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Drew Spence

Spence in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.65m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	24
Youth career
	Arsenal
	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2022	Chelsea	223	(49)
2022–	Tottenham Hotspur	34	(5)
National team‡
2015	England	2	(0)
2021–	Jamaica	7	(1)
Honours Representing  Jamaica CONCACAF W Championship Third 2022 Mexico
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14.40, 9 January 2022 (CET). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:45, 13 August 2022

Drew Spence (born 23 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur. Born in England she played for the England national football team in 2015, and as of 2021, represents Jamaica.

Club career

Chelsea

Chelsea and England teammate Gilly Flaherty recalled playing alongside Spence in the Arsenal Centre of Excellence. Spence progressed to Fulham's youth team, before signing for Chelsea in 2008.

Spence and Chelsea reached the FA Women's Cup final for the first time in 2012, but were eventually beaten by Birmingham City in a penalty shootout after twice taking the lead in a 2–2 draw. Spence's effort was saved by Becky Spencer. In 2015, Spence won her first ever major trophy, in the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Spence secured her first FA WSL title as her team beat Sunderland 4–0 in October 2015 to secure the League and Cup "double". At the end of the season Spence signed a new two-year contract with Chelsea.

During a 5–0 thrashing by Arsenal in October 2018, Spence left Kim Little nursing a broken leg with what Arsenal's website described as a "heavy tackle". The match officials were criticised for failing to send off Spence, who left Little ruled out for around ten weeks. In 2020 Spence signed a new contract that will see her stay with Chelsea until 2022.

Tottenham Hotspur

In June 2022, Spence signed a two-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur, leaving Chelsea as their longest serving player.

International career

National coach Mark Sampson gave Spence her first senior call up in October 2015, in an understrength squad for the 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament. She won her first England cap on 23 October 2015, as a substitute in England's 2–1 defeat to China in Chongqing.

In September 2017, Spence's Chelsea team-mate Eniola Aluko was pursuing allegations of racial discrimination against The FA through the pages of The Guardian newspaper. Spence was drawn into the controversy when she was revealed as the previously-anonymous "The Player" who was said to have been "upset and offended" by Mark Sampson on the trip to China.

In November 2022, Spence was recognized by The Football Association as one of the England national team's legacy players, and as the 192nd women's player to be capped by England.

Spence qualfied for Jamaica through her heritage and made her debut on 24 October 2021.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 September 2023	BMO Field, Toronto, Canada	Canada	1–0	1–2	CONCACAF Olympic Play-in

Personal life

Spence's brother Lewwis Spence is also a professional footballer.

Spence spoke on a podcast in 2020 about being part of the LGBT+ community.

Honours

Chelsea

• FA Women's Super League (5): 2015, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA WSL Spring Series (1): 2017
• Women's FA Cup (4): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA Women's League Cup (2): 2019–20, 2020–21
• Women's FA Community Shield (1): 2020

Individual

• CONCACAF W Championship Best XI: 2022