Name: Ellie Carpenter
Nationality: Australia
Date of Birth: April 28, 2000
Position: Defender
Current club: Chelsea
Women's Super League clubs played for: Chelsea
Chelsea defender Ellie Carpenter has appeared in the vast majority of the team's Women's Super League games in 2025/2026, making 14 appearances overall and accumulating 1,183 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in 13 of these appearances across their 15 fixtures and come on as a substitute on one occasion.
Carpenter last made an appearance in a Women's Super League game on February 8, playing 90 minutes for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-0 win. In total, the defender has scored one Women's Super League goal this term, and provided two assists. She has been booked once.
Her opening goal of the campaign came in the 2-0 victory against London City Lionesses on November 1.
Chelsea next face a home match against Liverpool in Women's Super League action on February 15.
Last season for OL Lyonnes, Carpenter made 18 Première Ligue appearances, scored two goals and provided three assists.
Carpenter moved to Chelsea in July 2025 from OL Lyonnes, for whom she made 75 league appearances in total, scoring three goals and providing 10 assists.
