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Alice Griffiths
Griffiths playing for Charlton Athletic in 2020
Personal information
Full name Alice Griffiths
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Aberdare, Wales
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Llwydcoed
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Cyncoed Ladies
2018–2019 Cardiff Met. Ladies 16 (3)
2019–2021 Charlton Athletic 26 (0)
2021–2025 Southampton 58 (0)
2025 → Durham (loan) 6 (0)
2025–2026 Rangers 7 (1)
2026 Exeter City 4 (0)
Total 102+ (4+)
International career
2016–2017 Wales U17 12 (1)
2018–2019 Wales U19 4 (1)
2017–2025 Wales 16 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh former professional footballer. She represented the Wales national team and played for Cardiff Met. Ladies, Charlton Athletic, Southampton, Durham, Rangers, and Exeter City.

Early life

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Griffiths was born and raised in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She attended St John the Baptist School.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, who is also a footballer and has represented Wales at youth level.[2] Her father, Nigel, has described Alice as "a very shy and quiet girl, but give her a pair of football boots and she thrives."[1]

Club career

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Griffiths playing for Southampton in August 2023

Griffiths began playing football with local amateur side Aberdare Grasshoppers, before moving to Cardiff City Ladies. She also played for Llwydcoed AFC in the Aberdare and Rhondda Junior Football League. At under-16 level, she was the only female player in an otherwise all-boys league.[1] She joined Welsh Premier Women's Football League side Cyncoed Ladies in 2017 and was named the League's Young Player of the Year during her first season.[3]

In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Griffiths helped the side win a domestic treble, winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[5]

In July 2019, Griffiths moved to England and signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic.[6]

Griffiths joined Southampton for the 2021-22 season, helping them win promotion for the first time to the Women's Championship in her first season at the club. In her time at Southampton, Griffiths made a total of 62 appearances for the Saints, scoring one goal.[7]

On 30 January 2025, transfer deadline day, Griffiths moved on loan to Durham for the remainder of the 2024-25 Women's Championship season.[8]

On 17 May 2025 it was announced that Griffiths would depart Southampton upon the expiry of her contract at the end of the 2024-25 season.[7]

On 27 July 2025, Griffiths joined Scottish Women's Premier League side Rangers on a free transfer.[9]

On 1 April 2026, it was announced that Griffiths had signed for Exeter City in the Women's National League South, making her debut for the club as a substitute against Real Bedford.[10][11]

Aged 25, Griffiths announced her retirement from professional football on 11 May 2026, writing on social media that she "gave it absolutely everything and sometimes it's okay to say it's just not what I want anymore."[12]

International career

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In 2014, Griffiths was named in a Wales under-16 training camp squad as the youngest member of the team, being two years under the age group level.[2] Two years later she was called up to the under-17 team at the age of 15 after impressing in an otherwise all-boys league.[1][13]

Griffiths was called up to the Wales senior squad in 2017. She made her debut in Cymru's 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round.[14]

She was recalled to the squad towards the end of Gemma Grainger’s reign as manager after a period away. Under Rhian Wilkinson, Griffiths featured regularly and started the EURO second leg semi-final play-off against Slovakia.[citation needed]

In June 2025, Griffiths was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to lack of historical statistics.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cyncoed Ladies 2016–17 Welsh Premier Women's Football League
2017–18 Welsh Premier Women's Football League
Cardiff Met. Ladies 2018–19 Welsh Premier Women's Football League 163
Total 16+3+
Charlton Athletic 2019–20 Women's Championship 70000
2020–21 Women's Championship 1902020230
Total 2602+02023+0+
Southampton 2021–22 FA Women's National League South 1000—10+0+
2022–23 Women's Championship 2100030240
2023–24 Women's Championship 1201020150
2024–25 Women's Championship 903000120
Durham (loan) Women's Championship 6 0 — — 6 0
Total 58+ 0 4 0 5 0 67+ 3+
Rangers 2025–26 Scottish Women's Premier League 7 1 1 0 0 0 8 1
Exeter City 2025–26 FA Women's National League South 4 0 — — 4 0
Total 1111000121
Career total 111+4+7+07+0102+4+

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2017 2 0
2018 4 0
2024 7 0
2025 3 0
Total 16 0

Honours

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Cardiff Met. Ladies

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Tegeltija, Sam (22 April 2016). "She's her football club's only girl and plays in a boys' team... now Alice Griffiths is excelling in the red of Wales". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Girls' Footballing Success". St. John the Baptist School. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "International recognition for Cyncoed duo". Welsh Premier Women's Football League. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Jones, Jordan (1 September 2018). "2018/2019: Welsh Premier Women's League Season Preview". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Charlton Athletic Women sign Alice Griffiths". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Women's retained list published for 2025 | Southampton FC | News". www.southamptonfc.com. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Durham Women sign Wales international Alice Griffiths on loan". Durham Women FC. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Rangers Sign Welsh International Midfielder Alice Griffiths". Rangers W.F.C. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Bailey, Gareth (1 April 2026). "Wales midfielder Griffiths joins Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Alice Griffiths signs for Exeter City Women". Exeter City FC. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Wales midfielder Griffiths quits professional game at 25". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Sands, Katie (31 August 2018). "The girls who grew up to stand on the brink of taking Wales to the World Cup". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  14. ↑ Alice Griffiths at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Cymru squad announced for UEFA Women's EURO 2025 finals". Football Association of Wales. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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