Natasha Flint

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Natasha Flint

| image = Natasha Flint Lewes FC Women 1 Leicester City Women 0 25 04 2021-493 (51139569200) (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Flint playing for Leicester City in 2021

| full_name = Natasha Jane Flint{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/news/0214-0e1576f6848c-63db96c24823-1000--england-team-guide/|title=England team guide|date=1 April 2014|website=UEFA}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|08|02}}

| birth_place = Salford, Greater Manchester, England

| height = 1.74 m{{cite news|url=https://www.sport.de/fussball/pe362056/natasha-flint/|title=Natasha Flint|website=sport.de}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Tampa Bay Sun

| clubnumber = 9

| youthyears1 = 2001–2013

| youthclubs1 = Manchester United

| youthyears2 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs2 = Manchester City

| years1 = 2014–2015

| clubs1 = Manchester City

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2015

| clubs2 = Preston North End

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2016

| clubs3 = Notts County Ladies

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016

| clubs4 = Fylde

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 2017

| clubs5 = Sheffield

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = Fylde

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2017–2020

| clubs7 = Blackburn Rovers

| caps7 = 66

| goals7 = 70

| years8 = 2020–2023

| clubs8 = Leicester City

| caps8 = 48

| goals8 = 20

| years9 = 2023

| clubs9 = → Celtic (loan)

| caps9 = 12

| goals9 = 7

| years10 = 2023

| clubs10 = Liverpool

| caps10 = 2

| goals10 = 1

| clubs11 = → Celtic (loan)

| caps11 = 14

| goals11 = 11

| years11 = 2024

| clubs12 = Tampa Bay Sun

| caps12 = 21

| goals12 = 9

| years12 = 2024–

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam1 = England U17

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015

| nationalteam2 = England U19

| nationalcaps2 = 13

| nationalgoals2 = 6

| nationalyears3 =2014

| nationalteam3 = England U20

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2018

| nationalteam4 = England U23

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 9 May 2025

}}

Natasha Jane Flint (born 2 August 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun. She has represented England at the youth levels, playing at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, as well as the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in 2015, 2014 and 2013, collecting a runners-up medal in 2013. She played as a teenager for Manchester City, with whom she won the FA Women's League Cup in 2014.

Youth career

Born in the Lower Kersal area of Salford in Greater Manchester, Flint joined the Manchester United Centre of Excellence at age five.{{cite news|url=https://www.mufoundation.org/en/News/2012/08/Girls-Football|date=8 August 2012|publisher=Manchester United Foundation|title=The future is bright for women’s football}} In 2013, she joined the Manchester City academy and by the following year, she was training with and traveling to camp with the senior team.{{cite news|url=https://www.mancity.com/news/mcwfc/mcwfc-news/2014/march/natasha-flint-signs-contract|title=NATASHA FLINT PENS FIRST SENIOR CONTRACT|date=18 March 2014|first=Caroline|last=Oatway|publisher=Manchester City W.F.C.}}

Senior career

=Manchester City=

In March 2014, at age 17, Flint signed her first senior contract with Manchester City ahead of the club's first campaign in the Women's Super League. In July 2014, she scored a goal against Chelsea that was named a finalist for the 2014 FA WSL Goal of the Season,{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/19024/9542226/womens-super-league-reveal-awards-shortlist|title=Women's Super League reveal awards shortlist|date=31 October 2014|work=Sky Sports}} and in October, she was in the starting lineup when City won the 2014 Continental Cup (WSL Cup).{{cite news|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2014/oct/16/arsenal-manchester-city-continental-cup|website=thefa.com|title=CITY'S ISOBEL CHRISTIANSEN ENDS ARSENAL CUP DOMINANCE

|date=16 October 2014}} However, a In October 2015, following a 2015 campaign with just one start and five substitute appearances in the 2015 FA WSL,{{cite news|url=https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2016/03/16/619996-natasha-flint-leaves-notts-county.html|title=Natasha Flint leaves Notts County|date=16 March 2016|work=Vavel|first=Amée|last=Ruzkai}} Flint was released by Manchester City at age 19.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35072755|title=Natasha Flint: Former Man City forward joins Notts County|date=15 December 2015|website=bbc.com}}

