Alex Greenwood

Two days later, in the same competition, Greenwood scored a penalty in the 80th minute as Everton defeated Macedonian team FK Borec 10–0.

Alex Greenwood (born 7 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England national team.

Primarily a left-sided defender, she plays as both a centre-back and a left-back.

Greenwood began her senior career at Everton, Notts County and Liverpool, before playing for Olympique Lyonnais and winning Division 1 and the Champions League with the club.

She also captained Manchester United, winning the Championship in their inaugural season.

Greenwood is known for her tackling, positional play and passing; as a left-footed player she is a set-piece specialist, who often takes penalties, free kicks and corners.

On 5 August 2010, a month before her 17th birthday, she made her first team debut in a 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League qualification round match against Faroese club KÍ.

Everton won 6–0 win.

Everton's longstanding left-back Rachel Unitt signed for Birmingham City after 2011 FA WSL, the inaugural season of WSL, and Greenwood replaced her for 2012 FA WSL.

She was named the Young Player of the Year in 2012 and has been featured in the WSL Team of the Year three times.

In the 2023 World Cup, Greenwood was named as one of the outstanding players of the tournament as England reached the final.

Greenwood made her 100th appearance for Manchester City in a WSL game in October 2023.

Bootle-born Greenwood joined Everton at the age of six, initially through weekly training sessions at the club's former youth academy site at Netherton and she then progressed through the club's Centre of Excellence from the age of eight to sign a professional contract with the club.

During the season, she played for England's under-19 team at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Turkey.

In November, she was named FA Young Player of the Year at The Football Association Women's Football Awards.

Greenwood played in Everton's 2–0 defeat by Arsenal in the 2013–14 FA Women's Cup final.

Greenwood captained England at youth level, made her senior debut in 2014, and first captained the senior team in the 2023 Arnold Clark Cup.

Despite reaching the cup final, Everton were relegated at the end of 2014 FA WSL.

Greenwood requested a transfer to protect her national team place ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Ahead of 2015 FA WSL, she signed for Notts County on a two-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee.

The move disappointed Everton who wanted Greenwood to leave on loan and come back if they were promoted again.

Greenwood spent only one season, 2015 FA WSL, with Notts County and she did take part in the 2015 World Cup.

In January 2016, she joined Liverpool.

She scored in each of the three seasons spanning her two-year spell with Liverpool.

Her first goal was a penalty against Sunderland.

At the end of 2017–18 FA WSL, having made 44 appearances and scored six goals, Liverpool released her.

On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Greenwood was joining Manchester United and would captain the team in its inaugural season.

She made her competitive debut for them in a 1–0 League Cup victory over her former club Liverpool on 19 August.

On 20 September, she made her Championship debut in a 3–0 win against Sheffield United.

On 18 November, she scored her first goal for Manchester United with a penalty spot in a 5–0 away win at Crystal Palace.

Under her leadership, Manchester United won the Championship and gained promotion to the FA WSL in their debut season.

On 4 August 2019, Manchester United announced they had agreed a deal for the transfer of Greenwood to French Division 1 Féminine team Olympique Lyonnais, subject to personal terms.

Lyon confirmed the deal on 8 August for a fee of €40,000, plus €20,000 in potential add-ons.

On 24 August, she made her league debut for the club in a 6–0 home win against Olympique Marseille.

On 30 August 2020, Greenwood made her first Champions League appearance since 2010, entering as a stoppage time substitute for Eugénie Le Sommer as Lyon beat Wolfsburg 3–1 in the final.

By the end of her one-year contract with Lyon she had played 17 matches and won a quadruple of trophies including the Champions League.

On 9 September 2020, Greenwood returned to England, signing a three-year contract with Manchester City following the expiration of her Lyon contract.

One of her first games was the 2019–20 Women's FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 1 November 2020.

City defeated Everton 3–1.

In the second match of the 2023–24 Women's Super League season, when Manchester City Women met Chelsea Women at the Joie Stadium, Greenwood received two yellow cards and was sent off in the 38th minute by referee Emily Heaslip.