Ella Toone

Blackburn Rovers

In 2013, at 14 years old, she joined Blackburn Rovers, prior to joining the first team two years later to score 13 goals in 20 appearances in the Premier League North. In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, she scored a total of 26 goals in 33 appearances for the club in all competitions.

Manchester City

Toone joined Manchester City in the summer of 2016 having previously been a youth at Manchester United for six years but moved on due to a lack of senior women's team. She continued to play with Blackburn in the National League on dual registration terms. In July 2016, she made her senior Manchester City debut as a substitute in an 8–0 win over Aston Villa in the Continental Cup. Toone was nominated alongside four others for the FA Women's Young Player of the Year award in May 2018, an award eventually won by Beth Mead.

Manchester United

2018–19

In July 2018, Toone joined Manchester United for their inaugural season in the FA Women's Championship for the 2018–19 season, one of seven players to return to the senior side having played for the club at youth level. She made her competitive debut for Manchester United, as a half-time substitute for Mollie Green, in a 1–0 League Cup victory against Liverpool on 19 August. On 9 September, she scored her first senior goal, on her league debut, in United's opening game of the 2018–19 season, a 12–0 win away to Aston Villa. She was voted FA Women's Championship player of the month…

Youth

Toone represented England at the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Jordan. On 17 October 2017, Toone made her under-19 debut in an UEFA Under-19 Championship qualification match against Kazakhstan, scoring twice in a 9–0 win. She scored 5 across the qualifying campaign as England finished second to Germany in the elite round. In June 2018, Toone was part of the 35-player shortlist to make the England under-20 squad for the FIFA U20 World Cup, but was ruled out through injury.

Senior

In September 2020, Toone received her first senior national team call-up as part of a 30-player training camp at St George's Park. She made her senior international debut on 23 February 2021 as a half-time substitute and scored a penalty in a 6–0 friendly win over Northern Ireland. She scored a hat-trick on 26 October 2021 against Latvia during 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In June 2022, Toone was included in the England squad for UEFA Euro 2022. She appeared in every match as a substitute, and scored twice. Her first goal was an 84th-minute equaliser against Spain in the quarter-finals to send the game into extra-time, eventually winning 2–1. Her second goal was in the final to give England the lead against Germany in the 62nd minute. England won 2–1 in extra-time, winning the tournament. Since England's Euro victory, Toone has been described as an understated "big game player" and a "household name" by The Independent, as well as a "super sub" by Goal.com, after her…

Born in Tyldesley, in Greater Manchester, Toone began playing for Astley and Tyldesley Girls, where a plaque honouring her was installed at the club in 2022. She then joined Manchester United's youth academy at 8 years old. Toone attended St George's Central Church of England Primary School and Fred Longworth High School. After leaving secondary school, whilst playing for Manchester United, she enrolled onto a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Sport Science course at Wigan and Leigh College. Toone has said her mother was a gymnast growing up, and on her father's side, family members were "all swimmers and water polo players". In school, she participated in a variety of sports, including table tennis, netball, cross country, and tennis, as well as winning several trophies in gymnastics.

Since 12 years old, Toone has been friends with former United teammate Alessia Russo, with the pair describing themselves as "best friends". Toone is in a relationship with footballer Joe Bunney and has a YouTube channel intended to provide a glimpse into her everyday life. The couple became engaged then married on 1 July 2026.

In December 2023, Toone launched her own brand ET7, becoming the first England women's player to trademark her name, with the intention to launch her own football academy in 2024. In April 2024, Toone and Russo, in collaboration with Radio 1's Vick Hope, started the BBC Sounds podcast series "The Tooney & Russo Show", giving "an exclusive peek into the England camp like never before" and featuring "Tooney's unfiltered opinions". 90min has described her growing off-pitch profile as a journey towards becoming an "influencer footballer". On the day of the 2022 Euro final, Toone's father, Nick Toone was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in September 2024, three days before his 60th birthday. The following month, 25 October 2024, during an international friendly against Germany, the England team wore black armbands as a mark of respect for her late father. She later talked candidly about the impact his death had on her play that season, saying, "I played on after that and probably wasn't enjoying it as much as I should have been. I would never have told myself that or admitted it because all I ever wanted to do was play football for him." On 31…