Alex Greenwood is a professional women’s football player who now plies her trade in England’s Football Association Women’s Super League – the highest football league for women in the United Kingdom.
The very versatile defensive player has represented her country at the international level, helping them to a 3rd place finish at the Women’s World Cup Mundial held in 2015 and a fourth-place finish at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She also plays for Olympique Lyonnais in the French Division 1 Féminine.
Alex started playing football at a very tender age when most of her mates were still oblivious of what they wanted to do with their lives or become in the future. She has played for some of the best teams in women’s football in England and has grown over the years to become the leader of her present team while also winning several accolades along the way.
Alex Greenwood Biography
It was in Liverpool, England that Alex Greenwood was born on September 7, 1993. She began to show signs that she was crazy about the sport right from when she was still a young girl and her parents also encouraged her to play the game.
Information about who Alex’s parents are has remained elusive over time. This is mainly because, even though Alex talks about them a lot, she has not revealed what their names are. We know that the footballer has two sisters and the siblings are very fond of each other.
Alex attended Savio Salesian College in Bootle, Merseyside, England and her career path in life has made her college proud, as they always congratulate her on her achievements and milestones reached in her life.
Net Worth
Alex’s net worth is a bit trickish to determine as details of most of the contracts signed are undisclosed – including her salaries, bonuses, and endorsement deals. Some are speculating however that her worth could be around a million pounds mark.
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Other Interesting Facts About Alex Greenwood
1. Alex Greenwood adores quite a number of footballers
Her football idols growing up were Steven Gerard, Jammie Carragher, and Kelly Smith. She also adores players such as Rachel Unitt, Fara Williams, and Casey Stones.
2. She believes wearing trousers in training brings her good luck
She has a ritual of wearing trousers in training always a day to her match days. This habit has stuck with her over the years as she believes it brings her good luck in her games.
3. Alex Greenwood wishes to have superpowers
She would like to be a healer and take away the pains of so many if she could have any special powers to do so.
4. She like pancakes
She enjoys eating pancakes with Nutella before a match; and while off the pitch, she relishes a good meal of chicken and vegetables.
5. Height and weight
Alex Greenwood has a height of 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
6. Personal life
Alex Greenwood is currently dating is Jack O’Connell. O’Connell is an English professional footballer. he plays center-back for EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
The couple met at Savio Salesian College, Bootle. The two are college sweethearts.
7. Soccer career
Alex developed an interest and passion for playing football, at a very young age, and why wouldn’t she? After all, England is regarded as the home of both old and modern-day football.
She joined Everton Football Club’s female football academy in 2001 as an 8-year-old. She progressed through the developmental teams of the football club for 9 more years, learning the drills, turns, tricks, and skills needed to make her succeed in her chosen career.
Alex made her first professional appearance for Everton women’s team at the 2011/2012 UEFA Women’s Champions League during the qualifying rounds. She made a few more appearances for the team over the next year, being kept out of the team in her favorite position by the brilliance and consistency of one of her mentors and teammate – Rachel Unitt.
When her mentor left Everton FC Women’s team at the end of the 2011 England Football Association Women’s Super League (aka FA WSL), Alex stepped up to the plate and worked tirelessly to fill her mentor’s boots in the first team. Her performance on the pitch throughout the 2012 FA WSL season was so spectacular that she was named as the Football Association’s “Young Player of the season”.
She played in the 2014 FA Women’s cup final with Everton, but they, unfortunately, lost the game to the eventual winners – Arsenal FC’s women’s team. Everton women’s football team was eventually relegated from the WSL that year, and in order to continue with her involvement in England Women National team and secure her place in it, she disappointed Everton by putting in a transfer request from the club out rightly, rather than to go out on loan and return to the team when they would have secured promotion back to the top-tier of female football in England.
At the beginning of the 2015 FA WSL league, Alex signed a two years contract with Notts County female team and played with them. Although the details of the contract were undisclosed, it was still a good deal for her to continue to showcase her skills to the whole country.
In the 2016 WSL season, she signed for Liverpool, and a new dimension to her game was revealed. She began to score more goals for her team, even though her main task in the team was to prevent the opposition from scoring against her team.
Alex joined the Manchester United FC Women’s team in June 2018, and she has remained with the team to date. She was made the captain of the team, as they made their inaugural debut in the FA WSL.
8. Stats
Alex played for Everton’s Women team for 4 full seasons – 2011 to 2014, this is not taking into consideration her 5 years spent with the academy team. She made a total of 54 first-team appearances for the club in all competitions and scored a total of 1 goal.
For the 2015 season, she made a total of 22 appearances for Notts County Women’s team in all competitions and scored a remarkable 4 goals all season.
She joined Liverpool Women’s team in 2016 and played for the team for 3 seasons. Her total appearances in all competitions were 38, scoring 5 goals in the process.
Alex moved to Manchester United FC Women’s team in the Championship in 2018, and so far she has made 26 appearances in all competitions for her team, scoring 5 goals in the process.
For a defender, it must be noted that her total of 15 goals scored in all competitions and across all the teams she has played for to date, is a remarkable achievement.
9. How old is Alex Greenwood?
The English footballer is currently 32 years old.
10. She has been allegedly abused online
Greenwood revealed how she and some of her teammates have received threats against family, appearance, and transfers online. She keeps her personal life private and only shares posts about football on her social media handles.
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