Maya Le Tissier
Celebrity
- Birthday
- April 18, 2002
- Age
- 24
- Birthplace
- Guernsey
- @mayaletissier
About
Maya Le Tissier (/meɪjə lə tɪziər/, French: [maja lə tisje]; born 18 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women’s Super League (WSL) club Manchester United, which she captains, and the England national team.
Le Tissier was named to the PFA WSL Team of the Year in 2023 and earned Young Player of the Year honors at the 2024 Women’s Football Awards. She was named Manchester United Women’s Players’ Player of the Year for 2023–24 and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Women’s Young Player of the Season for 2020–21. She is regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the WSL.
Le Tissier grew up on the channel island of Guernsey. She first played football at the age of four for local boys’ club St. Martins A.C., coached by her father, Darren. With no girls’ teams on the island, Le Tissier would fly to Hampshire to play for the county team twice a month from the age of 13, doing so for two years until the time commitment meant she was missing too much school and too many training sessions. She continued to play for St. Martins until the age of 16.
On 1 July 2018, Le Tissier joined the academy at Women…
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