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In February 2020, Mead was left off the squad for the ] due to injury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mead ruled out of England's She Believes Cup defence through injury |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/news/mead-ruled-out-englands-she-believes-cup-defence-through-injury |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=FourFourTwo |date=18 February 2020}}</ref> In February 2020, Mead was left off the squad for the ] due to injury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mead ruled out of England's She Believes Cup defence through injury |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/news/mead-ruled-out-englands-she-believes-cup-defence-through-injury |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=FourFourTwo |date=18 February 2020}}</ref>


===2021-22===
On 23 October 2021, Mead scored a first international hat-trick as England defeated ] 4–0 with all four goals coming within a fourteen minute second-half spell.<ref name="ENG 4–0 NIR"/> She became the first woman to score a hat-trick at ] for ].<ref name = "wembleyhatty" >{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/23/england-northern-ireland-womens-world-cup-qualifier-match-report| title= Beth Mead's quick hat-trick for England sinks stubborn Northern Ireland |website=theguardian.com |date=23 October 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> On 23 October 2021, Mead scored a first international hat-trick as England defeated ] 4–0 at ], with all four goals coming within a fourteen minute second-half spell.<ref name="ENG 4–0 NIR"/> She became the first woman to score a hat-trick at ] for ].<ref name = "wembleyhatty" >{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/23/england-northern-ireland-womens-world-cup-qualifier-match-report| title= Beth Mead's quick hat-trick for England sinks stubborn Northern Ireland |website=theguardian.com |date=23 October 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>


On 8 April 2022, Mead scored a third international hat-trick (her second was against Latvia) and four goals as England defeated North Macedonia 10–0.<ref>{{cite web |last=Batte |first=Kathryn |date=8 April 2022 |title=North Macedonia Women 0–10 England Women: Beth Mead scores four in win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/09/being-dropped-the-motivation-for-england-goal-glut-says-beth-mead |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> On 8 April 2022, Mead scored a third international hat-trick (her second was against Latvia) and four goals as England defeated North Macedonia 10–0 at ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Batte |first=Kathryn |date=8 April 2022 |title=North Macedonia Women 0–10 England Women: Beth Mead scores four in win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/09/being-dropped-the-motivation-for-england-goal-glut-says-beth-mead |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>


===UEFA Women's Euro 2022=== ====UEFA Women's Euro 2022====


At ], Mead won the Golden Boot, Player of the Tournament, and Top Assist Provider with 6 goals and 5 assists in 6 games, helping ] win the tournament.<ref name= "pott"/> It was ]' first-ever major trophy and was the first major international championship won by an England team (men's or women's) since ].<ref>. Sanders, Emma. ''BBC Sport''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved on 31 July 2022.</ref> She became the only English player (male or female) to win both the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at the Euros or World Cup.<ref name = "engbothpott" >{{cite tweet|title= The only English player to win the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at a senior Euros or World Cup 🐐|date=1 August 2022 |access-date=9 August 2022|number= 1554022144492929025|user=ESPNUK |author=ESPN UK}}</ref> Her six goals tied the record for most goals ever scored in a single edition of ].<ref name = "weuro6" >{{cite web |url= https://futbol.si.com/news/beth-mead-ties-womens-euros-record-as-england-reach-final |title= Beth Mead Ties Women's Euros Record As England Thrash Sweden In Semi-Final |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=si.com}}</ref> At ], Mead won the Golden Boot, Player of the Tournament, and Top Assist Provider with 6 goals and 5 assists in 6 games, helping ] win the tournament.<ref name= "pott"/> It was ]' first-ever major trophy and was the first major international championship won by an England team (men's or women's) since ].<ref>. Sanders, Emma. ''BBC Sport''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved on 31 July 2022.</ref> She became the only English player (male or female) to win both the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at the Euros or World Cup.<ref name = "engbothpott" >{{cite tweet|title= The only English player to win the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at a senior Euros or World Cup 🐐|date=1 August 2022 |access-date=9 August 2022|number= 1554022144492929025|user=ESPNUK |author=ESPN UK}}</ref> Her six goals tied the record for most goals ever scored in a single edition of ].<ref name = "weuro6" >{{cite web |url= https://futbol.si.com/news/beth-mead-ties-womens-euros-record-as-england-reach-final |title= Beth Mead Ties Women's Euros Record As England Thrash Sweden In Semi-Final |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=si.com}}</ref>

