Natasha Dowie

Natasha Dowie

Dowie playing for England in 2014
Personal information
Full name Natasha Khalila Dowie[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988
Place of birth Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[2]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Youth career
Watford Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004 Watford Ladies
2004–2006 Fulham Ladies 14 (1)
2006–2007 Charlton Athletic Ladies 17 (12)
2007–2012 Everton Ladies
2010 → Barnet (loan)
2012–2015 Liverpool Ladies 42 (18)
2015 → Melbourne Victory (loan) 5 (2)
2016– Doncaster Rovers Belles
National team‡
2008 England U-19 4 (1)
2010–11 England U-23 5 (2)
2009– England 14 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 1 January 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:59, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Natasha Khalila Dowie (born 30 June 1988) is an English football striker who plays for FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles. She represented England at the youth level before making her senior international debut in 2009. Before transferring to Liverpool Ladies in November 2012, Dowie played for the London teams Watford, Fulham and Charlton Athletic, and then spent five years with Everton. In 2015 she spent a period on loan with Melbourne Victory of the Australian W-League.

Club career

Dowie attended Roundwood Park School and began her career with Watford Ladies. After starting the 2004–05 season with five goals in five matches for Watford, she was signed by Fulham Ladies. Dowie joined Charlton Athletic Ladies in the 2006 close season[4] and played in the FA Women's Cup final that year, with Charlton losing 4–1 to Arsenal.[5] When Charlton Athletic scrapped their women's team in the 2007 close season,[6] Dowie joined Everton Ladies[2] in preference to several other interested clubs including Arsenal. She stated her intention to "knock Arsenal off their pedestal in women's football".[7]

While commuting from London to Liverpool,[8] Dowie was a member of Everton's League Cup winning side in her first season with the club.[9] On 3 May 2010 she scored two goals, including the 119th minute extra-time winner, to give Everton a 3–2 victory over Arsenal in the 2010 FA Women's Cup Final.

Dowie (right) with the 2013 FA WSL trophy

With Everton dormant ahead of the 2011 FA WSL season, Dowie played for Barnet in the 2010–11 FA Women's Premier League National Division.[10] She continued to play for Everton in European competition and netted in The Blues' UEFA Women's Champions League quarter–final defeat to FCR 2001 Duisburg.[11] Dowie then scored two goals for Everton in their first FA WSL match, including a stoppage-time equaliser, to rescue a 3–3 draw at local rivals Liverpool.[12]

In November 2012 Dowie and Fara Williams left Everton for ambitious local rivals Liverpool, who were building a squad to challenge Arsenal's dominance of English women's football.[13]

Dowie finished the top scorer in the 2013 FA WSL with 13 goals in 14 games for champions Liverpool. She was voted the FA Players' Player of the Year and selected in the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Team of the Year.[14]

Liverpool retained their title in 2014, but were much less successful in 2015. They finished seventh of eight teams amidst an injury crisis[15] and coach Matt Beard departed for American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Boston Breakers. Dowie agreed a two-month loan to Australian W-League club Melbourne Victory in November 2015.[16] Upon her return she transferred to newly promoted Doncaster Rovers Belles.[17]

International career

Dowie was called into an England training camp while still a year ten pupil at Roundwood Park School.[18] She has since represented England at Under-17, 19, 20 and 23 levels, playing in the FIFA Under-20's World Cup Finals in Chile in November 2008.[19] She was included in coach Hope Powell's squad for the pre-Euro 2009 friendlies against Iceland and Denmark,[20] but did not play and was left out of the final Euro 2009 squad.

