Helen Alderson (footballer)
{{Short description|Retired English footballer}}
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}}Helen Alderson (born 7 May 1989) is a retired English footballer who played for Sunderland A.F.C.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-14 |title=Durham FC women goalkeeper Helen Alderson set to embark on a three-month charity work in Ghana |url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/755645/durham-fc-women-goalkeeper-helen-alderson-set-to-embark-on-a.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=ModernGhana |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813081004/https://www.modernghana.com/sports/755645/durham-fc-women-goalkeeper-helen-alderson-set-to-embark-on-a.html |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Alderson was born on 7 May 1989.{{Cite web |title=Helen Alderson Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/bio/_/id/328797/helen-alderson |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827003336/https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/bio/_/id/328797/helen-alderson |url-status=live }} She attended Loughborough University.{{Cite web |date=2008-01-31 |title=Alderson receives England call-up |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/7219732.stm |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=BBC Sport |via= |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813081122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/7219732.stm |url-status=live }}
Career
In 2008, at 18 years old, Alderson was selected to play for England's national under-23 women's football team to play in the Five Nations La Manga Tournament. The following year, her team{{Which|date=October 2024}} played in the finals for the Women's FA Cup.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Mark |date=2021-04-29 |title=Sunderland, Newcastle United and Durham stoppers unite as North East's first all-female goalkeeping camp launched |url=https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-newcastle-united-and-durham-stoppers-unite-as-north-easts-first-all-female-goalkeeping-camp-launched-3214201 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Sunderland Echo |archive-date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813081000/https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-newcastle-united-and-durham-stoppers-unite-as-north-easts-first-all-female-goalkeeping-camp-launched-3214201 |url-status=live }}
Alderson also played for Sunderland Ladies, as well as for the Lady Black Cats in the Women's Super League.
In 2021, Alderson helped launch the "Helen Aldo GK all-female goalkeeping camp, which is the first of its kind in the North East."
Honours
- Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2009
References
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Category:Alumni of Loughborough University
Category:English women's footballers
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Sunderland A.F.C. Women players
Category:Durham W.F.C. players
Category:FA Women's National League players
Category:Women's Super League 2 players
Category:England women's youth international footballers