Alex Culvin
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| Full name | Alexandra Culvin | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Full-back | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Everton | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Doncaster Belles | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Leeds | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Everton | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | AZ Alkmaar | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Bristol Academy | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Liverpool | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||
Alexandra Culvin (born 16 November 1983)[1] is an English sports management lecturer and former women's footballer. As a footballer, Culvin played for Leeds, Everton, Doncaster Belles, AZ Alkmaar, Bristol Academy, and Liverpool, and as an academic, she has worked as a lecturer at the University of Salford and Leeds Beckett University.
Football career
[edit]Culvin played predominantly as a full-back.[2] In 2004, whilst Culvin was playing for Leeds, she was selected for the England women's under-21 squad.[3] Culvin played for Leeds in the 2006 FA Women's Cup final against Arsenal.[4] In 2009, whilst Culvin was playing for Everton, she was selected for the Great Britain women's football squad for the 2009 Universiade.[5] Culvin later played for AZ Alkmaar in the women's Eredivisie, before signing for Bristol Academy in February 2011.[2] She was sent off during Bristol Academy's 2012 FA Cup semi-final against Birmingham City.[6] Culvin later played for Liverpool, before being released in October 2012.[7] During her career, Culvin played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for Everton, AZ and Bristol Academy.[1]
Academic career
[edit]Culvin was born in Merseyside.[2] In 2009, she was studying at Liverpool John Moores University,[5] and she also wrote a PhD thesis on professional women's football in the UK at the University of Central Lancashire.[8] She has worked as a sports management lecturer at the University of Salford,[9] and as a senior lecturer at Leeds Beckett University.[10]
Culvin is a supporter of universal basic income,[11] and believes that men's football clubs should also have a women's team, as it would help them with public relations.[12] In 2020, she investigated the health effects on players of the FA Women's Super League becoming a fully professional league. She found evidence of fat shaming and eating disorders amongst players.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was critical of the government's decision to suspend women's football , whilst men's football was allowed to continue.[14]
Honours
[edit]Everton
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "A. CULVIN". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bristol Academy go Dutch for FA's new Women's Super League". Bristol Post. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "England select under-21 squad". Women's Soccer Scene. 1 June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Wood, Nick (2 May 2006). "Big day turns into nightmare". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Great Britain women's football squad announced for World University Games 18/06/2009". British Universities and Colleges Sport. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Leighton, Tony (15 April 2012). "Birmingham beat Bristol to reach FA Women's Cup final for first time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Pearce, James (8 October 2012). "Liverpool FC Ladies release 10 players following disappointing end to Women's Super League season". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Elite Female Football in England: How 'do' they do it?". The Football Collective. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Top US women footballers join Premier League as a result of pandemic". Sky News. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Alex Culvin". The Conversation. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ ""We need radicalism to knit our humanity back together again:" The case for a universal basic income". Morning Star. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Ein Haus auf Sand gebaut". Der Spiegel (in German). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Weight charts, 'fat clubs' and disordered eating: the hidden health crisis in women's football". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "FA faces claim of gender bias as it only closes girls' academies during lockdown". Sky News. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Everton Win FA Women's Cup". wsff.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Alex Culvin at Soccerway
- English women's footballers
- Everton F.C. (women) players
- AZ Alkmaar (women) players
- Bristol Academy W.F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Liverpool F.C. Women players
- English expatriate women's footballers
- Footballers from Liverpool
- FA Women's National League players
- Women's Super League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
- English socialists
- English feminists
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Summer World University Games medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire
- Academics of the University of Salford
- Academics of Leeds Beckett University
- Academics from Liverpool
- 21st-century English sportswomen