She finally made her debut in a World Cup qualifier against Turkey in İzmir on 26 November 2009. Dowie was an 84th-minute substitute for Everton Ladies team-mate Jody Handley.[21] Six months later she won another cap as a substitute in a 6–0 win over Malta. Dowie remained on the fringes of the squad and her next appearance was not until September 2011. She was substituted at half time in a 2–2 draw with lowly Serbia.[22]

Dowie was not selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, for the Great Britain squad at the 2012 London Olympics, or for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. Her exclusion from the latter tournament was controversial as she was the WSL's leading goalscorer at the time.[23]

When Hope Powell was sacked after England's Euro 2013 failure, interim coach Brent Hills immediately recalled Dowie. She came on as a substitute in England's first 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifier and scored her first national team goal in a 6–0 win over Belarus at Dean Court in Bournemouth.[24][25]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
1 21 September 2013 Dean Court, Bournemouth  Belarus 6–0 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1
2 26 September 2013 Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England  Turkey 8–0 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1
3 5 April 2014 Amex Stadium, Brighton, England  Montenegro 9–0 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1
5 8 May 2014 Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury, England  Ukraine 4–0 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual. 2

Coaching career

Dowie has a Uefa B FA Football coaching qualification and has worked as a coach with Watford, the Middlesex Centre of Excellence[26] and Stevenage Borough.[7]
Dowie is soon to begin coaching with ESAF – Elite Schools Academy of Football.[27]

Personal life

Dowie is the daughter of Bob Dowie[7] and the niece of former Northern Ireland international footballer, Iain Dowie.[28] She was a player with Charlton Ladies whilst her uncle managed the men's side.[29] Natasha's 2010 FA Women's Cup final goals against Arsenal Ladies came two hours after Hull City, managed by uncle Iain, were relegated from the Premier League.[30]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2012 and 29/02/2012". TheFA.com. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Natasha Dowie". Everton F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "List of Players England" (PDF). FIFA. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Addicks unveil signings". theFA.com. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Stuart Mawhinney (7 May 2007). "Arsenal clinch quadruple". Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Charlton shut down women's team". BBC Sport. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 Mark Hemmings (22 January 2010). "England and Everton football ace Natasha Dowie to visit Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Everton striker Natasha Dowie happy to put the miles in". BBC Sport. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "Everton stun Gunners to win cup". BBC Sport. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  10. ↑ "Black Cats swot Bees". She Kicks. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  11. ↑ Emmanuel Hingant (17 March 2011). "Second-half Duisburg surge hits Everton". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Liam Chronnell (15 April 2011). "Reds boss praises battling spirit". TheFA.com. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  13. ↑ Garrity, Paul (14 November 2012). "Liverpool sign Everton's Fara Williams and Natasha Dowie". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  14. ↑ Frith, Wilf (28 April 2014). "PFA's WSL team of the year". She Kicks. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Currie, Jo (13 October 2015). "Liverpool Ladies: Injuries 'impacted' on season, says Beard". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "Natasha Dowie: Liverpool striker loaned to Melbourne Victory". BBC Sport. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Natasha Dowie: Doncaster Rovers Belles sign England striker". BBC Sport. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Marc Dodd (9 January 2003). "England come calling at Roundwood Park". Watford Observer. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "England – Natasha Dowie". FIFA. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  20. ↑ "Powell picks party for final friendlies". UEFA. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  21. ↑ "Turkish delight for Women". the FA.com. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  22. ↑ "POTY: Natasha Dowie". The Football Association. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  23. ↑ Kessel, Anna (22 August 2013). "Hope Powell's ruthless brilliance will not be missed by England's players". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  24. ↑ Sheringham, Sam (21 September 2013). "England women thrash Belarus in World Cup qualifier". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  25. ↑ "Dowie's Delight". The Football Association. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  26. ↑ "Apex Multisports Coach Profile" (PDF). Apex Multisports. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  27. ↑ "Ground breaking Garston academy gives a whole new meaning to the term soccer school". Liverpool ECHO. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  28. ↑ Anna Kessel (28 February 2008). "Everton eye an upset against unbeatable Arsenal". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  29. ↑ Peter Dixon (6 February 2007). "Uncle Tiger taking enormous pride in emergence of chip off old Woods block". London: The Times. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  30. ↑ "Monday football as it happened". BBC News. 3 May 2010.

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