:Sarah Wiltshire

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sarah Wiltshire

| image = Tottenham Hotspur 3 Lewes 0 13 01 2019-465 (46019011834).jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| fullname = Sarah Francis Wiltshire{{cite web|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2015 and 30/06/2015|url=http://www.thefa.com/~/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/june-2015.ashx|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=30 January 2016|page=8|format=PDF}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|7|7}}

| birth_place = England

| height =

| position = Forward, Midfielder

| currentclub = Cambridge United

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Arsenal

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = Arsenal

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2008–2014

| clubs2 = Watford

| caps2 = 89

| goals2 = 38

| years3 = 2013–2014

| clubs3 = → Cardiff City Ladies (loan)

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 15

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = Yeovil Town

| caps4 = 11

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2014

| clubs5 = → Cardiff City Ladies (loan)

| caps5 = 2

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Manchester City

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2017

| clubs7 = Yeovil Town

| caps7 = 26

| goals7 = 16

| years8 = 2017

| clubs8 = → Cambridge United (loan)

| caps8 = 7

| goals8 = 6

| years9 = 2017–2019

| clubs9 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps9 = 36

| goals9 = 13

| years10 = 2019–2020

| clubs10 = Yeovil Town

| caps10 = 13

| goals10 = 15

| years11 = 2020–2022

| clubs11 = Watford

| caps11 = 9

| goals11 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam1 = England U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2012–2015

| nationalteam2 = Wales

| nationalcaps2 = 31

| nationalgoals2 = 8

| club-update = 9 August 2024

| nationalteam-update = 9 August 2024

| clubs12 = Cambridge United

| years12 = 2022–

}}

Sarah Francis Wiltshire (born 7 July 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Cambridge United in the English FA Womens National League Division 1 South East and previously played for Wales as a midfielder or forward.{{Cite web |url = http://www.faw.org.uk/player-display?skip=40&squadno=48613&season=13/14&seasonl=2013/2014&Playertype=W |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140509003353/http://www.faw.org.uk/player-display?skip=40&squadno=48613&season=13/14&seasonl=2013/2014&Playertype=W |url-status = usurped |archive-date = 9 May 2014 | title = Sarah Wiltshire: 2013/2014 Biography & Statistics | publisher = Football Association of Wales| accessdate = 7 May 2014}}

Club career

Wiltshire made her first team debut for Arsenal as a 15-year old against Leeds, in April 2007.{{cite web |date=11 April 2007 |title=15 year-old Sarah Wiltshire makes debut |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/ladies-news/15-year-old-sarah-wiltshire-makes-debut |accessdate=23 February 2016 |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |archive-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305003446/https://www.arsenal.com/news/ladies-news/15-year-old-sarah-wiltshire-makes-debut |url-status=bot: unknown }}

On 12 July 2014, Wiltshire signed for fellow FA WSL 2 side Yeovil Town from Watford Ladies.{{cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/news/sarah_wiltshire_signs_for_yeovil.html#AJHFRTwuBZT2iqHd.97 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305015705/http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/news/sarah_wiltshire_signs_for_yeovil.html#AJHFRTwuBZT2iqHd.97 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 March 2017 |title=Sarah Wiltshire signs for Yeovil |publisher=Yeovil Town Ladies FC |date=12 July 2014 |accessdate=23 February 2016 }}

On 5 January 2015, Wiltshire left Yeovil Town to sign a professional contract with FA WSL 1 side Manchester City, having scored 10 goals in just 11 league games in her short time with Yeovil.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30682860 |title=Manchester City Women sign striker Sarah Wiltshire from Yeovil |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 January 2015 |accessdate=5 January 2015 }} Wiltshire only made one appearance for Manchester City before re-signing for Yeovil in June 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33123829 |title=Sarah Wiltshire: Striker rejoins Yeovil from Man City |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 June 2015 |accessdate=23 February 2016 }}

In July 2016, Wiltshire announced that she was taking a temporary break from football, due to pregnancy.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36883659 |title=Women's Super League Two: Yeovil striker Sarah Wiltshire announces pregnancy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 July 2016 |accessdate=24 July 2016 }} Wiltshire returned to Yeovil in April 2017 ahead of the FA WSL Spring Series.{{cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/news/wiltshire_returns_after_giving_birth_to_first_child.html#MJuDzukEkBd8IrBV.97 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424002600/http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/news/wiltshire_returns_after_giving_birth_to_first_child.html#MJuDzukEkBd8IrBV.97 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 April 2017 |title=Wiltshire returns after giving birth to first child |publisher=Yeovil Town Ladies |date=23 April 2017 |accessdate=23 April 2017 }}

On 11 July 2017, Wiltshire left Yeovil due to her inability to commit to traveling to training{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40572176 |title=Sarah Wiltshire: Yeovil Town Ladies striker leaves Women's Super League One club |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 July 2017 |accessdate=11 July 2017 }} and subsequently she signed for newly promoted WSL 2 side Tottenham Hotspur.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40595638 |title=Sarah Wiltshire: Tottenham Ladies sign former Yeovil Town striker |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 July 2017 |accessdate=13 July 2017 }} In her second season with the team, a second-place finish in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship meant Spurs won promotion to the WSL. However, in July 2019, Wiltshire was one of 11 players released by the club ahead of their debut season as a top flight professional team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2019/july/introducing-our-tottenham-hotspur-women-players/|title=Introducing our Tottenham Hotspur Women players|website=Tottenham Hotspur|language=en|access-date=2019-07-19}}

Wiltshire subsequently returned for a third spell at Yeovil Town, playing in the FA Women's National League South. After Yeovil Town she spent two seasons with Watford, returning to the club for the first time since 2014. After her time at Watford, she signed for Cambridge United in August 2022, returning for the first time since her loan to the club in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Sarah Wiltshire joins U's {{!}} Cambridge United F.C. |url=https://www.cambridgeunited.com/news/2022/august/sarah-wiltshire-cambridge-united-women-signing-announcement-august-2022 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.cambridgeunited.com |language=en}}

International career

A youth international with England, Wiltshire played for Wales at the senior level from 2012 until her last cap in 2015.{{Cite news |date=2015-04-08 |title=Euro 2017 friendly: Wales Women 1-2 Slovakia Women |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32224649 |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-26 |title=Wiltshire pleased with 'amazing' end to season |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/9672605.watford-ladies-striker-sarah-wiltshire-pleased-with-amazing-end-to-season/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Watford Observer |language=en}}