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Key facts
- 2017
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- 2019
- England U21
- 2020
- England
- 2023
- Arsenal
- Full name
- Alessia Mia Teresa Russo
- Date of birth
- ( 1999-02-08 ) 8 February 1999 (age 27)
- Place of birth
- Maidstone , England
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
- Position
- Forward
- Current team
- Arsenal
- 2007 2010
- Charlton Athletic
- 2010 2016
- Cliffe Woods Colts
- Years
- Team
- 2017 2019
- North Carolina Tar Heels
- 2016 2017
- Chelsea
- 2020 2023
- Manchester United
- 2013 2014
- England U15
- 2014 2016
- England U17
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alessia
- Family name
- Russo
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Maidstone
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Arsenal W.F.C.
- Position played
- centre-forward
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Alessia Russo 2023.jpg
- Height
- 69
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- date of birth
- 1999-02-08
- birth name
- Alessia Mia Teresa Russo
- ancestral home
- Sicily
- Commons category
- Alessia Russo (footballer)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 June 2026
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo ( Italian: [aˈlɛssja ˈmiːa teˈrɛːza ˈrusso]; born 8 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. She is the current holder of FWA Women's Footballer of the Year for the season 2024–25. She previously played club football for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United, as well as college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels. At United, Russo won awards from the club including Player of the Year and Goal of the Season, and was twice top scorer. She has also been awarded Player of the Month and Goal of the Month in the WSL for Arsenal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alessia Russo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.