Fiona Worts

Fiona Worts
Playing for Leicester City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Fiona Helen Worts[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-30) 30 January 1996
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Position Forward
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Leicester City
2017 Adelaide University
2017–2018 Guiseley Vixens
2018–2019 Leicester City 6 (3)
2019–2020 Coventry United 12 (1)
2020 Fulham United FC
2020–2023 Adelaide United 39 (18)
2022 → LSK Kvinner (loan) 10 (3)
2023–2024 Sydney FC 6 (3)
2024–2026 Adelaide United 34 (14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 March 2026

Fiona Helen Worts (/wɜːrts/;[2] born 30 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for A-League Women side Adelaide United.[3]

Youth career

Worts spent her youth career at the Centres of Excellence of Notts County, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.[4]

Club career

Worts began her senior career with Leicester City, taking the train from Leeds to Leicester for home matches while studying at the University of Leeds. As a student, she spent a year abroad in Australia, briefly playing in the National Premier Leagues Women's for Adelaide University.[4] Upon her return to the UK, Worts signed with Guiseley Vixens in the third tier English National Premier League.[5] After a season there she returned to Leicester, now playing in the FA Women's Championship. During her time with Leicester she scored 36 times in 54 appearances.[6] After being released by Leicester, Worts played for Coventry United for a few months before returning to Australia.[7]

For the 2020–21 W-League season, Worts signed with Adelaide United.[8] In the 2021–22 season she was the top goal scorer in the rebranded A-League Women with 13 goals, and won the Julie Dolan Medal.[9][7] She was the first Adelaide player in history to win the Golden Boot in the women's competition.[10]

In March 2022 she agreed her return to Adelaide United for the following season, but joined Norwegian Toppserien club LSK Kvinner FK on loan in the meantime.[11]

In September 2023, Worts joined Sydney FC.[12][13] She went on to win the A League championship with them, although she only played in six games due to a injury.[14] She left the club in July 2024 and returned to Adelaide United shortly afterwards.[15][16]

In March 2026, Worts departed Adelaide United as the joint all-time leading goalscorer, netting the club a record transfer fee.[17]

Style of play

Worts is a striker, operating mostly as a number nine and known for her goalscoring ability.[5][10]

Personal life

Worts has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Leeds.[6] During her successful 2021–22 season in Australia she combined her football career with working in McDonald's.[18] She has also worked in business administration at Kite Property, one of Adelaide United's main sponsors.[14]

Honours

Sydney FC

  • A League women: 2023-2024

Individual

  • A League Women Golden Boot: 2021-22
  • Julie Dolan Medal: 2021-22

Records

  • A League Women most goals in a match: 5 (5 January 2022)[a]

Notes

  1. ^ Tied with Kate Gill and Hannah Wilkinson

References

  1. ^ "Fiona Helen Worts" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQFvtW8k3ED/?igsh=eDJ2cHI1OW84Z2hm
  3. ^ Pisani, Sacha (6 September 2023). "Sydney FC make a statement with signing of Julie Dolan Medallist & Golden Boot winner". keepup.com.au. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Gilby, Ben (23 January 2025). "Fiona Worts: Back thriving in her "safe space" at Adelaide United". Impetus Football. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b O'Neill, Jen (24 June 2017). "Guiseley get Worts". She Kicks. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b Hadley, Craig (17 August 2019). "Coventry United sign Foxes striker Fiona Worts". Midland Women's Soccer. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b Laverty, Richard (4 March 2022). "Fiona Worts' League-Leading Goal Tally Helps Adelaide United Make the League Playoffs for the First Time". Our Game. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Fiona Worts heads to Australia". www.newschainonline.com. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Worts reflects on winning Julie Dolan medal". Adelaide United FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b Slessor, Camron (9 March 2022). "Adelaide United's first Golden Boot winner Fiona Worts sets sights on A-League Women's championship". ABC. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  11. ^ Jackson, Ed (21 March 2022). "Worts back in Adelaide for next ALW season". FTBL. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  12. ^ Pisani, Sacha (6 September 2023). "Sydney FC make a statement with signing of Julie Dolan Medallist & Golden Boot winner". A Leagues. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Wednesday A League Women news". Impetus Football. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  14. ^ a b Comito, Matt (6 December 2024). "'I shipped everything home, I sold my car, I had no plan of coming back to the A-League'". A Leagues. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Dynamic Duo: Adelaide United Signs Chelsie Dawber and Fiona Worts for 2024/25 NINJA A-League Women's Season". Adelaide United. 21 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Sydney FC re-sign Grand Final match winner". Sydney FC. 31 July 2024. Meanwhile Sydney FC English striker Fiona Worts won't be returning in Sky Blue for the upcoming Liberty A-League season.
  17. ^ Mays, Matt (19 March 2026). "Adelaide United confirms Fiona Worts departure for overseas opportunity". Adelaide United.
  18. ^ Lewis, Samantha (15 February 2022). "The Fiona Worts feel-good Maccas story highlights the unseen barriers facing A-League Women players". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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