Ava Baker

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Ava Baker
Personal information
Full name Ava Baker
Date of birth (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth England,
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Youth career
–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Leicester City 14 (1)
2024– Birmingham City 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– England U17 13 (11)
2023– England U19 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:34, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Ava Baker (born 9 January 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Birmingham City [1] in the FA Women's Championship. She has been capped internationally for England up to under-19 level.

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Club career

Baker is a product of the Leicester City academy and on 12 January 2022 she made her senior debut as a starter against Manchester City in the FA Women's League Cup just three days after turning sixteen. She made her Women's FA Cup debut later that month, coming on as a substitute during a win against Tottenham Hotspur, before making her FA Women's Super League debut against Reading on 1 May 2022.

She also holds the record as the Foxes' youngest ever goalscorer, when she scored in Leicester's 5–0 League Cup victory against Sunderland on 11 January 2023, two days after her 17th birthday. [2] On 27 May 2023, she scored her first WSL goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion, which saved the club from relegation. [3] [4]

International career

Baker has been capped by England at up to under-19 level, making her debut for the England under-17s against France under-17s on 24 March 2022, before a first goal against Poland under-17s. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ava Baker signs for Blues Women!". Birmingham City F.C. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ava Baker". Leicester City Football Club. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION VS. LEICESTER CITY 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Simi, Iluyomade (29 September 2023). "12 WSL Ballers Ready to Rise in 2023/24". Versus. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "ENGLAND U17 VS. FRANCE U17 1 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "POLAND U17 VS. ENGLAND U17 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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