Erin Bloomfield

{{Short description|English footballer (born 2002)}}

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| name = Erin Bloomfield

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|3|3|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Erin Bloomfield: AFC Bournemouth |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/teams/women/erin-bloomfield/ |access-date=16 March 2024}}

| birth_place = England

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| position = Forward

| currentclub = AFC Bournemouth

| clubnumber = 26

| nationalteam1 =

| clubs1 = Yeovil Town

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 2

| years1 = 2018-2019

| years2 = 2019-2020

| clubs2 = Southampton Women's

| caps2 = 10

| goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2020-2023

| clubs3 = Troy Trojans

| caps3 = 47

| goals3 = 10

| years4 = 2023

| clubs4 = Southampton Women's

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 3

| clubs5 = AFC Bournemouth

| years5 = 2023-

| caps5 = 20

| goals5 = 20

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Erin Bloomfield is an English footballer who plays as a forward for AFC Bournemouth Women.{{Cite web|url=https://since-71.com/interview-troy-universitys-erin-bloomfield/|title=Interview: Troy University's Erin Bloomfield|date=August 7, 2020}}

Bloomfield began her career at Yeovil Town and made her Women's Super League debut as a 16-year-old against Arsenal. She scored for Yeovil in a FA cup tie against Birmingham City, making her one of the youngest goal scorers in the FC cup proper rounds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/17875727.football-erin-bloomfield-strike-ignites-yeovil-women/|title=Football: Erin Bloomfield strike ignites Yeovil Women|date=September 2, 2019|website=Dorset Echo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.btc.ac.uk/news/from-grassroots-to-scoring-for-yeovil/|title=From grassroots to scoring for Yeovil!|website=Bridgwater & Taunton College}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/sport/17426485.football-former-ilminster-town-player-erin-bloomfield-nets-yeovil-town-ladies/|title=FOOTBALL: Bloomfield nets first goal for Glovers|date=February 12, 2019|website=Chard & Ilminster News}} She joined Southampton Women's F.C. in October 2019 and had scored 12 goals in just ten games when the season was abandoned due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bloomfield then spent three years studying in the United States, turning out for Troy University,{{Cite web|url=https://troytrojans.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/erin--bloomfield/9859|title=Erin Bloomfield - Soccer|website=Troy University Athletics}} in this spell Bloomfield stood out in a struggling team, earning 'Sun Belt's Offensive Player of the Week' in her second season.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-24 |title=Troy's Bloomfield & Arkansas State's McClure Earn Sun Belt Weekly Accolades |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/8/24/womens-soccer-troys-bloomfield-arkansas-states-mcclure-earn-sun-belt-weekly-accolades.aspx |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=sunbeltsports.org |language=en}} Following a return to English football Bloomfield, signed with her previous club Southampton, netting 3 in 7 games before being signed by division rivals AFC Bournemouth Women.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=Bloomfield arrives at Bournemouth |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/womengirls/bloomfield-arrives-at-bournemouth/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=AFCB}}