Lois Roche

Lois Roche
Roche in 2021 in Charlton Athletic
Personal information
Full name Lois Jade Roche[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lewes
Number 18
Youth career
Arsenal
Chelsea
Queen's Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Reading 67 (14)
2017 Åland United 22 (5)
2018–2020 CF Florentia 23 (1)
2020 Røa IL 4 (0)
2021–2023 Charlton Athletic 33 (1)
2023– Lewes 30 (5)
International career
2010 Republic of Ireland U17 11
2011–2012 Republic of Ireland U19 10
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2025

Lois Jade Roche (born 18 June 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's National League South club Lewes. Born in England, she represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth level.

Early life

Roche was born and raised in England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[2] She played as a youth for Arsenal, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.[3]

Career

She became a player for Reading in 2012, where she played for four years, scoring fourteen goals in 67 matches.[3][4][5][6][7][8] In 2017, she took the opportunity to play in a foreign league for the first time, joining Finnish Naisten Liiga club Åland United.[3]

At the end of the season she decided to move to Italy, to play for Florentia, who were currently at the top of the Serie B table, in the second part of their 2017–18 season.[9]

In September 2020 she made her debut in Norway for Røa IL.[1]

Roche joined Charlton Athletic in 2021. At the end of her contract, she joined Lewes in 2023.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lois Roche at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ "Lois Roche joins Åland United". LTA Agency. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Rooks snap-up Roche – Lewes Community Football Club". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Reading Women: Rachel Rowe and Lois Roche sign contracts". BBC. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Getting to know you: Reading midfielder Lois Roche". FA WSL. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Reading FC Women's Lois Roche Reflects On Winning The WSL 2 Title". SportsVibe. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland AFC Ladies vs Reading FC Women". Women's Sports UK. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Trehan, Dev (9 February 2016). "Reading Women boss Kelly Chambers looks ahead to FA WSL 1 season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lois Roche, una centrocampista inglese per la Florentia" (in Italian). 22 December 2017..
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