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
Team information
Current team
 Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
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)
2026– Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 March 2026

Fiona Helen Worts (/wɜːrts/;[2] born 30 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for WK League side Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.

Youth career

Worts spent her youth career at the Centres of Excellence of Notts County, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.[3]

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.[3] Upon her return to the UK, Worts signed with Guiseley Vixens in the third tier English National Premier League.[4] 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.[5] After being released by Leicester, Worts played for Coventry United for a few months before returning to Australia.[6]

For the 2020–21 W-League season, Worts signed with Adelaide United.[7] 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.[8][6] She was the first Adelaide player in history to win the Golden Boot in the women's competition.[9]

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.[10]

In September 2023, Worts joined Sydney FC.[11][12] She went on to win the A League championship with them, although she only played in six games due to an injury.[13] She left the club in July 2024 and returned to Adelaide United shortly afterwards.[14][15]

In March 2026, Worts departed Adelaide United as the joint all-time leading goalscorer, netting the club a record transfer fee.[16] She joined South Korean club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels.[17]

Style of play

Worts is a striker, operating mostly as a number nine and known for her goalscoring ability.[4][9]

Personal life

Worts has a degree in mathematics from the University of Leeds.[5] 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.[13]

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. ^ a b Gilby, Ben (23 January 2025). "Fiona Worts: Back thriving in her "safe space" at Adelaide United". Impetus Football. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b O'Neill, Jen (24 June 2017). "Guiseley get Worts". She Kicks. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Fiona Worts heads to Australia". www.newschainonline.com. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Worts reflects on winning Julie Dolan medal". Adelaide United FC. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Jackson, Ed (21 March 2022). "Worts back in Adelaide for next ALW season". FTBL. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Wednesday A League Women news". Impetus Football. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Dynamic Duo: Adelaide United Signs Chelsie Dawber and Fiona Worts for 2024/25 NINJA A-League Women's Season". Adelaide United. 21 September 2024.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Mays, Matt (19 March 2026). "Adelaide United confirms Fiona Worts departure for overseas opportunity". Adelaide United.
  17. ^ "젊어진 인천 현대제철, 왕조 재건 나선다" [Rejuvenated Incheon Hyundai Steel Sets Out to Rebuild Dynasty] (in Korean). Hyundai Motor Group. 25 March 2026. 용병 역시 지난 시즌 좋은 모습을 보인 토리우미 유카(30)와 재계약하고, 호주(濠洲)의 강호 애들레이드 유나이티드(Adelaide United Women)에서 주전 공격수로 활약한 피오나 워츠(30·잉글랜드)를 새롭게 영입하며 한층 매서운 공격력을 선보일 예정이다. [The team is set to showcase even fiercer attacking power by renewing the contract of Yuka Toriumi (30), who performed well last season, and newly recruiting Fiona Worts (30, England), who played as a starting forward for the Australian powerhouse Adelaide United Women.]
  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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