Francesca “Fran” Kirby (born June 29, 1993) is a striker for Chelsea and the England national team. She started her career at her local club Reading before joining Chelsea in July 2015. Kirby made her senior debut for England in August 2014. She represented Canada in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, France in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the Netherlands in the 2017 UEFA Women’s Euro.
In April 2018, Kirby was awarded PFA Women’s Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Women’s Footballer of the Year.
In 2021, she was selected to the Ballon d’Or shortlist, finishing 10th.
Fran Kirby parents: Denise Kirby, Steve Kirby
Denise Kirby and Steve Kirby are the parents of the star.
Kirby started playing football as a child after witnessing her brother play.
She would play whenever she could, whether it was at school, on the street, or on the front lawn. Her mother, Denise, predicted in a birthday letter when Fran was a child that she would play in a World Cup one day: she was her biggest fan.
Fran Kirby parents nationality
Her parents are English nationals
Kirby went to Caversham Park Primary School and Chiltern Edge Primary School in Sonning Common, where she played against males. She joined Reading’s academy at the age of seven and made her senior debut at the age of sixteen.
Are Fran Kirby parents still together?
Fran’s mother died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage when she was 14 years old.
She fell into a profound depression two years later.