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English footballer (born 1995)

Beth Mead
Mead in 2019
Personal information
Full name Bethany Jane Mead
Date of birth (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Whitby, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team Arsenal
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2011 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Sunderland 45 (31)
2017– Arsenal 98 (34)
International career
2010 England U15 2 (2)
2010 England U17 3 (2)
2012–2014 England U19 15 (5)
2014 England U20 3 (1)
2015–2021 England U23 5 (2)
2018– England 44 (28)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 July 2022

Bethany Jane Mead (born 9 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal and the England national team. She won the FA WSL Golden Boot and the FA WSL Player of the Year Award in 2015, only a season after helping her previous club Sunderland's promotion and 2014 FA WSL 2 title win. Converted to a winger at Arsenal, She holds numerous playmaking records in the WSL, including all-time most assists (38), most assists in a season (12, 2018–19), and most chances created in a season (72, 2021–22). She was the top assist provider in the WSL for 2018–19 and 2021–22; 2nd in 2020–21. She won the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal.

In 2021–22, Mead was nominated for the FA WSL Player of the Season and won the Arsenal Player of the Season Award by a landslide. At UEFA Women's Euro 2022, she won the Golden Boot, Player of the Tournament, and Top Assist Provider, helping England win the major tournament for the first time. She scored 20 goals and assisted 17 in 19 games for her country in 2021–22, breaking the 61-years-old record of most goals for England in a season (by male or female), previously held by Jimmy Greaves (13) in 1960-61. Totalling 70 goal contributions for the club and country in the season, Mead was nominated for the Ballon d'Or Féminin 2022.

Mead helped England reach the semi-final at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, providing 2nd most assists in the tournament which led to her nomination for England Player of the Year.

Club career

Sunderland, 2011–16

Mead celebrating Sunderland's promotion to WSL1 in 2014

Mead began her youth career at California Girls FC before joining Middlesbrough F.C. Centre of Excellence at age 10 before moving at age 16 to Sunderland, then in the FA Women's Premier League. In her first season she scored 23 goals in as many games, and ended the season with 29 in all competitions, followed by 30 goals in 28 matches the following season, and 15 in the 2014 FA WSL2 season. Sunderland won WSL2 in 2014 and gained promotion to WSL1 for the 2015 season. Although Mead turned professional upon Sunderland's promotion, she resolved to finish her final year at University.

In her first match at the top level, Mead scored in Sunderland's shock 2–1 win over reigning champions Liverpool. On 19 July 2015, Mead scored a hat-trick against league leaders Chelsea, making her the league-leading scorer with eight goals. Earlier that week, Mead avoided injury despite rolling her car three times while trying to avoid a deer. The following week, she scored twice in a 4–1 win at Bristol, sending Sunderland to the top of the WSL 1. She ended the 2015 season as leading goalscorer in the WSL1 with 12 goals in 14 appearances.

Arsenal, 2017–present

On 24 January 2017, it was announced that Arsenal had signed Mead on an undisclosed-length full-time deal. At Arsenal, summer 2017 signing Vivianne Miedema soon occupied the centre-forward berth, so Mead had to play as a winger instead: "I'd played No 9 all my career until I came to Arsenal. I was a bit annoyed that I wasn’t playing No 9, because I thought that was my best position. But now I really enjoy playing on the wing. I can get involved, run at people, bring other people into play." Arsenal won the 2017–18 FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup with Mead scoring in the knockout rounds against her former club Sunderland in the Quarter Final and against Reading in the semi final. Mead finished the 2017–18 season as Arsenal's top goalscorer in the league with 8 goals and was voted Arsenal's player of the season. Despite this, Arsenal missed out on qualification to the 2018–19 Champions League. On missing out on Champions League qualification, Mead said, "It’s a bit frustrating, we had a few results this season where we slipped up and that was our fault. That took it out of our own hands today and Manchester City deserved to finish above us in the end."

