Michelle Agyemang

Michelle Agyemang
Agyemang in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006
Place of birth South Ockendon, Essex, England
Height 1.69m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 29
Youth career
2013–2023 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Arsenal 4 (0)
2023–2024 → Watford (dual reg) 9 (4)
2024–2025 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 17 (3)
International career‡
2022 England U16 2 (2)
2022–2023 England U17 12 (10)
2023–2025 England U19 9 (8)
2024– England U23 2 (3)
2025– England 5 (3)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2025 Switzerland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 July 2025

Michelle Agyemang (Akan: [ad͡ʒɛmaŋ]; born 3 February 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. Agyemang was part of the England squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, where she was named the young player of the tournament.

Early life

Agyemang was born in South Ockendon, Essex. She attended Holy Cross School Primary School in South Ockendon, Southend High School for Girls and is currently studying at King's College London.[2] She is of Ghanaian descent.[3]

Her father is a Manchester United fan, her brother is a Chelsea fan, her sister is a West Ham United fan and she is an Arsenal fan. Growing up, her favourite players were Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott.[4]

Youth career

Agyemang is a life-long Gunner.[5] She joined Arsenal at the age of six.[6] She appeared in 11 games for the Arsenal Academy team during the 2022–2023 season and was their top goalscorer across all competitions.[7] She finished the season as second in number of goals scored and top in number of goals per game in all competitions at U21 academy level.[8] In 2021, Michelle was a ball girl for England's World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland at Wembley Stadium[9].

On 7 August 2025, it was announced that Agyemang was one of the nominees of the inaugural 2025 Women's Kopa Trophy, one of the additional Ballon d'Or awards.[10]

Club career

Arsenal

In November 2022, Agyemang made her senior club debut at the age of 16 against Leicester City in Arsenal's 4–0 victory in the Women's Super League.[11] On 29 January 2023, Agyemang's scored her first goal for the club in the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup against Leeds United in the 80th minute.[12] The goal was nominated for Arsenal's Goal of the Month for January 2023 and came second to men’s player Bukayo Saka.[13]

On 1 May 2023, Agyemang made her first appearance in a European competition coming on as a substitute during extra time of their Champions League semi-final defeat to VfL Wolfsburg.[14]

On 23 June 2023, it was announced by the club that Agyemang had committed to signing a professional contract with the club when she turns eighteen.[6]

Watford (dual registration)

In August 2023, Agyemang joined Watford F.C. in the Women's Championship on a dual-sign agreement,[15] making her debut for Watford on 3 September against London City Lionesses. She would then miss the first half of the 2023–24 season through injury.[16]

On 4 February 2024, Agyemang scored her first goals for the club, scoring twice against Birmingham City,[17] helping the team off the bottom of the Championship with a 2–0 win.[16]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 13 September 2024, Agyemang signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on loan for the 2024–25 season.[18][19]

International career

Youth

In May 2023, Agyemang was named in the England under-17 squad for the 2023 U-17 Championship.[20] In the tournament she scored twice against Poland for a 2–1 win,[21] giving the team their first goal of the competition within three minutes.[22] She followed up by scoring another two goals against Sweden in a 3–1 victory,[23] as well as started in the semi-final defeat against Spain.[24][25] In November 2023, she was named as part of the under-19 squad for the Algarve Cup,[26] scoring two goals against the Netherlands on 4 December in a 3–3 draw.[27]

On 14 July in the 2024 Under-19 Championship, Agyemang scored a hat-trick in England's opening group stage match in a 10–0 victory over Lithuania.[28] In October 2024, Agyemang was called up to the England under-23 squad for European League fixtures.[29]

Agyemang scored her first goal for the England under-23s during a 3–2 loss against Germany on 20 February 2025.[30]

Senior

On 6 April 2025, Agyemang was called up to the England senior squad for the first time, replacing the injured Alessia Russo.[31] Two days later, on 8 April, she made her senior debut as an 80th-minute substitute during England's UEFA Nations League match against Belgium. Just 41 seconds after her introduction, Agyemang scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 defeat for England.[32][33] Following her debut, Agyemang was awarded legacy number 234 by the Women's Football Association.[34]

In June 2025, Agyemang was named in England's squad for UEFA Euro 2025.[35] On 17 July 2025, she scored the equalising goal for England to make it 2–2 in the 81st minute in their quarter-final match against Sweden, which England ultimately won through a penalty shootout.[36] On 22 July 2025, she scored another equaliser, in the 96th minute, against Italy in the semi-finals to send the game into extra time, which England went on to win 2–1 to progress to the final.[37] On 27 July 2025, Agyemang came on as a substitute in the tournament's final, helping England to a victory on penalties over Spain to win their second European title.[38] She was named the young player of the tournament.[39]

Career statistics

As of 10 May 2025[40][41]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal Academy 2021–22 FA WSL Academy League 2 3 — — — 2 3
2022–23 9 15 — — — 9 15
Total 11 18 — — — 11 18
Arsenal 2022–23 WSL 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
2023–24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
Watford (loan) 2023–24 Women's Championship 9 4 1 1 0 0 — 10 5
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2024–25 WSL 17 3 2 1 3 1 — 22 5
Career total 41 25 4 3 3 1 1 0 49 29
  1. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of match played 27 July 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2025 5 3
Total 5 3
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Agyemang goal.
List of international goals scored by Michelle Agyemang
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 April 2025 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Belgium 2–3 2–3 2025 UEFA Nations League A [32]
2 17 July 2025 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland  Sweden 2–2 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p) 		UEFA Euro 2025 [36]
3 22 July 2025 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Italy 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.) [37]

Honours

England

Individual

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