Sophie Ingle

Ingle began her football career with boys' team Vale Wanderers. Despite making an appeal to the Football Association of Wales (FAW), rules prevented Ingle from playing with the boys beyond the age of 12. She spent a year away from football and then had brief spells with Vale Wanderers' girls and Dinas Powys Ladies. This preceded the teenage Ingle's move to Cardiff City Ladies.

Cardiff City, 2007–12

After a period in the reserves, Ingle broke into Cardiff's FA Women's Premier League team during season 2007–08.

Chelsea, 2012–13

After winning the Welsh Cup twice with Cardiff, Ingle signed for WSL outfit Chelsea Ladies ahead of the 2012 campaign. On 11 March 2012, she made her Chelsea debut against Brighton in a FA Cup match, helping Chelsea to a 3–0 win. Chelsea manager Matt Beard deployed Ingle as a central defender and praised her impact after Chelsea's 2012 FA Women's Cup Final defeat to Birmingham: "Sophie Ingle, we initially brought in as a left back but you can see from her quality on the ball and distribution and reading of the game is good as well, she has created a few goals for us with balls in behind which something we haven’t had before."

Bristol Academy, 2014–15

In February 2014, Ingle left Chelsea and moved nearer to home by joining Bristol Academy. She rose to captain The Vixens, but the club were relegated after the 2015 season. Ingle became a transfer target for other clubs and decided to join Liverpool in December 2015:…

Ingle was called-up to represent Wales at Under-17 level, and later rose to captain the Under-19 squad. Ingle won her first senior cap for Wales in a 2–1 World Cup qualifying defeat to Azerbaijan, played in Baku on 28 October 2009. In December 2011, Ingle was named in the preliminary Team GB squad for the 2012 Olympics. She won her 50th cap for Wales in July 2014, during a 1–1 friendly draw with Scotland in Dumfries. Wales manager Jayne Ludlow named Ingle the new national team captain ahead of the 2015 Istria Cup, replacing Jess Fishlock who was surprisingly dropped from the squad. On 22 September 2020, Ingle played her 100th match for Wales against Norway during the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers. On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Ingle had been selected as the only Welsh player in the Great Britain women's Olympic football team for the 2020 Olympics. In April 2024, Ingle stood down as Wales captain after nine years in the role. Sophie suffered an ACL injury in September 2024 and missed the UEFA Women's Euro play off qualifiers as well as being unable to play at club level. Despite this, Ingle was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025. She made her return from injury on 9 July 2025, being substituted on to replace Jess Fishlock in a 4–1 loss against France. Regarding her comeback from injury, Ingle said that "throughout my whole rehab, it was just focusing on getting back for the Euros and that was the main aim". Ingle made her 150th senior appearance for…

Sophie grew up in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan and attended Holton Primary School before attending St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Barry.

Ingle is openly lesbian.