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Eleri Earnshaw (born 17 May 1985) is a football player and coach who plays for the Welsh national team and coaches SoccerPlus Connecticut. Earnshaw plays as a defender or midfielder and has accumulated more than twenty caps for Wales.
Club career
Earnshaw attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd and also played for Bangor City Girls in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. In November 2000, a 15-year-old Earnshaw scored twice against Charlton Athletic in an FA Women's Premier League Cup tie. She won a scholarship to Arsenal Ladies' Academy in September 2001.
After spending a period with Barnet in 2002–03, Earnshaw helped Arsenal win a domestic double in 2003–04.
She then moved to America to play varsity soccer while attending Iona College (New York). After three successful seasons with The Gaels, Earnshaw moved to Long Island University for a final season of college soccer in 2007.
International career
Earnshaw won 13 caps and scored three goals for Wales at U–19 level. She made her senior debut, aged 17 and two days, in a 2–0 defeat to Scotland in May 2002.