England footballer Alex Greenwood is engaged: Lioness shows off her ring after romantic beach proposal from childhood sweetheart boyfriend Jack O'Connell

England footballer Alex Greenwood is engaged! 

The Lioness star, 32, took to Instagram on Wednesday as she revealed the happy news after her childhood sweetheart boyfriend Jack O'Connell got down on one knee during their holiday. 

Sharing snaps from the special day, Jack proposed to the sports star right by the sea after setting up a light up 'Marry Me' sign. 

Dressed in a simple black summer dress and kitten heels, the couple beamed in the pictures before they enjoyed a romantic meal looking out on the sea. 

Pulling out all the stops, Jack had also organised live music over dinner as well as a fireworks display. 

Alex captioned the post: 'You. Me. Us. Always. A forever thing — 21.06.26'.

Taking to the comments the star was quickly congratulated by the rest of her England teammates. 

Lucy Bronze wrote: 'Congrats guuuuys,' while Beth Mead penned: 'Noooo way!!! Congrats to both of you'; and Jill Scott added: 'This is amazing massive congratulations to you both'. 

Alex and Jack, who is a former Sheffield United player, have been dating since they met at sixth-form college in Merseyside.

Jack retired from football in 2023, but Alex has admitted that even when they're not playing the couple spend their time dissecting footage of games.

'Often, at home, all Jack and I talk about is football,' Greenwood told The Guardian in 2023. 'We watch it and analyse it all the time. People ask what I do to get away from the game but I don’t want to escape it.'

Alex is known as one of the most glamorous members of the squad, with team-mate Jordan Nobbs previously saying she is 'very big into her heels, her dresses and her eyelashes'.

In 2013, she revealed she is a 'girly-girl' and loves shopping as well as getting her hair and makeup done.

She told Liverpool Echo: 'I’ve always been a girly girl and I love getting my hair done but that doesn’t mean I can’t play football.'

Alex's engagement comes after her fellow teammate Ella Toone revealed her boyfriend Joe Bunney had popped the question last August after three years of dating.

Just days after England rose to victory in the 2025 Euros, she shared an array of gorgeous snaps from the moment Joe popped the question during a romantic holiday in Ibiza, Spain.

Joe popped the big question in front of an extravagant archway of red roses with a sign in the middle reading: 'Will you marry me?'

They were sweetly joined by Joe's son Arlo, five, who held a red rose and the engagement ring in the heartwarming moment.

For the proposal, Ella cut a stylish figure in a cream crochet dress and she packed on the PDA with her new fiancé after she said the all-important 'yes'.

The Manchester United midfielder flashed her diamond sparkler to the camera as she beamed from ear-to-ear.

Alongside the gallery of photographs, she penned: 'Forever… 04/08/25.'