Lotte Wubben-Moy

Carlotte Mae Wubben-Moy (Dutch: [lɔt'tə 'ʋubən mɔi]; born 11 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal in the FA Women's Super League and the English national team. She previously played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the United States and has represented England at multiple youth levels from under-15 up to under-21. Wubben-Moy received her first England Women's Senior camp call up in September 2020. She made her debut for the England Women’s team in March 2021.

Quotes

• Well, if I had campaigns and images like these as a young girl, my journey might have been somewhat different, and I’d have felt more empowered to simply be myself.
• I think one of the most frightening statistics is that one in three women don’t want to participate in sports because of how their skin looks. When you’re faced with that statistical reality, it would make you want to be a part of anything that can help change that.
• Everything today is so visual and forced upon us – girls and women especially – that we feel as if we have to accept and apply a standardised version of what’s ‘beautiful’.
• It’s important that they feel like they can be who they’d like to be and move how they’d like to move.
• Yeah, I think there are a lot of tangible barriers that you see regarding women’s sport, especially football. But, I feel what’s often overlooked are the intangible ones; the societal barriers that have been plaguing us for years for example.
• We’re often told to be quiet or be careful, which as a way of growing up, I find to be quite unhealthy. So, already being able to talk about your skin with other people allows you to celebrate it, as you’re all in the same boat. That’s really important to me.
• As athletes, too, you’re prone to thinking about your physical appearance because of how much you’re in the public eye. You question whether you should post one picture instead of another because of how you might look, and those pressures come from wider societal perceptions and expectations of how women should look.
  • Lotte Wubben-Moy’s Love for Football is More Than Skin-Deep by Amie Cripps. July 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023/11/28.
• People don’t realise how much football can do beyond on the pitch.
• Having females and people of multi ethnic and minority groups in higher-up positions will give young people the hope that they can reach the top too.
• I want people to see that women are capable and accepted. I want to see people like me in powerful positions to know they’re looking out for women like me too.
  • Despite Years of Growth, Women’s Football Has a Few More Barriers to Break by HypeBeast. May 11, 2021. Retrieved 2023/11/28.