Mead with Arsenal in 2018.

By the 2018–19 season, Mead had fully reinvented herself as a versatile winger under Joe Montemurro and built up a good relationship on the pitch with Arsenal leading goalscorer Vivianne Miedema combining nine times to score, more than any other duo. She also broke the record for most assists in a single season with 12 and created more chances than any other Arsenal player with 54. She finished third in the WSL for total goal contributions with 7 goals along with her 12 assists. Mead capped a great season off by scoring the 3rd goal in Arsenal's 4–0 title clinching win at Brighton and Hove Albion on 28 April 2019.

Mead signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal on 28 November 2019. She suffered an injury during a 3–2 league win against Liverpool on 13 February 2020. A week later, Arsenal announced that she had injured her medial collateral ligament, which led to her being omitted from the England squad for the 2020 SheBelieves Cup.

During a match against Chelsea on 15 November 2020, Mead scored in the 86th minute of the 1–1 draw.

2021-22: Arsenal Player of the Season by landslide victory

In 2021–22, Mead was nominated for the Ballon d'Or Féminin 2022, FA WSL Player of the Season, and PFA WSL Fan's Player of the Year. She won both the Arsenal Player of the Season Award and Arsenal Women Supporters Club Player of the Season Award by a landslide. She was the top assist provider (8) and scored 3rd most goals (11), helping Arsenal push in a title race that went down to the final day. Arsenal finished the season in second place, only a point less than the first. Arsenal was the only WSL team to proceed to the knockout stage in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League. With 14 goals and 19 assists in 40 appearances for Arsenal, her total goal contributions for the club and country in the season came to 70.

Mead set various WSL playmaking records in 2021–22. On April 24 2022, she became the WSL all-time assist leader during Arsenal's 3-0 victory over Everton. She broke the record for most chances created in a season (72), amounting to over a half of 2nd place (48) in the season. She also set the record for most chances created from open play in a season (54+), becoming the first player who created over 50 chances from open play.

On top of assists and chance creation, Mead led most creative statistics in the league. She registered the highest xA (7.7), highest xG assisted (7.4), most key passes (65, over 30% of 2nd place (50)), most passes into penalty area (56), most shot-creating actions (123, over 30% of 2nd place (90)), most shot-creating actions/90 (6.43), most goal-creating actions (18), highest goal-creating actions/90 (0.94, over 12% of 2nd place (0.84)), 2nd most fouls drawn (41, more than 10% of 3rd place (36)), and 2nd highest progressive passes received (192, over 18% of 3rd place (163)).

Besides her notable creative numbers and prolific goal-scoring, Mead established herself as the centerpiece of the pressing and counterpressing system under the new manager Jonas Eidevall in 2021–22. She registered most pressures (381) and succeeded the most, made most tackles (61) and won the most (43), and made 2nd most blocks (32) in Arsenal. In the WSL, she won 3rd most tackles. It is rare for a forward to achieve such numbers. On her counterpressing ability, Eidevall said: "I have never coached a player who is as fast at it (counterpressing) as Beth Mead. She can run 15 metres in seconds and close a player down."

Mead's other accolades in 2021–22 include: FA WSL Player of the Month (September 2021), resulting in the record (tie) for Most Player of the Month awards (3), PFA WSL Fan's Player of the Month (November 2021), GiveMeSportW (GMS) Fans' WSL Player of the Season nominee, The Athletic FA WSL Team of the Year, and Arsenal Goal of the Month (includes contenders from both the men's and women's teams, January 2022).

International career

Mead playing for England in 2019

Mead has represented England at every age level from under-15, and played in all three England under-20 matches at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup where she scored a long-range goal against Mexico.

