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  1. Mar 28, 2024 · By Emma Sanders BBC Sport. 28 March 2024 Women's Football 248. Steph Houghton has played for Sunderland, Leeds, Arsenal and Manchester City. There is one moment among many highlights during...

  2. Steph Houghton has announced that she will retire from professional football at the end of the 2023/24 season. Manchester City’s captain and leader for over a decade, the defender is the Club...

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  4. Feb 14, 2015 · 7.09K subscribers. Subscribed. 5. 1.3K views 9 years ago. England Captain Steph Houghton talks the media after her sides 1-0 defeat to USA Women's national team at Stadium MK. ...more. The...

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    • What Is Houghton's England Journey?
    • Penalty Heartbreak and Tested Leadership
    • 'Houghton's Legacy Is Tough to Follow'

    Houghton began her career with hometown club Sunderland, breaking into the first team as a striker in 2002. She played in midfield before eventually becoming a defender for Leeds United, Arsenal and current club Manchester City. Houghton also progressed through England's youth teams and earned her senior debut in 2007. She missed the World Cup that...

    Houghton's career has gone upwards, alongside her reputation off the pitch and her influence on the growth of women's football. But she has been tested as a leader with the Lionesses. Her first test was taking over from Casey Stoney - a strong personality, excellent defender and respected figure within the game - as captain. "Steph had to be someon...

    So how might Williamson's leadership differ? "Steph has led the team to this period we're in now. The legacy she has left behind is tough to follow," said Williamson. "I hope I do the armband and the badge proud and live up to that special level." The Arsenal defender, who has 27 caps for England, has become a key member of Sarina Wiegman's side an...

  5. Mar 28, 2024 · As she's mentioned in her interview with City, the last couple of years of her career haven't quite gone to plan, but the fact she's announced it now is a bit of a surprise.

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  6. Apr 26, 2023 · Yet the question of her returning still lingers, to the point where even Houghton, as hard as she has worked over the past year to win her place back, would like “closure” on the matter, as she...

  7. Steph Houghton was captain of the England women’s team for eight years, from 2014 to 2022. On Sept. 16, 2021, she suffered a torn Achilles tendon. She later underwent surgery, putting her in a race against time to be fit enough to make new manager Sarina Wiegman’s Euro 2022 squad. These photos, annotated with Steph’s own words, show what ...