The Untold Truth On Fran Kirby Married Life and Partner In Football

Fran Kirby is not married. Rumor has it that Kirby is dating Maren Mjelde, a footballer who plays for Norway. Reports have prominently highlighted Kirby’s membership in the LGBTQ community, and she is proud to be one of them.

According to sources, Fran Kirby and Maren Mjelde were dating and occasionally seen together. It is evident from their declarations that they are single and intend to put their efforts into improving themselves.

Mjelde made her senior international debut for Norway against Russia in October 2007. Erik Mjelde, her older brother, also used to play football. Maren was chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2009 UEFA Women’s Euro. 

Against Ukraine in a qualifying play-off for the latter event, Mjelde scored her maiden goal for Norway. In Even Pellerud’s team for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Mjelde was chosen. She participated in Norway’s second-round loss to England and scored against Germany in a 1-1 tie during the group stage.

Maren Mjelde’s name has been associated with Fran Kirby, as these two women footballers reportedly date each other. Mjelde was born in Bergen, Norway. In 2005, she joined the Arna-Bjrnar club in Norway at 15.

Her full name is Maren Naevdal Mjelde, a professional Norwegian football player. She captains the Norway national team in addition to playing as a defender or midfielder for Chelsea.

Maren formerly played for Kopparbergs/Goteborg Football Club of the Swedish Damallsvenskan, Turbine Potsdam of the Frauen-Bundesliga, and both Arna-Bjornar and Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegen Toppserien.

The team finished third in the 2012 Toppserien league, taking the bronze medal. Before the 2013 season, she moved to the German team Turbine Potsdam. In the latter part of the season, when the team finished second in the German Cup and League competitions, she participated in every match for the team.

She joined Chelsea Ladies on November 22, 2016, with a contract that runs until 2018. In the first-ever match between these two female teams in the WSL 1, Chelsea Women defeated Manchester United Women on November 16 thanks to a goal from Mjelde.

In 2022, the net worth of Fran Kirby is reported to be 2 million USD, which translates into £1.64 million. From Chelsea, the player receives around £200,000. She received £60,000 as a transfer fee from Team Reading while transferred to Chelsea.

The soccer player also receives a large sum of money from several brand endorsements. She has reportedly endorsed brands such as Swarovski, Nike, Wow, Protein Water Company, and Hydrate. Kirby has also appeared on the prestigious “Lesbian 100 records” for April 2020 from Diva Magazine.

Born on June 29, 1993, Kirby was born and reared in Reading with her brother Jamie and parents Denise and Steve. Inspired by witnessing her brother play, Kirby started playing football when she was a small child. Her ethnicity is English, as both of her parents were British.

Kirby would play at school, on the street, and in the front garden whenever she had the chance. Her mother, Denise, predicted in a birthday card when she was a young girl that she would play in a World Cup because she was her biggest supporter. 

Sadly, Fran’s mother experienced an unexpected brain hemorrhage when she was 14. The same disease took her life later. Following her mother’s demise, she fell into a profound depression two years later.

Kirby played against boys while attending Caversham Park Primary School and Chiltern Edge in Sonning Common. She enrolled in Reading’s academy at age 7, and at age 16, she made her senior debut.

The Chelsea footballer was a member of the England under-23 team early in her career. In June 2014, she became the first member of the WSL 2 to be called up to the senior team for the World Cup qualifying matches against Belarus and Ukraine.

Despite being listed on the bench of replacements for the match versus Belarus, she did not participate. In an exhibition match at Victoria Park in Hartlepool in August 2014 against Sweden, she scored the second goal to make her senior international debut.

At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, Kirby was described as a “stand out player” for Great Britain’s gold-medal winning squad. Later, she represented the United Kingdom at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Before joining Chelsea in July 2015, Kirby began her career with her local club, Reading. She received her first senior cap for England in August 2014.

Fran represented her nation at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 in the Netherlands, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, and the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada.

Kirby received the PFA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Women’s Footballer of the year awards in April 2018. She was ranked 10th when she was named to the Ballon d’Or shortlist in 2021.

Fran Kirby was also ranked seventh in The Guardian’s list of the top 100 female footballers worldwide for 2021. As of December 2020, she is Chelsea’s all-time top scorer.

The University of Winchester awarded Kirby an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree in October 2019 in recognition of her “achievements both on and off the field, particularly her work supporting mental health and wellbeing.”

In November 2019, Kirby became ill, and as a result, she almost retired from the sport. Fortunately, in February 2020, Chelsea disclosed that Kirby had recovered from pericarditis, a condition that may have ended her career.