Claudia Walker

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Claudia Walker
London Bees v Everton LFC, 20 May 2017 (008) (cropped) - Claudia Walker.jpg
Walker with the FA WSL 2 Spring Series trophy in May 2017
Personal information
Full name Claudia Walker
Date of birth (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Birmingham City
Youth career
Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Liverpool 6 (0)
2015–2019 Everton 54 (17)
2019Birmingham City (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2021 Birmingham City 34 (5)
2021–2023 West Ham United 28 (3)
2023– Birmingham City 0 (0)
International career
2012–2013 England Under-17 5 (0)
2014–2015 England Under-19 9 (1)
2016–2018 England Under-23 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2023

Claudia Walker (born 10 June 1996) [1] is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Birmingham City. She previously played for Birmingham City, Everton, Liverpool, Stoke City, and West Ham United. Walker has represented England on the under-17, under-19 and under-23 national teams. [2]

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Career

Youth

Walker spent her youth career with Stoke City eventually making a debut for the first team in 2013. [3] [4]

Club

Liverpool FC, 2014

Walker joined Liverpool for the 2014 FA WSL season. Walker made two appearances during the regular season. [5] Liverpool finished in first place with a 7–2–5 record. [6]

Everton FC, 2015–19

In February 2015, Walker signed for the recently relegated Merseyside rivals, Everton of the WSL 2. [7]

Walker would become a regular for the Blues and played forward as striker, helping Everton with the Spring Series with seven goals in nine appearances. [2] The Blues were promoted to WSL 1 for the 2017-18 season and signed Walker to a 2-year full-time professional contract. [8] In December 2017, Walker suffered a hamstring injury and would miss the remainder for the 2017-18 season. [9]

Birmingham City, 2019–2021

In January 2019, Walker went on loan to Birmingham City for the 2018–19 FA WSL season. After featuring 17 times and scoring once, she was offered a two-year contract by the club. She made the permanent switch from Everton in June 2019, signing a two-year contract. [10] [11]

During the 2019–20 FA WSL season, Walker was a starting player in 10 of the 13 games she played. [12] Birmingham City finished in 11th place with a 2–10–1 record. [13] In June 2020, she was awarded the PFA Community Champion Award. [14]

Returning to Birmingham City for the 2020–21 season, Walker scored her first goal of the season during a 5–2 loss to Manchester City. [15] She scored the game-winning goal in a 1–0 win against Reading on 11 October. [16] Seven days later on 18 October, she scored a 50th minute "wonder goal" in a 4–0 win against Bristol City. [17] Her fifth goal of the season was the game winner during a 1–0 over Aston Villa on 14 November. [18]

West Ham United 2021–

Signed to West Ham 1 July 2021 [19] [20]

International

Walker has represented England on the under-17, under-19 and under-23 national teams. She captained the under-19 national team during the first game of the 2014 UEFA Championship, scoring the only goal for England in the tournament. [5] In 2017, she competed with the under-23 national team at the 2017 Nordic Tournament. Walker scored two goals in the opening match against Sweden and England would go on to win the tournament. [21]

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References

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  13. "2019-20 FA WSL". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  14. "Claudia Walker wins PFA Community Champion Award". Birmingham City FC. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  15. "Birmingham City Women 2 Manchester United Women". BBC Sport. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  16. "Reading Women 0 Birmingham City Women". BBC Sport. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  17. Hadley, Craig (19 October 2020). "WSL Round-up: Wonder goal from Claudia Walker in Blues win over Bristol". Midland WOSO. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  18. "Aston Villa Women 0 Birmingham City Women". BBC Sport. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  19. Freville, Chris (2 July 2021). "Claudia Walker signs for West Ham from Birmingham City". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  20. @westhamwomen (1 July 2021). "Our new No.9 ⚒Welcome to West Ham United, Claudia Walker! ✍️" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  21. "Nordic Tournament Four Nations U-23 Tournament 2017". www.womenssoccerunited.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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