| Intro | Welsh footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1 June 1994, Haverfordwest |
| Age: | 26 years |
Angharad Jane James (born 1 June 1994) is a footballer who plays for the Welsh national women’s team and FA WSL club Notts County Ladies. James plays as a central midfielder. Got selected by Arsenal Academy, aged 16 and played for Arsenal Reserves. Made competitive Arsenal debut in Euro Champions League a year later. Mark Sampson then took her at age 17 on loan to Bristol Academy where she played in a total of 74 out of 78 games, including an FA cup final v Arsenal and a successful champions league encounter with Barcelona. Transferred from Bristol to Notts County in 2016. Played in over 50 times for Wales U16s, 17s and 19s and in the European U19s finals in Wales. Got selected for a European Select Squad at the end of that tournament.
Made Senior Welsh debut v Scotland, aged 17 and as of 1 August 2016 has accumulated 46 caps and scored 2 goals.
Club career
James was signed to Arsenal Ladies’ Academy in 2010, after playing for Manorbier Ladies in her native Pembrokeshire. Her first team debut for Arsenal came in the 6–0 home UEFA Women’s Champions League win over Bobruichanka Bobruisk on 5 October 2011. She substituted on for Gilly Flaherty after 63 minutes.
Ahead of the 2012 FA WSL season, James signed for Bristol Academy from Arsenal Ladies along with Melissa Lawley . She went on to make her Bristol Academy debut on 22 April 2014 as she came in for Molly Clarke in a 0–1 home defeat to Lincoln Ladies.
James signed for Notts County Ladies F.C. from Bristol City W.F.C. in March 2016 ahead of the 2016 season. She cited her desire to continue playing in WSL1 after Bristol’s relegation to FA WSL 2 as a main factor in her moving clubs. Bristol manager, Willie Kirk, said of James and her move, “You never want to lose top players, but following relegation it was inevitable that we would lose a few. Angharad played a big part in the club’s successes over the past few seasons and at only 21 has bags of potential and can achieve a lot in the game…Angharad made her intentions to stay in WSL1 known to me very quickly so we have been planning for this for a while now.”
International career
James made her senior international debut, aged 17, as a late substitute in a 2–2 draw with Scotland in Edinburgh on 27 October 2011.
In January 2012 James was named in the provisional Team GB squad for the 2012 Olympics.