| Fullname: | Annabel Blanchard |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Position: | Forward / Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Crystal Palace |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Leicester City |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | Crystal Palace |
| Caps4: | 41 |
| Goals4: | 15 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 02:44, 8 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17:20, 19 January 2020 (UTC) |
Annabel Blanchard (born 7 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as forward for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace.[1]
Blanchard made her professional debut on 24 April 2018 against Arsenal.[2]
Blanchard joined Leicester City ahead of the 2019–20 season.[3] She made her league debut against Durham on 18 August 2019.[4] Blanchard scored her first league goal against Crystal Palace on 19 January 2020, scoring in the 15th minute.[5]
On 21 January 2021, Blanchard joined Blackburn Rovers.[6] She made her league debut against London City Lionesses on 24 January 2021.[7] Blanchard scored her first league goal against Watford on 12 September 2021, scoring in the 80th minute.[8]
Blanchard made her league debut against London City Lionesses on 21 August 2022.[9] She scored her first league goal against Coventry United on 27 August 2022, scoring in the 64th minute.[10] On 16 October 2023, it was announced that Blanchard had won the Barclays Women's Championship Player of the Month award and the Barclays Women’s Championship Goal of the Month award for September.[11] She was voted Crystal Palace Women’s cinch Player of the Month for October.[12] On 16 January 2024, it was announced that she had signed a new deal until 2025.[13] Blanchard was announced as the Crystal Palace Women’s cinch Player of the Month for April 2024.[14]
Blanchard represented England throughout the U14 to U19 levels, including scoring twice in three appearances at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Lithuania.[1]
Blanchard is known for her outstanding technical ability and complete two footedness which is a rarity in the women's game.
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liverpool | 2017–18 | WSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Leicester City | 2019–20 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. | 2021-22 | Championship | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| Total | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |||
| Crystal Palace F.C. | 2022-23 | Championship | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Total | 41 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 12 | |||
| Career total | 83 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 95 | 19 | |||