordan (1 September 2018). "2018/2019: Welsh Premier Women's League Season Preview". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Charlton Athletic Women sign Alice Griffiths". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Women's retained list published for 2025 | Southampton FC | News". www.southamptonfc.com. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Durham Women sign Wales international Alice Griffiths on loan". Durham Women FC. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ Sands, Katie (31 August 2018). "The girls who grew up to stand on the brink of taking Wales to the World Cup". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ Alice Griffiths at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Cymru squad announced for UEFA Women's EURO 2025 finals". Football Association of Wales. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Welsh women's footballers
- 21st-century Welsh sportswomen
- Wales women's international footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic W.F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. Women players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players
- Women's Super League 2 players
- Wales women's youth international footballers