| Intro | British association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 16 March 1996, Reading |
| Age: | 24 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Rosella Ayane (born 16 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA WSL 1 side Chelsea. Internationally, Ayane has represented England at Under-17 and Under-19 level.
Career
Club
Ayane started her career with Chelsea after coming through the club’s Centre of Excellence. She began in the youth and reserve system, in 2012 she was a part of the Chelsea Under-17 that won the league and cup double. She made her first-team debut in August 2013 against Doncaster Rovers Belles, a match Chelsea won 4–0. Three more appearances followed against Everton, Bristol City and Notts County before Ayane was selected as part of Chelsea’s squad for the 2013 International Women’s Club Championship, she played in both of Chelsea’s matches as they finished second.
After making four appearances in all competitions for Chelsea in 2014, Ayane was loaned out in 2015 to Millwall Lionesses; a team she scored twice against for Chelsea in 2015 in the FA WSL Cup. After a few months with Millwall, she returned to her parent club. On 30 August, Ayane scored four goals against London Bees in the FA WSL Cup in an 8–0 victory. 2016 saw a loan move to Bristol City, with whom she made nine appearances and scored three goals in all competitions before returning to Chelsea after Bristol manager Willie Kirk decided against extending her loan. A few weeks after leaving Bristol, she was loaned out again as Everton became her fourth career club. She scored her first Everton goal on 17 July in a 3–0 win over Yeovil Town.
International
Ayane has played for England at Under-17 and Under-19 level. Between 2011 and 2012 she won seven caps and scored one goal (vs. Finland, in a 2012 UEFA Women’s Under-17 Championship qualifier). In 2014, Ayane made her debut for the England U19s and scored the second goal in a 2–0 win. A year later she scored her second goal for England U19s in a 2–2 draw against Norway in a 2015 UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship qualification match, a match that was replayed in extraordinary circumstances after an refereeing error. In total, Ayane made 17 appearances and scored 3 goals for the U17s and U19s respectively.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 3 December 2016.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2013 | FA WSL 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | ||
| Bristol City (loan) | 2016 | FA WSL 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Everton (loan) | 2016 | FA WSL 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 11 | ||
Honours
Club
- Chelsea
- FA WSL (1): 2015
- FA Women’s Cup (1): 2014–15