Lois Jade Roche (born 18 June 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lewes of FA Women's Championship, the second level of women's league football in England.

Life

Roche was born and brought up in England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[2] She hadplayed as a youth for Arsenal, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.[3]

She became a player for Reading in 2012 and she was there for four years. She scored fourteen goals and playing in 67 matches,[3][4][5][6][7][8] in 2017 she took the opportunity to play in a foreign league for the first time, joining Finnish Naisten Liiga club Åland United.[3]

At the end of the championship she decided to move to Italy, to play for Florentia, a team at the top of the Serie B table, in the second part of their 2017–18 season.[9] In September 2020 she made her debut in Norway for Røa IL.[1]

She joined Charlton Athletic in 2021 and at the end of her contract and joined Lewes in 2023.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Lois Roche at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Lois Roche joins Åland United". LTA Agency. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Rooks snap-up Roche – Lewes Community Football Club". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Reading Women: Rachel Rowe and Lois Roche sign contracts". BBC. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Getting to know you: Reading midfielder Lois Roche". FA WSL. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Reading FC Women's Lois Roche Reflects On Winning The WSL 2 Title". SportsVibe. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Sunderland AFC Ladies vs Reading FC Women". Women's Sports UK. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ^ Trehan, Dev (9 February 2016). "Reading Women boss Kelly Chambers looks ahead to FA WSL 1 season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Lois Roche, una centrocampista inglese per la Florentia" (in Italian). 22 December 2017..
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