Natasha Marie Harding (born 2 March 1989) is a retired Welsh footballer. Harding began her career with Cardiff City and has also played in the FA WSL for Bristol Academy and Manchester City.

Club career Harding began her career at Cardiff City and made her first team debut in January 2007, during a 4–0 Welsh Women's Cup quarter final win over Newport Strikers. Harding came on as a second-half substitute for Gwennan Harries. She subsequently represented the club in the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup.

She went on to captain Cardiff City, then joined Bristol Academy ahead of the 2012 FA WSL campaign. Bristol manager Mark Sampson said of Harding: "Tash will really bring another dimension to our forward play, a striker who can play off the shoulder and with great speed was something we were missing last season so it will give us far more variation to our play going forward." At the end of the 2014 season Harding signed for the Washington Spirit, but her move fell through over visa issues and she signed instead for Manchester City.

In January 2016, Harding was sold by Manchester City, who had signed Swedish forward Kosovare Asllani. Later that week she signed for Liverpool. Harding left Liverpool Ladies in December 2017. Reading Women snapped up the Welsh international on a free transfer in January 2018 Since joining the Royals in 2018, Harding has been named captain. On 3 May 2022, Reading announced that Harding would leave the club at the end of the season.

On 16 September 2023, Harding announced her retirement from football.

International career

Harding played five times for the Wales Under-19 team in season 2007–08. She made her senior international debut, aged 19, as a late substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Switzerland in Oberdorf on 8 May 2008.

Harding scored her first goals for Wales on 20 June 2012 in a UEFA Qualifying match against Israel at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. She scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win to cap a fine evening both personally and for her country.

As a student at UWIC, Harding was called–up to represent Great Britain at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.

On 12 April 2022, she played her 100th match for Wales in a 3–0 win over Kazakhstan in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 20 June 2012 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales 1–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 2. 2–0 3. 3–0 4. 7 April 2013 East End Park, Dunfermline, Scotland 1–1 1–2 Friendly 5. 4 April 2014 Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey 5–0 5–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 6. 9 April 2014 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales 1–1 1–1 7. 19 June 2014 Traktor Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 1–0 3–0 8. 2–0 9. 3–0 10. 26 November 2015 Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest, Wales 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 11. 1 December 2015 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel 1–1 2–2 12. 2–1 13. 5 April 2017 CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach, Wales 3–1 3–1 Friendly 14. 12 June 2018 Newport Stadium, Newport, Wales 3–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 15. 29 August 2019 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 1–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 16. 3–0 17. 5–0 18. 22 October 2020 Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales 2–0 4–0 19. 3–0 20. 1 December 2020 1–0 3–0 21. 17 September 2021 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales 2–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 22. 21 September 2021 Pärnu Rannastaadion, Pärnu, Estonia 1–0 1–0 23. 26 October 2021 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 3–0 4–0 24. 26 November 2021 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales 5–0 5–0 25. 16 February 2022 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain 3–1 3–1 2022 Pinatar Cup 26. 12 April 2022 Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2–0 3–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Allegations of financial impropriety In November 2024, BBC News reported allegations against Harding (now using her married name of Allen-Wyatt), of taking payments for undelivered football coaching, unpaid loans and unfulfilled sponsorship deals. Up to 70 parents and businesses claimed losses totaling nearly £70,000.

Career statistics Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBristol Academy2012WSL1430041--18420131440020--1642014111005342-206Total3980011442--5414Manchester City2015WSL1010010--111Liverpool2016WSL1630020--18220178400----842017–18540030--84Total29110050----3410Reading2017–18WSL130--00--1302018–191913050--2712019–20802020--1202020–212231043--2662021–222202020——260Total84480123----1047Aston Villa2022–23WSL400020——60Career total166248031742--20932

Honours Individual Welsh Footballer of the Year: 2016

References

External links

Harding at UEFA at FAW Harding at Bristol Academy