Ava Kuyken

Ava Kuyken (born 15 June 2001) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bristol City in the FA Women's Championship. Previously she played for FA WSL club Arsenal for two seasons, 2017–18 and 2018–19. From 2019 to 2021 she was on a collegiate scholarship at the University of Florida with the Florida Gators women's soccer.

Club Career

Arsenal Women Football Club

Kuyken made her competitive debut for Arsenal Women on 16 November 2017 against Watford in the Continental Cup as a substitute in the 80th minute, coming on for Heather O'Reilly. She made her Women's Super League debut on 7 February 2018 against Liverpool as a substitute in the 87th minute, coming on for Jordan Nobbs. She was a regular named squad player throughout the 2017–18 season, when Arsenal won the Continental Cup, progressed to the final of the FA Cup and finished 3rd in the Women's Super League. She made four appearances in her first year with the 1st team.

2018–19 saw another year with the Arsenal Women, alongside competing her A-Level studies at Cherwell School in Oxford. She made her first full debut on 5 December aged 17 with a 5,0 win against Charlton Athletic WFC in the Continental Cup. She made her full debut in the WSL on 27 January 2019 against Reading WFC, in a game they won 3–0. She was a regular named squad member throughout the season making, making 12 appearances in the WSL (7), 3 in the Continental Cup and 2 in the FA Cup. They won the 2018/2019 WSL League and progressed to the Continental Cup Final losing to Manchester City in penalties. She was named as youth player of the year in a round of the year by the Daily Cannon. Alongside her first team duties Kuyken played with the Arsenal U21 squad. This included the FA Cup, which they won 4–0 against Manchester United.

University of Florida

In August 2019, she took up a college scholarship with the Florida Gators, who compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and