Lily Woodham

Lily Woodham
Woodham playing for Wales in October 2020
Personal information
Full name Lily Susan Woodham
Date of birth (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000[1][2]
Place of birth Cardiff,[3] Wales
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Bristol City 7 (0)
2018–2024 Reading 65 (0)
2019 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 7 (1)
2024– Seattle Reign 8 (0)
2024– → Crystal Palace (loan) 20 (0)
International career‡
2016 Wales U17 3 (1)
2018–2020 Wales U19 6 (0)
2020– Wales 39 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2025

Lily Susan Woodham (/ˈwʊdəm/ WUUD-əm; born 3 September 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Wales national team. She has previously played for Bristol City, Reading, and Charlton Athletic.

Club career

On 31 July 2019, Woodham and Charlie Estcourt joined Charlton Athletic on loan for the season.[4]

On 7 July 2022, Reading confirmed that Woodham had signed a new two-year contract with the club,[5] and at the start of the 2023–24 season, Woodham became the club captain.[6]

On 31 January 2024, Woodham signed a two-year contract with National Women's Soccer League side Seattle Reign for an undisclosed fee.[7][8]

On 13 September 2024, she joined Women's Super League club Crystal Palace on loan until January 2025 for the 2024–25 season.[9] In November 2024, Woodham stated she believed Palace would be able to remain in the top tier of women's football.[10] The loan was extended until the end of the 2024–25 season on 29 January 2025.[11]

International career

Lily made her debut for Cymru’s senior team in 2020 against the Faroe Islands in a 4-0 victory in the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro qualifiers, in a game where she also scored her first Cymru goal. [12]

Lily earned three caps for Cymru’s WU17s in 2016 and six caps for Cymru’s WU19s during 2018-2020. [13]

Lily currently has 39 caps [14] for Cymru, scoring three goals, including a strike against the Republic of Ireland in Cardiff to help Cymru secure qualification for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland.

Personal life

Lily’s hobbies outside of football include music, fashion and drinking coffee. She is also passionate about supporting child protection charities.[15]

Family is one of the most important things to Lily. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 February 2025[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol City 2017 Women's Super League 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2017–18 Women's Super League 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Reading 2018–19 Women's Super League 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2019–20 Women's Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Women's Super League 12 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
2021–22 Women's Super League 21 0 2 0 3 0 26 0
2022–23 Women's Super League 16 0 3 0 2 0 21 0
2023–24 Championship 12 0 1 0 3 0 16 0
Total 65 0 7 0 12 0 84 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2019–20 Championship 7 1 1 0 0 0 8 1
Seattle Reign 2024 National Women's Soccer League 8 0 — 1 0 9 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2024–25 Women's Super League 20 0 2 0 1 0 23 0
Career Total 107 1 10 0 15 0 132 1
  1. ^ Includes the FA Women's Cup
  2. ^ Includes the FA Women's League Cup, FA Women's National League Cup and NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

International

As of matches played 3 June 2025, statistics from the Football Association of Wales[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2020 3 1
2021 2 0
2022 10 0
2023 7 0
2024 11 2
2025 6 0
Total 39 3
Scores and results list Wales's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Woodham goal.
List of international goals scored by Lily Woodham
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 October 2020 Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales  Faroe Islands 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2 27 February 2024 Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 29 November 2024 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

References

  1. ^ "Lily Woodham Stats, Info and Next Game". FootballCritic. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "UEFA – Lily Woodham". UEFA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Lily Woodham exclusive: Playing at the Madejski Stadium and 'getting along with everyone'". 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Estcourt and Woodham loan". Charlton Athetlic Women Twitter. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. ^ "𝙇𝙄𝙇𝙔'𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙔𝙄𝙉𝙂". twitter.com/ReadingFCWomen. Reading FC Women Twitter. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  6. ^ "OUR NEW CLUB CAPTAIN: LILY WOODHAM". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ Sanders, Emma (31 January 2024). "Transfer deadline day: Wales internationals Angharad James and Lily Woodham join Seattle Reign". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ^ Evans, Jayda (31 January 2024). "Reign FC bolster roster by signing pair of Welsh international players". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Wales' Woodham joins Crystal Palace on loan". BBC Sport. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Palace 'so capable' of staying up - Woodham". BBC Sport. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Wales' Woodham to stay on loan at Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  12. ^ "CYMRU EURO 2025 MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Euro 2025. FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  13. ^ "CYMRU EURO 2025 MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Euro 2025. FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Wales Euro 2025 Squad". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  15. ^ "CYMRU EURO 2025 MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Euro 2025. FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  16. ^ "CYMRU EURO 2025 MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). Euro 2025. FAW. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  17. ^ a b Lily Woodham at Soccerway
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