Vaila Marie Barsley (born 15 September 1987) is a Scottish football defender.
Club career
Barsley played college soccer for St. John's Red Storm while attending St. John's University on a five-year accountancy degree. After graduating she began working for Ernst & Young in New York City, but negotiated a leave of absence when Swedish club Eskilstuna United offered her a professional soccer contract in 2013.[1] Barsley's nine goals from defence helped Eskilstuna win promotion to the Damallsvenskan in her first season.[2] In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season, Eskilstuna finished runners-up to FC Rosengård and Barsley was awarded a new two-year contract.[3]
In March 2022 she transferred to Damallsvenskan newcomers IF Brommapojkarna, following nine seasons with Eskilstuna.[4]
International career
Barsley's mother is from Shetland, which qualifies her to play for Scotland.[5] She made her full international debut on 11 April 2017, in a 5–0 defeat against Belgium.[6]
Personal life
In December 2018 she married her former Eskilstuna team-mate Annica Svensson.[7]
Honours
- Eskilstuna United DFF
- Damallsvenskan Runner-up: 2015
References
- ^ "Red Storm Alumna Vaila Barsley Continues Career With Pro Contract". St. John's University (New York City). 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Även Vaila Barsley stannar i Eskilstuna" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Lundin, Josefin (28 October 2015). "Vaila Barsley om fortsättningen i Eskilstuna United" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Kämpe, Philip (3 March 2022). "Vaila Barsley klar för BP" (in Swedish). IF Brommapojkarna. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Lindsay, Clive (29 March 2017). "Scotland women: Signeul hopes to add Barsley and Howard to squad to face Belgium". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Campbell, Alan (11 April 2017). "Belgium women 5-0 Scotland women: Anna Signeul's side lose Euro 2017 warm-up". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ Mattsson, Sebastian (12 December 2018). ""Det var väldigt få som ens sett oss kyssas"" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
- Vaila Barsley at Soccerway
- Vaila Barsley at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Vaila Barsley club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Profile Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine at St. John's Red Storm
- Profile at Connect World Football
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