Lauren Walker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent,England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Vale Ladies | |||
| Stoke City Ladies | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Stoke City Ladies | |||
| Wolves Women | |||
| 2006–2009 | Arsenal Ladies | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Blackburn Rovers Ladies | ||
| Wolves Women | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:31, 17 February 2019 (UTC) | |||
Lauren Walker(born 12 March 1989) is an Englishfootballerwho usually plays at either left-back or left midfield. She previously representedBlackburn Rovers Ladiesin theFA Women's Premier League National Division.She hails fromBirches Head,Staffordshire.[2]
Club career
[edit]Walker played as a junior forPort Vale Girls[3]andStoke City Girls[4]and as a senior forWolves Womenin the Northern Premiership[5]before joiningArsenal Ladies' reserve side. She left Arsenal to joinBlackburn Rovers Ladiesin July 2009.[6][7]Her first goal for Rovers came in their 4–2 Women's FA Cup first round win at home toManchester City Ladies.[8]
International career
[edit]Walker was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's football squad for theWorld University GamesinBelgradein 2009.[9]She played in each of the side's previous three games, but was an unused substitute as Britain lost on penalties to Japan in the semi-final.[3]The side eventually won the Bronze Medal after beatingFrancein the third-place play-off match.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Walker was a Sports and Exercise Science student at theUniversity of Hertfordshire.[5]Following her retirement, she became a biology teacher atDerby Grammar School.[10]
Statistics
[edit]To 28 October 2009
| Club | Season | League | WFA Cup | Premier League Cup | County Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Blackburn Rovers Ladies[6] | 2009–10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Club Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
References
[edit]- ^"MySpace Profile".MySpace.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^ab"Potteries duo win world bronze".17 July 2009.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^ab"Shoot out ends world title hopes".The Sentinel. 8 July 2009.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^"Stoke City Girls' FA Centre of Excellence - player receives England call up".Sport across Stafforshire. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2012.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^ab"Lauren Walker".The University of Hertfordshire Athletic Union.Retrieved14 September2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ab"Lauren Walker".Blackburn Rovers F.C.Retrieved28 October2009.
- ^"Rovers ladies land talented trio".Blackburn Rovers F.C. 15 July 2009.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^Tony Leighton (14 September 2009)."Cup holders Arsenal beat Watford".BBC Sport.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^"Great Britain women's football squad announced for World University Games".British Universities & Colleges Sport. 18 June 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 20 July 2011.Retrieved14 September2009.
- ^Green, Kirsty (22 March 2023)."Former professional footballer Lauren brings lessons from pitch to classroom: biology teacher starred for arsenal and aston villa".Derby Telegraph.ProQuest2789309903.Retrieved4 April2023.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers W.F.C. players
- FA Women's National League players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Stoke City L.F.C. players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C. players
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Summer World University Games medalists in football
- Alumni of the University of Hertfordshire
- Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- English women's football biography stubs
- English football midfielder, 1980s birth stubs