Alice Griffiths

Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) club Rangers and the Wales national team, making her debut for the latter in 2017.

Early life

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

Club career

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. 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.

In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies. 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.

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

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.

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

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

International career

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. 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.

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. Alice has 16 caps for Cymru.

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

Cymru is special to Alice because “It means so much to my family when I step on the pitch for Cymru, they are special moments that we can share together. Also, because of the team and the feeling I get playing for Cymru. There is no other place/team that can replicate anything close." Alice’s first memory of representing Cymru is scoring for the WU17s against Turkey to help Cymru qualify for the Euro Elite roun


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

International appearances

: ''As of matches played 3 June 2025 - statistics from the Football Association of Wales''

Career statistics

Club

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

Honours

Cardiff Met. Ladies
* FAW Women's Cup winner: 2018–19

Individual
* Welsh Premier Women's Football League Young Player of the Year: 2017–18

References

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2001 births
Living people
Welsh women's footballers
21st-century Welsh sportswomen
Wales women's international footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Women's Premier Soccer League players
Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. players
Charlton Athletic W.F.C. players
Southampton F.C. Women players
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players
Women's Super League 2 players
Wales women's youth international footballers