By Aston Villa FC

Aston Villa Women rounded off the month of February with an impressive 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday.

A quickfire double from Emily Gielnik and Ramona Petzelberger set Villa on their way to a second victory of the new year and a result which takes them past last season's points total.

While attention for Carla Ward and her staff now turns towards a March rematch with the Toffees, there are plenty of Villans now switching their focus to international duty.

A total of 10 players will link up with their national teams this week across a number of age groups, and you can find out what's in store below.

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England

England Women's senior head coach Sarina Wiegman named a 24-player squad to face Canada, Spain and Germany in the newly formed Arnold Clark Cup.
 
Hannah Hampton and Jill Scott were both selected and reported for Lionesses duty following Sunday's WSL victory over Everton.
 
The inaugural Arnold Clark Cup on home soil features Canada, Spain and Germany and will provide Hampton and Scott valuable preparation ahead of this summer's European Championships.
 
England will begin their Cup campaign against Canada at the Riverside Stadium before taking on Spain at Carrow Road.
 
A final fixture against Germany will then take place at Molinuex to round off the competition.
 
England v Canada
Riverside Stadium
Thursday, February 17th
19:30 GMT
 
England v Spain
Carrow Road
Sunday, February 20th
15:15 GMT

England v Germany
Molineux Stadium
Wednesday, February 23rd
19:30 GMT

Two of England's youth teams will also involve several Aston Villa players this month.
 
Mo Marley named 24 players in her Under-23s squad ahead of a double-header against France, with Maz Pacheco and Anna Patten both being selected.

Maz and Anna will both be hoping to feature as the Young Lionesses take part in fixtures at Stade Pole de Normandie and Stade Louis Bielman.
 
France v England
Stade Pole de Normandie
Thursday, February 17th
14:00 GMT

France v England
Stade Louis Bielman
Sunday, February 20th
14:00 GMT
  
Gemma Davies has also named a development squad for the upcoming Marbella International Tournament.
 
The squad, which features Olivia McLoughlin, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Freya Gregory, will take on Finland on at the Estadio Municipa Ciudad de La Linea, before facing Denmark at the Marbella Football Center.

England v Finland
Estadio Municipa Ciudad de La Linea
Thursday, February 17th

England v Denmark
Marbella Football Center
Tuesday, February 22nd
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Switzerland

Alisha Lehmann was named in Nils Nielsen's 28-player squad for Switzerland's February fixtures against Northern Ireland and Austria.

Lehmann, who has six goals in 31 caps for her home country, has enjoyed an impressive start to 2022 which has included a stoppage-time winner against Leicester City, an assist against Everton and the club's Player of the Month award for January.

Our number seven will be hoping to add to her fine club form against her opponents in Marbella.

Switzerland v Northern Ireland
Marbella Football Center
Sunday, February 20th
11:00 GMT

Switzerland v Austria
Marbella Football Center
Wednesday, February 23rd
17:00 GMT

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Scotland

Pedro Martinez Losa has named Chloë Arthur and Rachel Corsie in a 26-player squad for this year’s Pinatar Cup.

Arthur and Corsie are set to travel to Spain on Monday for the 10-day camp.

The action and training camp will provide Scotland with some valuable preparation for April’s World Cup qualification double-header against Ukraine and Spain.

Scotland won the first edition of the Pinatar Cup in 2020, and will kick off this year's campaign against Wales.

The winner of that tie will take on whoever comes out on top between Slovakia and Belgium, with the competition then splitting into two different ‘gold medal’ and ‘consolation’ paths, which guarantees another game against Russia, Poland, Republic of Ireland or Hungary.

Wales v Scotland
Pinatar Arena Football Center
Wednesday, February 16th
14:30 (GMT)

Scotland v Slovakia/Belgium
Pinatar Arena Football Center
Saturday, February 19th
Time TBC

Scotland v TBC
Pinatar Arena Football Center
Tuesday, February 22nd
Time TBC

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Germany

German manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg also named a squad for their first appearance in the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup.
 
Like England, Germany will use this competition as an opportunity to prepare for the summer's European Championships.
 
On Tuesday morning, Ramona Petzelberger was handed a thoroughly deserved call-up for the upcoming tournament.
 
Our no.10 has been in supreme form of late, bagging against Chelsea and Everton since the turn of the year.
 
Germany will begin their Cup campaign against Spain at the Riverside Stadium before taking on Canada at Carrow Road.
 
A final fixture against England will then take place at Molinuex to round off the competition.
 
Germany v Spain
Riverside Stadium
Thursday, February 17th
14:30 GMT

Canada v Germany
Carrow Road
Sunday, February 20th
20:15 GMT

England v Germany
Molineux Stadium
Wednesday, February 23rd
19:30 GMT
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Republic of Ireland

Vera Pauw included Ruesha Littlejohn in her 27-player squad for their first appearance in the Pinatar Cup.

Ireland, like Scotland, are guaranteed three games in Spain.

First up, they will come up against Poland. Littlejohn and co. will be using this tournament as preparation for April's World Cup qualifier against Sweden.

Republic of Ireland v Poland
Centro de Fútbol La Manga Club
Wednesday, February 16th
16:30 GMT

Republic of Ireland v Hungary/Russia
Centro de Fútbol La Manga Club
Saturday, February 19th
Time TBC

Republic of Ireland v TBC
Centro de Fútbol La Manga Club
Tuesday, February 22nd
Time TBC

Good luck to all of our international Villans!