Abbie McManus

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Abbie McManus
Abbie McManus (cropped) .jpg
Personnel
birthday January 14, 1993
place of birth Prestwich ,  UK
size 171 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
Bury Girls
Manchester City
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009-2013 Manchester City WFC 65 (5)
2013-2014 Sheffield FC Ladies 13 (1)
2014-2019 Manchester City WFC 60 (2)
2019– Manchester United 9 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2016 England U-23 6 (0)
2018– England 17 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 5, 2020

2 As of August 29, 2019

Abbie McManus (born January 14, 1993 in Prestwich ) is an English football player . She has played for Manchester City WFC since 2009 with a short break and for the England women's national team since 2018 .

Career

societies

McManus began playing soccer with her brother Scott, who was three years older than him, first in a boys' team and then went to the Bury Girls, where she was named Most "Improved Player" U-16 player in 2008. In 2009 she went to Manchester City WFC and played in the Northern Division of the FA Women's National League. In her first season, which ended Manchester in 4th place in the table, she was used in 14 of 22 league games and was nine times in the starting line-up. This placement was repeated the following season, where they brought it to 17 missions, 14 of them in the starting line-up. In the 2011/12 season, the Citizens won the Northern Division championship. McManus was used again in 17 games and was again in the starting line-up 14 times. 2012/13 ManCity then played in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League and finished fourth there, where she was used again in 17 games, but was now in the starting line-up 16 times.

For the 2013/14 season she was transferred to the Sheffield FC Ladies, who won the championship in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League. For the oldest football club in the world, she made thirteen league games.

For the 2014 season she returned to ManCity, which has played in the FA Women's Super League since then . She was used in 12 of 14 games and was always in the starting line-up. With the fifth place the team asserted itself in the league. In 2015 , the runner-up was won, but it was only used in half of the games. In 2016 , the first championship could be celebrated, and she participated in nine of 16 games. In the 2016/17 UEFA Women's Champions League , she played four games in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each lasting 90 minutes. In the semi-final against Olympique Lyon , the end came after a 3-1 home defeat and a 1-0 away win.

In the "Spring Series" called short transition season 2017, it was only used in three of eight games. This short season ended with the runner-up as well as the following season 2017/18, now adapted to the normal European game calendar, in which she played 16 of 18 games again.

It was used in all eight games of the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League . The Citizens failed again in the semifinals at Lyon. In July 2018, she and the team took part in the Women's International Champions Cup , which was played for the first time , where Lyon was again the opponent in the semi-finals. This game was lost with 0: 3. The game for 3rd place could then be won 2-1 against Paris Saint-Germain .

In 2018/19 ManCity finished second again, playing in 13 games. In the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League , however, she only made two appearances, as the round of 32 ended, where the home game was lost 2-0 after a 1-1 draw at Atlético Madrid .

For the 2019/20 season she moved to local rivals and newly promoted Manchester United . She played her first league game against her previous club and lost 1-0.

National teams

McManus played six times for the English U-23 team in 2016. In February 2018, she received an invitation to the senior national team. She was nominated for the SheBelieves Cup 2018 after u. a. her ManCity teammate Steph Houghton had injured. On March 1, she came on for her first appearance in a 4-1 win against France when she came on in the 14th minute after an injury to Anita Asante , for whom it was her last international match. In the other two games of the tournament, she then played over 90 minutes each.

This was followed by four 90-minute missions in the last five games of qualifying for the 2019 World Cup . The English only gave up a point in the goalless draw in their home game against Wales and qualified early for the World Cup.

In March 2019 she won the SheBelieves Cup for the first time and was used in two games. This was followed by a use in the 0-1 home defeat against Canada and on May 8, the nomination for the World Cup . At the World Cup it was used in the first two group matches and in the final match for third place, which was lost 2-1 to Sweden .

successes

  • Northern Division Winner 2011/12 (Manchester City) and 2013/14 (Sheffield FC)
  • WSL Winner: 2016 (Manchester City)
  • WSL Cup winner 2014, 2016, 2018/2019 (Manchester City)
  • FA Women's Cup winner: 2016/2017, 2018/2019 (Manchester City)
  • 2019: SheBelieves Cup winner

Private

Abbie McManus is in a relationship with the English handball player Holly Lam-Moores .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ manutd.com: "McManus: I'm over the moon to be a Red"
  2. ↑ bbc.com: "England Women: Trio called up by boss Phil Neville after injury withdrawals"
  3. ↑ thefa.com: England squad named for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
  4. ↑ mobil.l-mag.de: New record: 51 lesbian stars of the Soccer World Cup 2019 , accessed on May 12, 2020
personal data
SURNAME McManus, Abbie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Prestwich