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Stephanie Jayne "Steph" Houghton (; born 23 April 1988) is an English footballer, who both plays for and captains Manchester City and the England women's national football team. Since her debut in 2007, Houghton has played over 50 times for the England national team. She was unfortunate to suffer serious injuries immediately before the 2007 World Cup and Euro 2009, but recovered to play in the 2011 World Cup and Euro 2013. She was made England captain in January 2014. Houghton came to prominence at the 2012 London Olympics, scoring three goals in Great Britain's four games, including winners against New Zealand and Brazil. At club level Houghton started at Sunderland in her native North East England before moving on to Leeds United in 2007 then Arsenal Ladies in 2010. An extremely versatile player, she broke into the Sunderland team as a striker before moving back into midfield and later into defence. ==Club career== She began her career five years at Sunderland.〔 She helped Sunderland to win promotion from the Northern Division in 2005–06 and then won the FA Young Player of the Year Award in 2006–07. When Sunderland were relegated that season, Houghton became a target for Arsenal and Everton. She eventually joined Leeds United Ladies.〔 After helping Leeds win the 2010 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Houghton signed for Arsenal in August of that year. In April 2012 Houghton was appointed as one of eight digital media ambassadors, one from each team, who wear their Twitter account name on their shirt sleeves to raise the profile of the WSL. On 5 December 2013 it was announced that Houghton had signed an agreement to leave Arsenal for new WSL side Manchester City on 1 January 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steph Houghton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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