Georgia Walters
 Walters in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgia Walters | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1993 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swindon Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Swindon Town | |||
| c.2015 | Reading | ||
| ?–2020 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| 2020–2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Liverpool | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sheffield United | 26 | (1) |
| 2023– | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Wales | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:36, 3 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:20, 18 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Georgia Walters(born 6 April 1993) is a Welsh footballer, who plays forBlackburn Roversand theWales national team.She has previously played forSwindon Town,Reading,Tranmere RoversandLiverpool.
Club career
[edit]Walters has played forSwindon Town,initially at youth level,[1]and later at senior level. In 2012, she received a scholarship to play in the US.[2]As of 2015, she was playing forReading,[3]and she later played forTranmere Rovers.[4]
In February 2020, Walters signed forBlackburn Rovers;she made two appearances before the season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.In July 2020, she signed a new contract with Blackburn.[5]In total, she scored three goals in 20 league appearances for the club,[6]and was shortlisted for the club's 2020–21 player of the season award.[7]She left Blackburn at the end of that season,[8]and joinedLiverpoolin September 2021 on a non-contract basis.[9]In January 2022, Walters signed forSheffield Unitedon a contract until the end of the2021–22 season.[10]She played every match for Sheffield United that season, and later signed a new contract with the club prior to the2022–23 season.[11]Walters returned to Blackburn Rovers in August 2023, on a one-year contract.[12]
International career
[edit]In 2015, Walters attended aWales national teamtraining camp.[3]In September 2019, Walters received her first callup to the squad.[4]She made her debut in a 2020 match against theFaroe Islands,[9]coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.[13]In 2021, she was included in Wales squads for friendly matches againstCanadaandDenmark,[14]and their October2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualificationmatches.[15]
References
[edit]- ^"Five-star Georgia helps Spitfires into seventh heaven".Swindon Advertiser.16 October 2007.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"LADIES' FOOTBALL: Walters awarded US scholarship".Swindon Advertiser.19 April 2012.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^ab"WALES WOMEN'S SQUAD ASSEMBLE FOR TRAINING CAMP IN EURO PREPARATION".Football Association of Wales.17 August 2015.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^ab"Walters receives Wales call up".Tranmere Rovers L.F.C.27 September 2019.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"WELSH INTERNATIONAL MIDFIELDER SIGNS BLACKBURN ROVERS CONTRACT EXTENSION".FA WSL Full Time. 30 July 2020.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"FORMER BLACKBURN ROVERS FORWARD WALTERS JOINS LIVERPOOL".FA WSL Extra Time. 3 September 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"There are plenty of contenders, but who will get your vote for Player of the Year?".Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.12 May 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"Blackburn Rovers Ladies' retained list includes Brooks and Jordan".She Kicks.14 July 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^ab"Georgia Walters: Wales forward signs for Liverpool".BBC Sport.3 September 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"Liverpool Forward Georgia Walters Completes Sheffield United Move".FAWSL Full Time.15 January 2022.Retrieved17 January2022.
- ^"Georgia Walters Signs New Contract".Sheffield United W.F.C.21 June 2022.Retrieved23 June2022.
- ^"Georgia Walters: Wales forward rejoins Blackburn Rovers Women".BBC Sport.8 August 2023.Retrieved3 January2024.
- ^"CYMRU IN COMFORTABLE WIN OVER FAROE ISLANDS".Football Association of Wales.22 October 2020.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"New Wales Women Boss unveils first squad for double-header as Liverpool and Reading talents called up".Wales Online.31 March 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^"Wales squad announced for October World Cup qualifiers".Clwb Pel-Droed.14 October 2021.Retrieved19 October2021.
External links
[edit]- Georgia Waltersat Soccerway
- UEFA
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Wales women's international footballers
- Women's Championship (England) players
- Liverpool F.C. Women players
- Tranmere Rovers L.F.C. players
- Reading F.C. Women players
- Swindon Town W.F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers W.F.C. players
- Welsh women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards