Chloe Arthur

Chloe Susan Arthur (born 21 January 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Championship and the Scotland national team.

Chloe Arthur
Arthur with Crystal Palace in 2022
Personal information
Full name Chloe Susan Arthur[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995
Place of birth Erskine, Scotland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 4
Youth career

Celtic

Erskine Y.F.C
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Celtic 41 (6)
2015 Hibernian
2016–2018 Bristol City 35 (4)
2018–2020 Birmingham City 31 (1)
2020–2022 Aston Villa 34 (1)
2022– Crystal Palace 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2012 Scotland U17 14 (0)
2012–2014 Scotland U19 22 (0)
2015– Scotland 35 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:43, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Arthur broke into the Celtic first team aged 17, coming through the club's Youth Academy. In December 2014, Arthur transferred together with Heather Richards from Celtic to Hibernian,[2] where she was part of the team that reached the Scottish Cup final and finished second in the league.[3]

In January 2016, after a year in Edinburgh, she joined Bristol City in the FA WSL 2.[4] On 14 February, she scored on her Bristol debut in a 7–1 win against Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup. She finished her first season at the club with three goals in 20 appearances. On 8 February 2017, Bristol announced that Arthur had signed new deal with the club.[5] She finished her second season with two goals in 8 appearances.[6] In July 2017, she signed a new contract with the Vixens.[7]

On 25 July 2018, Arthur joined Birmingham City on a two-year deal.[8]

Arthur joined Aston Villa, who had just been promoted to the WSL, in July 2020.[9] She was released by Villa during the summer of 2022 and then signed for Championship club Crystal Palace.[10]

International career
Arthur (number 23) playing for Scotland in Euro 2017

Arthur represented Scotland at under-17 and under-19 levels.

On 8 February 2015, she made her senior debut for Scotland, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Fiona Brown in a 4–0 win against Northern Ireland.[11] Arthur was named in the Scotland squads for both Euro 2017 and the 2019 World Cup, their first appearances in the final stages of those tournaments.[12][13]

She scored her first goals for Scotland in a 7–1 win against the Faroe Islands on 21 September 2021.[14]

Personal life

Her father Gary was one of ten people killed when a police helicopter crashed into the Clutha Bar, Glasgow, in November 2013.[15][16]

Career statistics

International appearances
As of the match played on 11 April 2023[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 201540
201620
201760
201840
201950
2020—
202162
202260
202320
Total352

International goals
As of match played 10 June 2021. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arnot goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 21 September 2021Hampden Park, Glasgow Faroe Islands2–07–12023 World Cup qualification[17]
2 3–0

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Scotland" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Hibernian Ladies sign Chloe Arthur and Heather Richards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. "Bristol City Women complete Arthur deal". VAVEL.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. "Chloe Arthur: Scotland midfielder joins Bristol City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. "Vixens Secure Arthur Ahead Of Spring Series". Bristol City Women FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. "Bristol City Women FC Player Stats". Bristol City Women FC. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. "Chloe Arthur Extends Vixens Stay". Bristol City Women FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. "Chloe Arthur makes Blues Women switch". Birmingham City F.C. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  9. "Chloë Arthur signs for Villa Women". www.avfc.co.uk.
  10. Nicol, Jacob (25 September 2022). "Erskine ace Chloe Arthur joins Crystal Palace". The Gazette. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  11. "Northern Ireland – Scotland on Scottishfa.co.uk". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. "A full guide to Scotland's squad for Women's Euro 2017". STV News. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  13. Wrack, Suzanne (15 May 2019). "Scotland Women's World Cup squad for France 2019 – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  14. Chloe Arthur at the Scottish Football Association
  15. "Clutha victim dad inspires Arthur". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  16. "Chloe Arthur: Clutha victim's daughter on wishing dad was here to see her success". Evening Times. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  17. Chloe Arthur at the Scottish Football Association
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