Tatiana Saunders

Tatiana Saunders (born 3 July 1993) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Saunders played with the New York Athletic Club, where she was part of the squad that won the 2010 USASA Women's Cup, and was named the 2010 Gatorade State Player of the Year for New York. She played internationally for the England under-17s and under-19s with a perfect record, and was also on the Dartmouth women's soccer team for four years. After a two-year stint working on Wall Street, Saunders resumed her football career in 2018 and has since played in Iceland and France. In 2025 she came out of retirement to play for Brentford Women.

Life and career By the age of six Saunders was starting to play soccer in Rye, New York. She also played varsity soccer in Rye. During her senior year, Saunders had 16 shutouts, giving up only five goals in 23 games.

Her international football career started as a teen, when she was selected for the England national women's under-17 and under-19 teams. She kept a perfect record across all appearances. Her England teammates included Danielle Carter and Nikita Parris. Over her college career, she started 57 games as goalkeeper and finished with a career record of .

For the 2018–2019 season she joined the Croix de Savoie FA (Ambilly Feminin), in France. For the 2019–2020 season, she played for the Thonon Evian Grand Genève F.C. women's team in the Division 2 Féminine. She was one of eight new players who made up Lewes' squad of 20 players (which included goalkeeper Laura Hartley) under manager Simon Parker. Lewes offers equal pay to its women's and men's teams – the first professional or semi-professional football club in the United Kingdom to do so.

In June 2021 she signed a new deal with Lewes. In 2020, Saunders said that she was pursuing an MBA degree simultaneously with her football career. In August 2022 she was playing for Durham. On 26 January 2025 it was announced that Saunders was retiring from professional football, taking up a new role outside of football.