=2015–17=

Following her release from Manchester City, Flint signed with Preston North End (later renamed Fylde Ladies) in the FA Women's National League North, the third tier of English women's football in October 2015 and played the remainder of the year before signing with Notts County in the Super League. However, she left Notts County in March 2016, four days before the start of the 2016 FA WSL season citing "personal reasons" and signed with the renamed Fylde Ladies in June 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.afcfylde.co.uk/ladies-sign-england-star/|title=LADIES SIGN ENGLAND STAR|date=12 June 2016|publisher=AFC FYLDE}} In January 2017, she signed with Sheffield F.C. in WSL 2 (now FA Women's Championship){{Cite tweet |user=SFCWomen |number=818058548466896896 |title=So, first of the new players: manager @zoejonno is thrilled to welcome "fantastic signing" WU20s England forward @flint_tasha to the Club!!}} before rejoining Fylde in July the same year.{{Cite tweet |user=FyldeWomenFC |number=882946921178034176 |title=England U23 International Natasha Flint signs! The talented midfielder returns to the coasters following a successful spell in WSL 2. ⚽️📝}}

=Blackburn Rovers=

In December 2017, Flint signed with Blackburn Rovers in the FA Women's National League, the third tier of women's football in England.{{cite news|url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2017/december/flint-checks-in/|date=15 December 2017|title=Flint aims to provide a spark for Donnelly's Rovers

|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.}} In 2019, Flint helped Blackburn achieve their first-ever promotion to the FA Women's Championship and scored in the playoff final against Coventry United.{{cite news|url=https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/forget-man-city-rovers-ladies-16300421|title=Forget Man City – Rovers Ladies complete quadruple of their own|work=LancsLive|date=20 May 2019|first=Alex|last=James}} Although she was limited to six games and nine goals in the 2019–20 campaign curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, she had amassed 70 goals in 66 matches over three seasons.{{cite news|title=FORMER BLACKBURN ROVERS FORWARD DESERVING OF ANOTHER TOP FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY?

|url=https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2020/06/21/former-blackburn-rovers-forward-deserving-of-another-top-flight-opportunity/|date=21 June 2020|first=Daniel|last=Pentland|work=FAWSL Full Time}}

=Leicester City=

In June 2020, Flint left Blackburn at the conclusion of her contract and in August 2020, she signed with Leicester City Women, along with eleven other new players who were brought in as part of the women's club's conversion to a fully professional structure.{{cite news|title=LEICESTER CITY ANNOUNCE 11 NEW SIGNINGS AS THEY GO FULL-TIME|url=https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2020/08/22/leicester-city-announce-11-new-signings-as-they-go-full-time/|date=22 August 2020|first=Daniel|last=Pentland|work=FAWSL Full Time}} She won the Women's Championship Player of the Month honours for December 2020 with four league goals during the month.{{cite news | URL = https://www.lcfc.com/news/1967462/monthly-accolade-for-inform-lcfc-women-striker-flint|title=Monthly Accolade For In-Form LCFC Women Striker Flint|publisher=Leicester City W.F.C.|date=7 January 2021}} On 4 April 2021, Flint scored the second Leicester goal in a 2–0 win over London City Lionesses, securing the 2020–21 season title and a promotion to the FA Women's Super League.{{cite news|url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/en/Article/Leicester-City-2-0-London-City-Lionesses-20210404 | title = Leicester City 2–0 London City Lionesses|date=4 April 2021|website=thefa.com}} Flint had previously worked part-time as a lab technician, but after losing the job to a COVID-19 pandemic-forced furlough, she moved to training full-time, a change that she has credited for her scoring form with Leicester.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55619095.amp|title=Natasha Flint: Leicester striker on getting back to the top with Women's Championship leaders|date=16 January 2021 | first=Emma|last=Sanders|website=BBC.com}}

