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England boss Sarina Wiegman says teenager Erica Meg Parkinson was “speechless” when she received her maiden call-up for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.Seventeen-year-old Parkinson, who has been named in the Lionesses squad to face world champions Spain at Wembley on April 14 before they meet Iceland in Reykjavik four days later, was born in Singapore and plays her domestic football for Portuguese first division side Valadares Gaia.

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00:00Hi.
00:02You caught us by surprise.
00:04Yeah.
00:04Erika Meg Parkinson.
00:06Tell us all about her and why you called her up.
00:08Yeah, well, first of all, we called her up, of course,
00:11we have a little bit low in depth in midfield
00:14with injuries of Ella and Grace Clinton.
00:19So, of course, then we're going to look who's next.
00:22And Erika has gone through the pathway.
00:26She plays in Portugal.
00:28She has done well with the under-23s.
00:31She's a very dynamic attacking midfielder, wants to go forward.
00:34It's also very aggressive and pretty technical.
00:38And, of course, it's a big step from under-23s
00:41and the Portuguese competition to go into our senior level.
00:45But she gets the opportunity to show where she stands at our level.
00:50Was she surprised when you told her that she was getting called up?
00:53Yes, she was.
00:54She was surprised.
00:55Well, first of all, she was speechless, she said.
00:58But she was very happy and surprised and excited, of course.
01:03She was very happy and surprised.
01:03She was very happy and surprised.
01:03She was very happy and surprised.
01:03She was very happy and surprised.
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