England’s right wing-back had a wild and windswept start to life on Holy Island but is now key for Sarina Wiegman’s side
ucy Bronze’s early childhood was spent on wild, windswept, Holy Island, where her grandmother was the caretaker of Lindisfarne Castle. Given that, in a typical year, 650,000 tourists traverse the tidal causeway separating the island from the north Northumberland mainland, it was an important job. Even as a little girl, England’s future right wing-back swiftly learned that the privilege of living in such a magical, mystical, place involved her family shouldering considerable responsibility.
Ten years on, Bronze has more than fulfilled Smith’s faith. Along the road to establishing herself as one of the world’s very best players, the multilingual Barcelona defender – she is fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese – has overcome six knee operations, along with once crippling shyness. Not that such shyness held her back. After impressing for Blyth Town and Sunderland, she crossed the Atlantic to accept a sports science scholarship at the University of North Carolina, involving playing for the famous Tar Heels team coached by the renowned Anson Dorrance.Photograph: NCAA Photos/Getty Images
Born to a Portuguese father and an English mother with roots in the Scottish Borders, Bronze was eligible to represent three countries but always craved an England shirt. Indeed the prospect of junior caps drew her back to Sunderland from North America, before further moves to Everton and Liverpool.
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