She ended the 2020–21 Championship season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals in the competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.lcfc.com/news/2128285/flint-delighted-to-finish-on-a-high|title=Flint Delighted To Finish On A High|date=4 May 2021|website=LCFC.com}} On 16 May 2021, Flint scored the winning goal in a 2–3 upset of Manchester United in the fifth round of the 2020–21 Women's FA Cup.{{cite news |title=Manchester United 2-3 Leicester City: Departing Casey Stoney vows to be Red Devils' biggest fan after shock Women's FA Cup exit |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57118010 |access-date=1 June 2021 |publisher=BBC |date=16 May 2021}}

=Celtic=

Midway through the 2022–23, Flint joined Celtic on loan for the remainder of the season.{{Cite web|url= https://www.celticfc.com/news/2023/january/31/deadline-day-delight-as-celtic-fc-women-sign-natasha-flint/ |title= Deadline day delight as Celtic FC Women sign Natasha Flint |publisher=Celtic Football Club|date=31 January 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023}} She saw a successful loan spell scoring eight goals which helped Celtic capture the Scottish Cup{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65673696 |title=Celtic 2-0 Rangers: Fran Alonso's side win Women's Scottish Cup |first=Thomas |last=Duncan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023}} and secure a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League.

=Liverpool=

In July 2023, Flint signed for Liverpool.{{Cite web|url= https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/natasha-flint-signs-liverpool-fc-women |title= Natasha Flint signs for Liverpool FC Women |first=Andy |last=Kelly |publisher=Liverpool Football Club|date=5 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023}} After struggling to get regular games for Liverpool, she rejoined Celtic on loan for the rest of the 2023–24 season in January 2024.{{cite news |title=Flint returns to Celtic until end of season |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c161rdg2572o |access-date=17 March 2024 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2024}}

=Tampa Bay Sun=

In June 2024, Flint joined Tampa Bay Sun ahead of the inaugural USL Super League season.{{cite web |url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2024/06/07/super-signings-weekly-recap-june-1-7/|title=Super Signings Weekly Recap: June 1–7 |website=USLSuperLeague.com |publisher=USL Super League |access-date=10 June 2024}} Flint scored her first two goals for the Sun in November and was named to the league's team of the month.{{cite web |title=USL Super League Team of the Month – November |url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2024/12/05/usl-super-league-team-of-the-month-november/ |website=USLSuperLeague.com |publisher=USL Super League |access-date=5 December 2024}}

International career

Flint has represented England at youth levels and played at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, where England under-19s reached the final, as well as the 2014 and the 2015 editions of the tournament, scoring a 40-yard goal against Spain in the latter.{{cite news|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/english-19-year-old-s-stunning-40-yard-lob-goal_sto4827732/story.shtml|title=ENGLISH 19-YEAR-OLD NATASHA FLINT'S STUNNING 40-YARD LOB GOAL|date=20 July 2015|work=Eurosport|first=Toby|last=Keel}} She also played for

England under-20s at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite news|title=NATASHA FLINT'S COMING OF AGE AT THE U20 WORLD CUP|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2014/Aug/03/world-cup-canada-moncton-natasha-flint|date=3 August 2014|website=thefa.com}}

Honours

Tampa Bay Sun

USL Super League: 2024–25{{cite news|url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2025/06/14/tampa-bay-sun-crowned-inaugural-usl-super-league-champions-with-1-0-win-against-fort-lauderdale-united/|title=Tampa Bay Sun crowned inaugural USL Super League champions with 1–0 win against Fort Lauderdale United |date=2025-06-14|publisher=USL Super League|access-date=2025-06-14}}