In April 2018, Mead made her debut for the senior England women's national football team as a substitute in a 0–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification draw with Wales in Southampton. She started her first match in September 2018, scoring twice in England's 6–0 win over Kazakhstan in Pavlodar.

In February 2019, Mead scored a "stunning" game-winning goal against Brazil during England's first match of the 2019 SheBelieves Cup. A few days later, she scored during the team's 3–0 against Japan to win the tournament. On 9 April, she scored the game-opening goal in the 36th minute against Spain lifting England to an eventual 2–1 win.

Mead started in the first two games of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She provided the assist to Jodie Taylor's goal during the team's second group stage match against Argentina — a 1–0 win. After finishing first in Group D and defeating Cameroon 3–0 in the Round of 16, England faced Norway in the quarter-finals. During the 3–0 win, Mead provided the assist on Lucy Bronze's goal in the 57th minute lifting England to a 3–0 win. During the semi-final against 2015 champions, the United States, Mead started on the left flank for England and provided the assist on Ellen White's equalizer goal in the first half of the match. England was ultimately defeated 2–1. The semi-final match was the most watched programme on UK television thus far in 2019, with 11.7 million viewers. She provided 2nd most assists (3) in the tournament. She was nomination for England Player of the Year in 2019 after the tournament.

In October 2019, Mead scored England's game-winning goal against Portugal. Later that month, she created more chances than any other player during a 2–1 loss against Brazil in front of a record-breaking 29,238 fans at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough. On 9 November 2019, she competed in a 2–1 loss against Germany in front of a record-breaking 77,768 spectators at Wembley Stadium.

In February 2020, Mead was left off the squad for the 2020 SheBelieves Cup due to injury.

2021-22

On 23 October 2021, Mead scored a first international hat-trick as England defeated Northern Ireland 4–0 at 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, with all four goals coming within a fourteen minute second-half spell. She became the first woman to score a hat-trick at Wembley for England.

On 8 April 2022, Mead scored a third international hat-trick (her second was against Latvia) and four goals as England defeated North Macedonia 10–0 at 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

At UEFA Women's Euro 2022, Mead won the Golden Boot, Player of the Tournament, and Top Assist Provider with 6 goals and 5 assists in 6 games, helping England win the tournament. It was Lionesses' first-ever major trophy and was the first major international championship won by an England team (men's or women's) since 1966. She became the only English player (male or female) to win both the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at the Euros or World Cup. Her six goals tied the record for most goals ever scored in a single edition of UEFA Women's Championship.

Mead scored England's only and the tournament's opening goal against Austria in a 1-0 win. Against Norway, she scored her fourth career international hat-trick and assisted a goal. Naming her the Player of the Match, the UEFA Technical Observer said: "She showed fast, strong dribbling and a real will to score. She was brave in one-on-ones and sent some great balls into the box, as well as scoring three herself." Her second goal of the match was selected as one of the top ten goals of the tournament. Against Northern Ireland, she scored a goal and assisted two to cap a run of scoring in every group stage match.

In the semi-final against Sweden, she scored the first goal of the match against the run of the play and provided 2 assists, leading England to the final of the tournament. She was again named the Player of the Match and UEFA’s Technical Observer panel praised her showing: "She was consistent and extremely hard working on the right wing, constantly linking up play and making key passes. She took her crucial goal excellently. Her delivery, providing two assists for team-mates, made it a supremely productive evening."

Mead's 11-goal contributions (6 goals and 5 assists) were half of the total goals England scored at UEFA Women's Euro 2022. Besides scoring the most goals and providing the most assists in the tournament, she won most Player of the Match awards (2), created most chances (16), completed most crosses (15), and had the highest crossing accuracy (57%) among players who attempted over 10 crosses.

In total, Mead scored 20 goals and assisted 17 in 19 games for England in 2021–22, breaking the 61-years-old record of most goals for England in a season (by male or female), previously held by Jimmy Greaves (13) in 1960-61. Overall 70 goal contributions for the club and country in the season, Mead was nominated for the Ballon d'Or Féminin 2022.

