Chloe Arthur

Chloe Susan Arthur (born 21 January 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crystal Palace in the Women's Super League and the Scotland national team.

Chloe Arthur

Arthur with Crystal Palace in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Chloe Susan Arthur[1]
Date of birth	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Erskine, Scotland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Crystal Palace
Number	4
Youth career
	Celtic Erskine Y.F.C
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Celtic	41	(6)
2015	Hibernian
2016–2018	Bristol City	35	(4)
2018–2020	Birmingham City	31	(1)
2020–2022	Aston Villa	34	(1)
2022–	Crystal Palace	31	(1)
International career‡
2010–2012	Scotland U17	14	(0)
2012–2014	Scotland U19	22	(0)
2015–	Scotland	35	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:43, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Arthur broke into the Celtic first team aged 17, coming through the club's Youth Academy. In December 2014, Arthur transferred together with Heather Richards from Celtic to Hibernian,^[2] where she was part of the team that reached the Scottish Cup final and finished second in the league.^[3]

In January 2016, after a year in Edinburgh, she joined Bristol City in the FA WSL 2.^[4] On 14 February, she scored on her Bristol debut in a 7–1 win against Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup. She finished her first season at the club with three goals in 20 appearances. On 8 February 2017, Bristol announced that Arthur had signed new deal with the club.^[5] She finished her second season with two goals in 8 appearances.^[6] In July 2017, she signed a new contract with the Vixens.^[7]

On 25 July 2018, Arthur joined Birmingham City on a two-year deal.^[8]

Arthur joined Aston Villa, who had just been promoted to the WSL, in July 2020.^[9] She was released by Villa during the summer of 2022 after two years at the club.

Following her release Arthur signed for Championship club Crystal Palace^[10] and was part of the team that won the Women’s Championship in 2023-24 gaining promotion to the Women’s Super League for the first ever time in the clubs history.^[11] In June 2024 she signed a one-year contract extension keeping her at the club until the end of the 2024-25 season.^[12]

International career

Arthur (number 23) playing for Scotland in Euro 2017

Arthur represented Scotland at under-17 and under-19 levels.

On 8 February 2015, she made her senior debut for Scotland, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Fiona Brown in a 4–0 win against Northern Ireland.^[13] Arthur was named in the Scotland squads for both Euro 2017 and the 2019 World Cup, their first appearances in the final stages of those tournaments.^[14][15]

She scored her first goals for Scotland in a 7–1 win against the Faroe Islands on 21 September 2021.^[16]

Personal life

Her father Gary was one of ten people killed when a police helicopter crashed into the Clutha Bar, Glasgow, in November 2013.^[17][18]

Career statistics

International appearances

As of the match played on 11 April 2023^[19]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	2015	4	0
	2016	2	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	5	0
	2020	—
	2021	6	2
	2022	6	0
	2023	2	0
Total		35	2

International goals

As of match played 10 June 2021. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Arnot goal.

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	21 September 2021	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Faroe Islands	2–0	7–1	2023 World Cup qualification	[19]
2				3–0

Honours

Crystal Palace

• Women's Championship: 2023–24^[11]