Charlie Louise Wellings (born 18 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for

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club

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. Wellings has previously played for

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and

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

of the

and

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of the

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Club career

Birmingham City

On 24 March 2015, Wellings signed her first senior contract at Birmingham City WFC. Wellings made her debut on 2 July 2014 during a WSL Cup match against

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, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute replacing

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. Wellings did not make her league debut until the

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where she started against

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in a 2–1 loss. Wellings' first goal was in a 7–1 win against

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in the WSL Cup, scoring in the 91st minute. In May 2017, she scored in Birmingham City's 4–1

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defeat by

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, the club's first ever goal at Wembley.

Bristol City

On 28 May 2019, Wellings left childhood club Birmingham and signed a pre-contract agreement with fellow

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team

, the same day as Birmingham teammate

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. Bristol are managed by former Birmingham assistant

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. On 7 September 2019,Wellings made her debut for

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in a 0-0 home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in the

Celtic

Wellings signed for

in July 2021. She made an impressive start to her career in Scotland; scoring twice in a 4–2 win over

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in the opening league match of the season on 5 September 2021, and by mid-October she had scored 11 goals in 10 games.

Reading

On 5 August 2022,

announced the double signing of Wellings.

International career

In August 2018, Wellings represented

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at the

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. The team finished in third place, losing the semi-final to Japan before beating France on penalties in the third place playoff. It was the team's best ever result. On 5 April, Wellings made her debut for the U21 team in a 2-1 win against France U23, where she scored both goals. Later that year in October, Wellings as well as fellow teammate

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were called up to the England U21 team again.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

SWPL League Cup: 2022

References

External links

* Wellings
Bristol City player profile
*Wellings
Soccerway profile
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