Molly Bartrip
.jpg) Bartrip in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Molly Bartrip | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Romford, England | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2021 | Reading | 59 | (0) |
| 2021–2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | 90 | (1) |
| 2026– | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | England U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:14, 3 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2017 | |||
Molly Bartrip (born 1 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace.
Early life
[edit]Bartrip started her playing career at age seven with Tottenham Hotspur's U10s team, in the mid-2000s. She was initially scouted while playing on a local boys team.[1] At age 11 she went on to play for Charlton Athletic and a few years after that she joined Arsenal.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Reading
[edit]Bartrip joined Reading on 4 April 2014 from Arsenal's academy, ahead of the club's debut season in the newly created FA Women's Super League 2.[4][5] She played four matches in the 2014 WSL Cup for Reading but no league appearances. In December 2015 Bartrip signed a professional contract with Reading ahead of the club's debut in the WSL.[6]
Her WSL debut came in the season opener on 23 March 2016 in a start against her former club Arsenal.[7] She scored her first and only goal for the club on 1 November 2017 in a win against Watford in the group stage of the 2017–18 FA WSL Cup.[8] Bartrip made her 100th appearance across all competitions for Reading on 10 February 2021 in a win away to Manchester United.[9] She left the club after the 2020–21 FA WSL season, along with seven other players.[10][11]
Tottenham Hotspur
[edit]On 16 July 2021, she joined Tottenham Hotspur from Reading for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.[12][13] She played her first game for Spurs in a 1–0 league win over Birmingham City.[14] Having played in every game of the 2024–25 season Bartrip signed a new three-year contract, taking the 29-year-old defender until 2028. Spurs had concluded their efforts second from the bottom culminating in the sacking of coach Robert Vilahamn on 8 June 2025 after two seasons in charge.[15][16]
Crystal Palace
[edit]In August 2026, Bartrip signed a three-year contract with recently-promoted WSL side Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee.[17]
Personal life
[edit]In 2018, Bartrip revealed that she had anorexia nervosa during her teenage years.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 16 May 2026[19]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League cup[a] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2014 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Women's Super League | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 85 | 1 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 114 | 1 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2026–27 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 141 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 199 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes FA Women's League Cup
References
[edit]- ↑ "Molly v Ana - a teenage footballer's battle with anorexia". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Molly Bartrip profile, statistics and news". Tottenham Hotspur. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Who is Molly Bartrip?". SYST Business. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "BARTRIP JOINS THE ROYALS". www.facebook.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ getreading (11 July 2014). "Molly Bartrip gets the call up for England Under-19s". BerkshireLive. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Reading sign up Bruton and Bartrip". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ↑ "Arsenal vs. Reading - 23 March 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Result Details". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ FC, Reading. "💯 Bartrip makes 100th Royals appearance". Reading FC. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Eight players to depart from Reading FC Women this summer". Reading Chronicle. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ FC, Reading. "Reading FC Women start to reshape squad ahead of fresh 2021-22 challenge". Reading FC. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Tottenham sign defender Bartrip". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Molly Bartrip completes move". Tottenham Hotspur. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Graham scores as Spurs beat Birmingham". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Club statement - Robert Vilahamn departs". Tottenham Hotspur. 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "Bartrip signs new Tottenham deal until 2028". BBC Sport. 23 June 2025.
- ↑ Sanders, Emma (3 August 2026). "Women's Super League: Palace sign Spurs defender Molly Bartrip". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Falkingham, Katie (7 November 2018). "Molly Bartrip: Reading defender on overcoming teenage anorexia". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ "England - M. Bartrip - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
External links
[edit]- Molly Bartrip – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Reading player profile Archived 5 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Molly Bartrip on X
- Living people
- 1996 births
- English women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Women's Super League players
- Reading F.C. Women players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- England women's under-23 international footballers
- Footballers from the London Borough of Havering
- People from Romford
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players