Ten facts you may not know about Connah’s Quay Nomads teenage star Elana Harley

She’s just 18, plays for Connah’s Quay Nomads, and is an absolute baller

Here are 10 things you might not know about ELANA HARLEY

• She was born on September 22, 2005 and shares the same birthday as Celtic and Ireland defender Caitlin Hayes, also Brazil defender Thiago Silva

• Elana began playing football aged 11, spending her early years with Flint Town United Girls

• Her mother, Faicka, is a football referee

• She has snapped ligaments in her stronger right foot three times, but keeps recovering well.

• Elana has played in every position over the past 7 years including goalkeeper against Everton for the Welsh Regionals (I didn’t concede surprisingly, she says)

• She spent the 2021-22 season with Wrexham Under-19s, netting nine goals in eight games and reaching the Genero Adran national play-off final.

• Elana joined Connah’s Quay Nomads at the start of 2022-23 and scored on her under-19 debut against The New Saints.

• She has scored 25 goals in 38 appearances for Nomads first team and also 25 in 29 games for the under-19s. That makes her overall club stats 67 appearances and 50 goals.

• Elana has won the NEWFA Challenge Cup with Nomads in both of the past two seasons.

• At the age of 14, Elana was chosen to attend a Wales Women’s Under-17 training camp. She has also represented the North Wales Under-16 Elite Regional Squad.