_(cropped).jpg) Ella Powell in August 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ella Mae Florence Powell | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cardiff City Ladies | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Georgia State Panthers | 18 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Cardiff City Ladies | 19 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Lewes | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | (0) |
| 2021– | Bristol City | 77 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Wales U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Wales U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2018– | Wales | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2025 | |||
Ella Mae Florence Powell (born 1 February 2000) is a Welshfootballer who plays as adefender forWomen's Championship clubBristol City and theWales national team.
Powell grew up inRadyr,Cardiff, attending both the Primary and Comprehensive schools in the area. She began playing football with the Radyr Rangers boys' club.
Powell progressed through theCardiff City Ladies youth team, before joiningNCAA college teamGeorgia State Panthers in 2018.[1] In June 2019, Powell returned to the UK to sign forLewes in theFA Women's Championship.[2] She left at the end of the 2019–20 season. On 12 August 2020, she joinedCharlton Athletic for the season.[3] On 27 July 2021, Powell joined Bristol City ahead of the 2021–22 season.[4] Powell was part of the squad that won the Women's Championship in2022-23, earning promotion to theWomen's Super League. On 4 July 2025, it was announced that Powell had signed a one-year contract extension with the Robins.[5]
Powell played for Cymru's WU15s and WU16s and gained 8 caps in the WU17s in 2016-17. She played WU19s in 2018.
Powell made her debut for the Wales national team in the 1–0 friendly defeat againstPortugal on 10 November 2018.[6] She made her first start for the senior team in the next match on 13 November.[7]
In June 2025, Powell was named in Wales' squad forUEFA Women's Euro 2025.[8]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cardiff City Ladies | 2016–17 | FA Women's National League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Total | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Lewes | 2019–20 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2020–21 | Championship | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bristol City | 2021–22 | Championship | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2024-25 | Championship | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2025-26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 77 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 148 | 10 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
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