Danielle Josephine Bowman (née Danielle Josephine Buet, born 31 October 1988) is an

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football coach and a retired international footballer. She is currently a first-team coach for

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Club career

Bowman (then Buet) joined Notts County Ladies at the start of the 2015 season from Chelsea. She joined Chelsea from

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in 2007. This was due to a lack of first team chances and the club not giving her a

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medal despite taking part in the tournament. She scored twice on her Chelsea debut, a 9–1 win over

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in the

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. In October 2008 she was named FA Women's Premier League Player of the Month for September. That season Buet and Chelsea suffered the disappointment of a shock

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semi-final defeat to Northern Division

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International career

Buet played for England at Under-17 and Under-19 level and was a member of the victorious Under-19 European Championship side. She made her senior debut in March 2009, against

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, as a second-half substitute for Emily Westwood, having received her first call-up to the senior squad the previous September. Her first senior start came the same month in the 3–0 win against

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. In August 2009 she was named in coach

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's squad for Euro 2009. She was given the Legacy Number 169 by

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Personal life

She attended St. Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone, followed by

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on the

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. In the summer of 2019, Danielle married and took the surname Bowman.

References

External links

Danielle Buet
profile at Chelsea FC website
Danielle Buet
profile at TheFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowman, Danielle English women's footballers Arsenal W.F.C. players Chelsea F.C. Women players Notts County L.F.C. players England women's international footballers FA Women's National League players 1988 births Living people Footballers from Chatham, Kent Women's Super League players Women's association football midfielders Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players English LGBTQ footballers 21st-century English LGBTQ people 21st-century English sportswomen