Aggie Beever-Jones was a breakthrough star of the 2023/24 season after the ACL injuries of Sam Kerr and Mia Fishel.
Chelsea's manager, Emma Hayes, then promoted her to the senior squad, and she has not left since.
Hayes said: “She’s going to be the future of Chelsea, so I’m very proud of her for that and that her development was as good as a trophy.”
“Aggie Beever-Jones. Don’t forget that name. She will be a legend not just for Chelsea but for England.”
She has now scored 16 goals in 20 WSL starts, but let's return to the beginning.
Her grandfather, a die-hard Chelsea fan, took her to Stamford Bridge, which sparked her interest in football. She clearly has always been a blue. She started in goal before becoming an attacking player in the local league boys’ team.
She was initially rejected from the Chelsea academy before being accepted into the 9-10 brackets.
She is the shining star of their academy and made her debut away against Aston Villa in a 4-0 victory in the 2020/2021 season.
In the same season, Beever-Jones was handed her first start for Chelsea in a 5-0 victory over London City Lionesses in a Women’s FA Cup fourth-round tie.
In the 2021/22 season, she went on loan to Championship side Bristol City and then joined Everton on loan the following season.
She scored her first goal in the 2023/24 season when she came on as a substitute in a home victory over Brighton. Subsequently, she went on to score in the next two games.
Her scoring run extended to five goals in five WSL games.
In February 2024, she won Young Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.
Further goals followed, including in WSL wins over West Ham and Aston Villa, the latter of which was an excellent volley.
She ended her breakthrough season as the team's second-highest scorer with 13 goals from 10 starts and 21 substitute appearances in all competitions.
Let's be real, the 2024/25 season is her best one and probably her favourite one, with a birthday gift to end all birthday gifts.
She became a regular starter for Chesea and netted againsted Twente in the Champions League.
Even under Sonia Bompastor she was deployed from the bench but was a starter too her first goal of the season was at home to Brighton
She also started and scored the opener in big wins at Everton and Crystal Palace, having found the target as a substitute away against Liverpool.
Following the mid-season break, Beever-Jones celebrated her 50th appearance for the club by coming on for the second half and scoring in the FA Cup against Charlton, followed by a goal in the League Cup against Durham, and in the league against West Ham and Leicester.
Her seventh WSL strike of the season was a fine finish in an important fixture. It was the opener in a 2-1 win away to Manchester City.
Shortly before then, against the same opposition, she came on during the second half of the League Cup final as the first of three trophies for the season was collected. She played a part in forcing the own goal that decided the contest.
She scored the winner in stoppage time against Liverpool to send Chesea to Wembley for the FA Cup
At the final game of the season against Liverpool she scored the only goal in the 92st minute to end their unbeaten WSL campaign.
Beever-Jones ended the season as Chelsea top scorer in all competitions - with 13 goals to her name, from 22 starts and 13 substitute appearances.
International career
She refreshed England from under-15s. In July of 2024 she made her first senior appearance when she came on late in a euros qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
Then in November she made her first start in a 1-0 victory over Switzerland.
Her first England goal came in April 2025 in the UEFA Nations League against Belgium.
The following month she became the second England women’s football to score a hat trick at Wembley when England beat Portugal 6-0.
She was later named in the Euros squad and featured in three matches and scored a goal in the 6-1 win over Wales in the group stage.
She won the Euros on her 22nd birthday.
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