Bailey-Gayle on 27 November 2022, playing for Crystal Palace Football Club Women | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | London, England | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | SC Sand | |||||||||||||
Number | tbc | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Stoke Newington | ||||||||||||||
Arsenal | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2018–2019 | Arsenal | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019–2022 | Leicester City | 41 | (9) | |||||||||||
2022–2024 | Crystal Palace | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||
2024 - 2024 | Newcastle United | 10 | (7) | |||||||||||
2024 - | SC Sand | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2017 | England U17 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
2019 | England U18 | |||||||||||||
2021– | Jamaica | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2023 |
Paige Bailey-Gayle (born 12 November 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga 2 club SC Sand. Born in England, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Club career
Bailey-Gayle started her senior career with Arsenal. She was promoted into the club's first-team squad in November 2018 under manager Joe Montemurro, with the forward making her professional debut on 18 November during a 0–4 win away to Everton at Haig Avenue. After a total of four appearances for Arsenal, Bailey-Gayle departed at the conclusion of 2018–19 – subsequently joining Championship side Leicester City on 24 June 2019. She scored her first senior goal on 29 September in a home defeat to Crystal Palace. On 20 February 2020, Bailey-Gayle scored both goals in a 2–1 victory against Reading in the FA Cup fifth round.
International career
Bailey-Gayle represented England at U17 level. She was called up for the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Lithuania, having previously won four caps in qualifying; in the tournament proper, Bailey-Gayle featured four further times as England finished fourth. In July 2018, Bailey-Gayle was selected by the U18s for a three-team tournament at St George's Park.
Bailey-Gayle is eligible to represent Jamaica through her grandparents, all of whom were born in the country. In 2021, she made her senior international debut against Costa Rica.
Personal life
Bailey-Gayle attended Stoke Newington School, featuring for their football team. She also played cricket as a youngster, notably being selected by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets for the 2015 London Youth Games.
Career statistics
- As of 3 March 2024.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Arsenal | 2018–19 | FA WSL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Leicester City | 2019–20 | Championship | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
2020–21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | ||
2021-22 | FA WSL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 12 | ||
Crystal Palace F.C. | 2022-23 | Championship | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
2023-24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Newcastle United F.C. | 2023-24 | FA WNL | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Total | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Career total | 71 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 90 | 16 |
Honours
Arsenal
- FA Women's Super League: 2018–19
- FA Women's League Cup runner-up: 2019
Leicester City
Individual
- Women's Championship Player of the month: February 2020
References
- ^ "England – P. Gayle". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Leicester City ace Bailey-Gayle receives first Jamaican call-up". 16 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- "Everton v Arsenal: Women's Super League – as it happened". The Guardian. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Leicester City Women sign Paige Bailey-Gayle". Leicester City. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- "Women's FA Cup: Leicester City 2–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- "England squad named for UEFA Women's U17 Championship finals". The FA. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "England WU18s squad named for summer tournament". The FA. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- Wellon, Hannah (5 December 2021). "Paige Bailey-Gayle: "It's an honour to wear the Jamaica badge"". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- "Young sporting talent encouraged to apply for sports fund". Hackney. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Arsenal girls claim schools trophy". Arsenal. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Athlete Profile". Power of 10. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Hackney kids hit it for six at London cricket tournament". Hackney Post. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
External links
- Paige Bailey-Gayle at Soccerway
Newcastle United W.F.C. – current squad | |
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Jamaica squads | |||||||||||||
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Jamaican women's footballers
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- Women's association football forwards
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Footballers from London
- English women's footballers
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Leicester City W.F.C. players
- Newcastle United W.F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players
- Women's Super League players
- Women's Championship (England) players
- English people of Jamaican descent
- Black British sportswomen
- England women's youth international footballers
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 21st-century English sportswomen