Felicity Gibbons

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Felicity Gibbons

| image = Felicity Gibbons (sq cropped).jpg

| caption = Gibbons playing for Millwall in 2015

| fullname = Felicity Gibbons

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|07|9}}

| birth_place = Maidstone, England

| height =

| currentclub = Crystal Palace

| clubnumber = 3

| position = Defender / Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Castle Colts

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 =

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Watford F.C.

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = → Gillingham W.F.C. (loan)

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps4 = 17

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2015–2016

| clubs5 = Millwall Lionesses

| caps5 = 17

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2016–2017

| clubs6 = Gillingham

| caps6 = 19

| goals6 = 33

| years7 = 2017–2022

| clubs7 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps7 = 75

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2022–

| clubs8 = Crystal Palace

| caps8 = 13

| goals8 = 1

| nationalyears1 =2013

| nationalteam1 = England U19

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalteam-update = 6 October 2018

}}

Felicity "Fliss" Gibbons (born 9 July 1994) is an English football defender and striker currently playing for Crystal Palace.{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/womens-team/defender/felicity-gibbons/|title=Felicity Gibbons}}

Early life

Gibbons was born in Maidstone, England and began playing football at the age of eight. She played for her youth side the Castle Colts in Kent.{{cite news|title=Felicity Gibbons|url=https://www.cafcwomen.co.uk/players/felicity-gibbons-25.php|accessdate=7 October 2018}}

Club career

Gibbons started her senior career at Charlton Athletic before moving on to Watford F.C. While at Watford she went on a four-month loan at Gillingham W.F.C. in the fall of 2013.{{cite web|title=We have a lot to look forward to, says Gillingham skipper Vicky Ashton-Jones|url=http://kentishfootball.co.uk/news/wehavealottolookforwardtosaysgillinghamskippervickyashton-jones}} She then moved onto her first spell at Brighton & Hove Albion for the 2014/2015 season. During this season she scored 10 goals in 17 appearances and won the club's Women's Player of the year.{{cite web|title=Felicity Gibbons|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/womens-team/defender/felicity-gibbons/}} In 2016 Gibbons left the Seagulls for the Millwall Lionesses. She then returned to Gillingham L.F.C. for the 2016/2017 season. While at the Kent club she scored 33 goals in 19 appearances and won the FA WPL Division One South East Top Goal Scorer award.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/sep/08/fa-womens-awards-080917|title=Everyone's a winner|publisher=The FA|date=8 September 2017|accessdate=16 December 2018}} She then rejoined Albion in August 2017 ahead of the club's first-ever season in FA WSL2. Gibbons has been utilized both as a striker and a defender as Brighton & Hove Albion moved up to England's top flight, the FA WSL, for the 2018–19 season.