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Josie Green
Josie Green in April 2017
Personal information
Full name Josephine Green
Date of birth (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Hemel Hempstead, England
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 14
Youth career
Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Watford 43 (0)
2016–2022 Tottenham Hotspur 51 (3)
2022–2024 Leicester City 31 (1)
2024– Crystal Palace 17 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Wales U19 6 (4)
2010– Wales 42 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 July 2025

Josephine Green (born 25 April 1993)[1] is a professional footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in the Women's Super League.[2] Born in England, she plays for the Wales national team.

Early life

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Green was born in Hemel Hempstead, on 25 April 1993, to parents Clive and Liz.[1][3]

Club career

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Watford

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Green started her career at Watford F.C. Ladies[1] and made her first appearance during the 2010/11 FA Women's National League season.[4] In February 2016 she left 2nd division Watford for 3rd division Tottenham Hotspur and featured for her new club in the second half of their 2015–16 season.[5] Green stated years later that she left Watford for Spurs due to not enjoying football at that point in her playing career.[3]

Tottenham Hotspur

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Green's first full season with Spurs was one of their most successful, with Spurs winning a quadruple including promotion to the semi-professional FA Women's Super League 2.[6] She continued to feature in a majority of matches for the team in the following seasons including starting in 15 out of 20 matches in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship season at the end of which Spurs won promotion to the top flight and fully professional FA Women's Super League. Josie signed her first professional contract with Spurs prior to the club's inaugural 2019–20 FA WSL and in June 2020 re-signed with the club through 2022.[7] In August 2020, prior to Spurs' second top flight season, Green was named as the team's new captain after the retirement of longtime captain Jenna Schillaci.[8] Green had served as vice-captain during the 2019–20 WSL season.[9]

International career

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Green was born in England, but she qualifies for Wales internationally through her grandfather, who was born in Pontypool,[10] Monmouthshire.

Her first senior cap came on 21 August 2010 when she used as a substitute in a 2011 Women's World Cup qualification match vs Azerbaijan[11] She was only 16 at the time of the match and so her appearances shifted to the Wales U19 squad through 2011 and she returned for a stint with the senior national team in 2014.[12] After 2014 she declined call ups in order to spend more time with her family, most notably her father who was dealing with illness.[3] She was brought back into the senior team fold for an October 2018 training camp[13] and on 29 August 2019, Green earned her first cap in five years in a UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match vs Faroe Islands.[14]

In June 2025, Green was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[15]

She currently has 39 caps for Cymru. [16]

International appearances

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As of matches played 3 June 2025. Statistics from the Football Association of Wales
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales Prior to 2015 11 0
2019 3 0
2020 4 0
2021 3 0
2022 2 0
2023 5 0
2024 6 0
2025 9 0
Total 42 0

Honours

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Tottenham Hotspur

Personal Life

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Josie’s hobbies and passions outside of football include yoga, setting up her own yoga businesses for athletes, general wellness, sustainability in fashion & football and food/cooking. Josie is also passionate about supporting and raising awareness for pancreatic cancer research. [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Josie Green Player Profile". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Palace Women sign Josie Green". Crystal Palace. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "The football journey of Josie Green, in her own words". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Watford LFC DNU | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Ladies sign WSL pair". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Spurs Ladies all set for Women's Super League 29 May 2017 - News - tottenhamhotspur.com". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Josie Green pens two-year deal". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur: Wales' Josie Green named new captain". BBC Sport. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Green & Davison sign new Spurs deals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Exclusive! Tottenham's Josie Green: 'I didn't turn professional until 25'". OneFootball. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  11. ^ UEFA.com. "Wales-Azerbaijan | Women's World Cup". UEFA. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Wales - J. Green - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  13. ^ "FAW / Ludlow announces squad for October training camp". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  14. ^ "FAW / Harding hat trick seals Cymru win". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Wales Euro 2025 Squad". BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  17. ^ "CYMRU EURO 2025 MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Euro 2025. FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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