- Position:
- Goalkeeper
Newcastle United Women's club captain was a mainstay of the team's promotion-winning team last season, having recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury which kept her out for the whole of 2020/21,
A previous winner of the club's Players' Player of the Year and Managers' Player of Year Award, Grace started playing grassroots football from the age of five at Birtley Town Ladies before moving on to Sunderland's Centre of Excellence.
She progressed into Sunderland Development squad for two years before signing for Newcastle in 2017.
After completing a Sport Development degree at Northumbria University, she started working at Duke's Secondary School as a Behaviour and Intervention Assistant.
Like her team-mates, she then became a professional footballer when Newcastle United Women went full time ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.
- Full Name:
- Grace Donnelly
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Squad Number:
- 1
- Nationality:
- English
- Previous club:
- Sunderland Women