Elise Hughes
A goal-getting talisman capable of holding up the play as well as breaking the back of the net, Wales international Hughes claimed the Championship Golden Boot with Palace in the promotion-winning 2023/24 season.
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Forward
Date of Birth
15.04.0115 April 2001
Country
Joined Team
01.08.2201 August 2022
Awards & Honours
Player of the Season
Crystal Palace, 2023/24
Player of the Month
November 2023, December 2023
Championship Golden Boot
2023/24
The forward joined the Eagles from Charlton Athletic in 2022 and scored seven goals in 25 games during her maiden campaign, ending the season as her side’s leading goalscorer.
The Wales international then enjoyed a prolific season during the 2023/24 campaign as she fired Palace into the Women’s Super League, netting an astonishing 23 goals in 27 appearances and picking up the Championship Golden Boot at the end of the campaign.
Among Hughes’ goals were Palace’s first goal of the season, a 102nd-minute header to against Reading on the opening day; a four-goal haul in the 9-1 win over Durham, our club-record victory; and a crucial match-winner against Birmingham City at the VBS Community Stadium in April.
She also scored her first senior Wales goal, netting against Iceland in the Nations League in December 2023.
The forward devastatingly ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in the side’s penultimate game of the season, but has already undergone surgery and started her rehabilitation.
Player StatisticsCareer
Goals0
Appearances14