Anna Filbey

Anna Marie Filbey (born 11 October 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Watford in the FA Women's National League South and the Wales national team. She was described by Tottenham as a "brave and technically-gifted defensive midfielder".^[3]

Anna Filbey

With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019
Personal information
Full name	Anna Marie Filbey[1]
Date of birth	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth	Hillingdon, England[3]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position	Defensive Midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team	Watford
Number	4
Youth career
	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Arsenal	2[2]	(0)
2018–2021	Tottenham Hotspur	40	(3)
2021	→ Celtic (loan)	12	(10)
2021–2022	Charlton Athletic	22	(1)
2022–2024	Crystal Palace	36	(2)
2024-	Watford	20	(4)
International career‡
2014–2016	England U17	12	(4)
2017	England U19	2	(2)
2019–	Wales	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 May 2023

Club career

On 11 February 2018, Filbey made her debut for Arsenal, coming on in the 80th minute, replacing Emma Mitchell in a 4–0 Arsenal win over Yeovil Town in the 2017–18 season.^[4]

That proved to be her only league appearance with the club as she joined Tottenham Hotspur on 1 August.^[5]

In February 2021 she joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.^[6]

FIlbey was part of the Crystal Palace squad that earned promotion to the Women's Super League for the first time, before joining Watford in the summer of 2024.^[7][8]

Her first goal for the Golden Girls came in the 2-0 win over Cheltenham Town at Grosvenor Vale.^[9]

International career

Filbey has represented England at the youth level for the U17 and the U19 team. On 20 September 2018, Filbey received a call up for the Welsh national team,^[10] but was later forced to pull out due to injury.^[11]

She made her senior international debut for Wales on 8 October 2019, starting a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying away win over Belarus.^[12]

Filbey earned a recall to the Wales squad in October 2024,^[13] and was involved again in November of that year as the side qualified for their first-ever major tournament.^[14][15]