Alex Cottier

Alex Cottier
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Cottier
Date of birth (1973-12-06) 6 December 1973
Playing position Defender / Midfielder /
Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1994 Brighton & Hove Albion Women
1994–2000 Croydon Women
2000–2001 Southampton Saints
2001 Arsenal Ladies
2001–2003 Southampton Saints
2003–2004 Bristol Rovers Women
AFC Wimbledon Ladies
AFC Bournemouth Ladies
2008–2011 Andover New Street Ladies
National team
England

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Alexandra "Alex" Cottier (born 6 December 1973) is an English former international footballer. As well as the England women's national football team, Cottier played FA Women's Premier League football for clubs including Croydon and Arsenal.

Club career

Croydon player–manager Deborah Bampton signed Cottier and Donna Smith from Brighton in 1994. A versatile left–sided player, Cottier performed as a striker, winger and defender in Croydon's League and Cup double winning team in 1996.[1]

In 2001–02 Cottier was on the books of Arsenal Ladies.[2] She rejoined Southampton during the season.[3]

In November 2003 Cottier quit relegated Southampton to sign for Bristol Rovers.[4] Rovers manager Tony Ricketts said of Cottier: "Her experience of top flight football will be invaluable to us, as will the fact that she can play either in centre midfield or at centre half – those are two areas where we've been vulnerable since the start of the season."[5]

Cottier signed for Andover New Street Ladies in summer 2008.[6]

International career

Cottier represented England at senior level. She was called–up for the first time in March 1994, for a European Championship qualifier versus Belgium at the City Ground. Arsenal left–back Michelle Curley had withdrawn from the squad after she dislocated her knee in an FA Women's Cup tie. At the time Cottier's manager at Southern Division Brighton, Julie Hemsley, was also England coach Ted Copeland's assistant.

Personal life

Cottier served in the British Army and played football for their representative team.[7]

References

  1. "First Team Player Profiles". Croydon Women's Football Club. Archived from the original on 1997-01-07. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  2. "Arsenal Ladies Squad". Arsenal Ladies Squad. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. Leighton, Tony (6 January 2002). "Everton clear hurdle". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. Clarke, Roger (8 November 2003). "LADIES FOOTBALL: Fear of the drop fires up Blues.(Sport)". Birmingham Evening Mail. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. "It's Saint Cottier Day For Women". Bristol Rovers FC. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. "Keeper needed for New Street Ladies". Andover Advertiser. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  7. "Hat full of goals give Army Women a win over Woking". femaleSOCCER.net. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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