Chloe Essam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 9 December 1999 | ||
| University | University of Hertfordshire[1] | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): GA, GS | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2017–2018 | Loughborough Lightning | ||
| 2018–2020 | Saracens Mavericks | ||
| 2020-2022 | Wasps Netball | ||
| 2022-2023 | Severn Stars | ||
| 2023-present | London Pulse | ||
| (Correct as of 13 Feb 2024) | |||
Chloe Essam (born 9 December 1999) is an English netball player. She plays for Wasps Netball in the Netball Superleague at both goal attack and goal shooter.[2]
Essam was raised in Kettering and was educated at Southfield School. She played for the MK Netters in Milton Keynes as a junior, was selected for the England Roses U19 National Academy in November 2015, and played with the English national under-17 side, which won the European championship in 2016. She represented Loughborough in the youth National Performance League competition in 2015–2016.[3][4]
She was drafted by the Loughborough Superleague team in November 2016 for the 2017 season, debuting in February 2017 and becoming one of the youngest players to feature in the league at age 17.[5][6] She was part of the Lightning team that won the national Fast5 competition in September 2017, and was re-signed for the 2018 season in December 2017.[7] In the 2018 season, Essam played in 10 games, with a 50% goal percentage.[8] Essam's move to Wasps Netball was announced ahead of the 2019 Superleague season.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Gibbons, Craig (27 September 2018). "Wasps capture rising star Essam". coventryobserver.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Chloe Essam joins Wasps Netball from Loughborough Lightning". Sky Sports. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Chloe Essam". Loughborough Lightning. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Spotlight: Chloe Essam". Loughborough Lightning. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Lightning silence roar of the Thunder". Leicester Mercury. 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Chloe Essam completes Loughborough Lightning Superleague line-up". Sky Sports. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Essam headlines latest Lightning signings". The Netball Show. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Statistics". Netball Superleague. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.