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About Leah Williamson
Leah Cathrine Williamson OBE (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the England women's national team. A versatile player, she plays in central defence or the midfield. She has spent her entire senior domestic career at Arsenal. She also represented Great Britain at the Olympics in 2021. Williamson captained England to their first UEFA European Championship victory, and the women's team's first international title, in 2022, for which she was named in the Team of the Tournament.
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“"I’ve always been very opinionated. But I was dismissed as being angry."”
“"When I was younger, I felt I had to be a rebel to pursue what I wanted to."”
“"I like it because when you think back to key moments, you always remember the music that was playing."”
“"Being so heavily involved in sport was the best thing that ever could have happened to me going through school."”
“" If you want to become a woman footballer you don’t have to be a rebel these days. You can just follow your feet."”
“"The boys were embarrassed. There was pressure because they’d been taught that they shouldn’t be beaten by a girl."”
“"Even if someone else might not have liked the way I looked, to me I was fit, I was healthy, and I looked a way that I was happy with because I knew what I was doing made me happy."”
“"I can only speak on this as a woman, because that’s my group, but every single woman who has got herself to the point of playing, especially professionally, has had to face misogyny."”
“"I was brought up never to expect people to say no to me, because if I said I wanted to do something, then I was pushed forward and given as many resources as possible to do it by my family."”
“"We know how well sport has served us…the health benefits, the self-confidence…we want to make sure that’s accessible and provided as an opportunity to these younger people because it’s slowly, slowly being put backwards on the priority list."”
“"I didn’t want to be them, and I didn’t want to do what they did. But they still inspired me to be me. And I think that’s the point: that little girl doesn’t have to want to be a footballer, she just has to grow up knowing that she can do what she wants."”
“"I don’t want to use the word oppression, because it’s really, really harsh. But we’ve been banned, we’ve been constantly told ‘you can’t do this, you can’t do that’. But the one thing that we can be is whoever we want – whether you are gay, or you aren’t."”
“"So once you come into our game, there’s no way we would alienate anybody. I don’t think you would say anything in a woman’s changing room that would shock anybody because it’s so open. It’s, be who you are, celebrate who you are, because this is a safe space for you."”
“"In the book, I speak about, find what you love, then do it, and do it till you’ve got nothing left to give it. If I’m telling people to follow their passions and to be the best versions of themselves, how could I give my life to something that wasn’t along those guidelines?"”
“"The split second that they say something can affect you forever. So you’re basically making a choice: do I want to live and just be happy in my bubble and be who I am, safely? Or do I want to stand up and be open about it, but then have to be strong enough to repel all of that negativity?"”
About Leah Williamson
Leah Cathrine Williamson OBE (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the England women's national team. A versatile player, she plays in central defence or the midfield. She has spent her entire senior domestic career at Arsenal. She also represented Great Britain at the Olympics in 2021. Williamson captained England to their first UEFA European Championship victory, and the women's team's first international title, in 2022, for which she was named in the Team of the Tournament.