Ebony Salmon

Ebony Salmon (born 27 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for WSL club Aston Villa and the England women's national team.

Ebony Salmon
Salmon with Sheffield United.
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001
Place of birth England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 17
Youth career
2014–2017 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Aston Villa 12 (7)
2018–2019 Manchester United 0 (0)
2019 → Sheffield United (loan) 9 (7)
2019–2021 Bristol City 34 (11)
2021–2022 Racing Louisville 25 (6)
2022–2023 Houston Dash 30 (10)
2023– Aston Villa 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U17 14 (9)
2019– England U19 12 (8)
2021– England 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:10, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

A product of the Aston Villa academy, Salmon has previously played senior football for Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Bristol City, Racing Louisville and Houston Dash, and has captained England at under-17 level.

Club career

Aston Villa

After three years in the Aston Villa academy, Salmon joined the first team in the WSL 2 for the 2017–18 season.[1]

On 8 October 2017, Salmon made her debut in a 2–1 defeat at Sheffield.[2] A month later, she scored her first goal for the club in a 4–0 victory against Watford.[3] On 5 November, Salmon scored in a 2–2 WSL Cup draw against Sheffield, before being dismissed in the final minute of the match.[4][5]

She scored her first brace for the club in a 3–3 draw against the London Bees on 7 January 2018, and went on to score in three consecutive games in April.[6][7][8][9] Salmon scored a total of seven goals in 12 league games, despite her team finishing second from bottom in the table and winning just three of their 18 games.[10]

Manchester United
Salmon training with Manchester United in 2018

On 1 July 2018, Salmon joined the newly-formed Manchester United to compete in the FA Women's Championship.[11][12] On 4 January 2019, Salmon moved to fellow Championship side Sheffield United on loan until the end of the season having not yet made her United debut.[13] She was released at the end of the season having not made an appearance for the club.[14]

Loan to Sheffield United
Salmon with Sheffield United in 2019

On 6 January 2019, she made her league debut for Sheffield United, as a 52nd minute substitute for Chloe Dixon, in their 2–1 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.[15] On 27 January, Salmon scored her first goal for the club, converting a 90th minute penalty in Sheffield United's 2–3 defeat by Charlton Athletic in the Women's Championship.[16] She scored her second brace of the season on 11 May in a 6–0 win over Millwall.[17]

Bristol City

On 15 July 2019, Salmon signed with Bristol City ahead of the 2019–20 FA WSL season.[18] She made her debut on the opening day of the season on 7 September 2019, in a 0–0 home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion.[19] Salmon scored the only goal in a 1–0 away win against former club Manchester United to secure Bristol City's first win of the season on 5 January 2020.[20] Salmon was Bristol City's highest goalscorer for the 2019–20 season, scoring five league goals and eight in all competitions as Bristol City avoided relegation after finishing the curtailed season in 10th place on points-per-game.[21] She repeated the feat the following season, scoring 10 goals in all competitions including six in the league. However, Bristol City finished bottom and were relegated. On 13 May 2021, the club announced Salmon would be leaving in the summer upon the expiration of her contract.[22]

Racing Louisville

Following her departure from Bristol City, it was announced on the same day that Salmon had signed a two-year contract with NWSL expansion franchise Racing Louisville.[23] She made her debut as a 71st-minute substitute on 20 June and scored the only goal 74 seconds after coming on (34 seconds after the game restarted) in a 1–0 win over Houston Dash.[24] In her debut season Salmon finished as the team's highest league goalscorer with six goals in 20 appearances, and second on the team for goals in all competitions behind Cece Kizer on seven.

Houston Dash

Under new coach Kim Björkegren in 2022, Salmon's playing time at Racing Louisville declined. Louisville's general manager James O'Connor broached the prospect of a trade to Salmon, who had considered requesting one. The team subsequently traded her on 27 June 2022 to Houston Dash in exchange for up to $190,000 of allocation money depending on her results in Houston, a fee that set a Louisville club record. Upon arriving, the Dash signed Salmon to a one-year contract extension through 2023, and Salmon remarked in an interview that she would be "taking my anger from not playing in Louisville and I'm going to show what I can do here when I get on the pitch."[25]

Return to Aston Villa

On 8 September 2023, it was announced that Salmon had returned to Aston Villa on a three-year deal.[26]

International career

Youth

On 28 April 2017, Salmon made her debut for England Under-17s in a 2–0 defeat to the United States.[27] In her third appearance for the national team, she scored both of her country's goals in a 6–2 defeat in the United States after coming on as a half-time substitute.[28] Salmon also scored in the following match, a 10–0 victory against Latvia, and added two goals in 6–0 win against Slovakia in October 2017 to help qualify for the UEFA Women's U17 Championship.[29][30]

In May 2018, Salmon captained England at the tournament.[31] After scoring in a 2–1 defeat to Spain, Salmon scored a hat-trick in 18 minutes against Italy to secure a place in the knockout rounds.[32][33] She appeared in the semi-final and third-place fixtures as England finished the tournament in fourth.[31]

Senior

In February 2021, Salmon received her first senior international call-up as a late addition to Hege Riise's first squad as interim England manager.[34] She made her debut on 23 February as an 84th minute substitute for Rachel Daly in a 6–0 friendly win against Northern Ireland.[35]

Salmon was allotted 219 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[36]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 September 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2017–18 WSL 2 1270042169
Manchester United 2018–19 Championship 00000000
Sheffield United (loan) 2018–19 972100118
Bristol City 2019–20 FA WSL 1452053218
2020–21 20610642710
Total 5525511597535
Racing Louisville 2021 NWSL 206——206
2022 50—4090
Houston Dash 2022 88——88
2023 161—30191
Total 491500605515
Career total 104405122913150
  1. Women's FA Cup
  2. FA Women's League Cup and NWSL Challenge Cup

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 19 February 2023.
Year England
AppsGoals
202110
202220
202310
Total40

Honours

England

References
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  14. "Man Utd Women release Devlin, Hartley, Roberts and Salmon". ManUtd.com. Manchester United.
  15. "United Women 1-2 Spurs - report". Sheffield United Football Club. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  16. "United Women 2-3 Charlton - report". sufc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  17. "United Women 6-0 Millwall - report". SUFC.co.uk. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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  19. Barton, Lewis (7 September 2019). "Report: Bristol City Women 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion". bcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  20. "Women's Super League: Manchester United 0–1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  21. "Ebony Salmon Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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  23. "Racing Louisville signs emerging star striker Salmon". Racing Louisville FC. 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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  28. "United States U17 6–2 England U17". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  29. "England U17 10–0 Latvia U17". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  30. "England U17 6–0 Slovakia U17". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  31. "Ebony Salmon". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  32. "Spain U17 2–1 England U17". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  33. "England U17 4–0 Italy U17". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  34. "Bristol City striker Ebony Salmon added to England squad for Northern Ireland game". TheFA.com.
  35. Glendenning, Barry (23 February 2021). "England 6-0 Northern Ireland: women's international football friendly – as it happened". The Guardian.
  36. "England squad named for World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  37. "England 6-1 Belgium: Lionesses retain Arnold Clark Cup with win over Belgium". BBC Sport. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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