Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lauren Marie Bruton [1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Luton, England | ||
Position(s) | Winger Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Luton Town | |||
Arsenal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Arsenal | 7 | (0) |
2013–2021 | Reading | 73 | (13) |
2021–2023 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | England U19 | 9 | (3) |
2018 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:40, 16 April 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24:25, 22 April 2019 (UTC) |
Lauren Marie Bruton (born 22 November 1992) is an English former football forward. She was born in Luton. [2]
Bruton began playing football at the age of eight years for Luton Town Ladies FC where she netted over 200 goals until the age of 15 before joining Arsenal. [2] A little over 12 months later she made her FA Women's Premier League debut for Arsenal Ladies in December 2008, playing in the 7–0 win at home to Fulham. [3]
In September 2013, Bruton left Arsenal for Reading Women, who were managed by her former Arsenal teammate Jayne Ludlow. [4]
Bruton scored on her debut cap for the England Under-17s side, against Greece. [3] She was part of the England side that finished fourth at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. [5] In July 2009 she was part of the English Under-19s squad that won the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus. [6]
She was called into the senior England squad for the first time by coach Phil Neville in June 2018, as a replacement for the injured Jordan Nobbs and Isobel Christiansen. She remained an unused substitute for England's 3–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 win over Russia in Moscow. [7]
She made her full international debut in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan on 4 September 2018. [8]
Bruton was allotted 207 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international. [9] [10]
Bruton attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Luton. [12]
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