Beth Mead scholarship

Whilst playing for Sunderland, Mead gained BA (Hons) Sports Development in Sports Development from Teesside University. Inspired by her experience, Mead and her alma mater Teesside University launched Beth Mead Scholarship in February 2022 to support dual career students who have the potential to reach professional, national or international level within women’s football.

Beth Mead scholars will each receive a bursary of £1,200, as well as bespoke sport science support to help them unlock their full potential. This will include strength and conditioning, physiotherapy, sport nutrition, sport psychology, biomechanical analysis and sport physiology from a team of experts at Teesside University. In addition, scholars will also receive one-to-one and group mentoring with Beth Mead during their studies, as well as branded sports kits and gym membership.

In popular culture

We Play Strong

In February 2020, Mead joined #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The campaign's "...aim is to promote women's football as much as we can and to make people aware of women's football, really". "The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020." The series, which also originally included professional footballers Lisa Evans, Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and now also includes Petronella Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers. Her fitness routines have been shared online as part of the #TrainAtHome series.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 July 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 2014 WSL 2 15 13 0 0 5 2 — 20 15
2015 WSL 1 14 12 0 0 5 2 — 19 14
2016 16 6 3 1 0 0 — 19 7
Total 45 31 3 1 10 4 — 58 36
Arsenal 2017 WSL 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 — 5 1
2017–18 17 8 5 2 7 6 — 28 16
2018–19 WSL 19 7 1 0 6 1 — 26 8
2019–20 14 3 1 0 7 5 5 1 27 9
2020–21 21 4 1 2 2 0 — 24 6
2021–22 22 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 26 12
Total 98 34 11 5 23 12 5 1 137 52
Career total 143 65 14 6 33 16 5 1 195 88
  1. Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 26 July 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2018 7 2
2019 18 6
2020 0 0
2021 7 8
2022 12 12
Total 44 28
As of match played 26 July 2022
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mead goal.
List of international goals scored by Beth Mead
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 4 September 2018 Ortalik Stadion, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 1–0 6–0 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 5–0
3 27 February 2019 Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, United States  Brazil 2–1 2–1 2019 SheBelieves Cup
4 5 March 2019 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States  Japan 3–0 3–0
5 9 April 2019 County Ground, Swindon, England  Spain 1–0 2–1 Friendly
6 29 August 2019 Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium  Belgium 2–0 3–3
7 8 October 2019 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 1–0
8 12 November 2019 Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 2–1 3–2
9 17 September 2021 St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England  North Macedonia 8–0 8–0 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 23 October 2021 Wembley Stadium, London, England  Northern Ireland 1–0 4–0
11 3–0
12 4–0
13 26 October 2021 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia  Latvia 5–0 10–0
14 30 November 2021 Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, England  Latvia 1–0 20–0
15 4–0
16 6–0
17 8 April 2022 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 1–0 10–0
18 2–0
19 6–0
20 7–0
21 24 June 2022 Elland Road, Leeds, England  Netherlands 2–1 5–1 Friendly
22 5–1
23 6 July 2022 Old Trafford, Manchester, England  Austria 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2022
24 11 July 2022 Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England  Norway 4–0 8–0
25 5–0
26 8–0
27 15 July 2022 St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England  Northern Ireland 2–0 5–0
28 26 July 2022 Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England  Sweden 1–0 4–0

Honours

Sunderland

Arsenal

England

Individual

Records

As of 9 August 2022

Continental

England

  • Most goals for England in a season (male or female): 20 (2021–22)
  • Only English player (male or female) to win both the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at the Euros or World Cup
  • First woman to score a hat-trick at Wembley for England (23 October 2021 vs Northern Ireland, World Cup Qualifier)

Women's Super League

See also

Portals:

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Further reading

  • Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, ISBN 9781473564480
  • Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317966234
  • Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, ISBN 9781785315411
  • Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, ISBN 9781785311512
  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368

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