Lauren Walker

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Lauren Walker
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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 English footballer who usually plays at either left-back or left midfield. She previously represented Blackburn Rovers Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. She hails from Birches Head, Staffordshire. [2]

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Club career

Walker played as a junior for Port Vale Girls [3] and Stoke City Girls [4] and as a senior for Wolves Women in the Northern Premiership [5] before joining Arsenal Ladies' reserve side. She left Arsenal to join Blackburn Rovers Ladies in July 2009. [6] [7] Her first goal for Rovers came in their 4–2 Women's FA Cup first round win at home to Manchester City Ladies. [8]

International career

Walker was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's football squad for the World University Games in Belgrade in 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 beating France in the third-place play-off match. [2]

Personal life

Walker was a Sports and Exercise Science student at the University of Hertfordshire. [5] Following her retirement, she became a biology teacher at Derby Grammar School. [10]

Statistics

To 28 October 2009

ClubSeasonLeagueWFA CupPremier League CupCounty CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers Ladies [6] 2009–10 500011120074
Club Total500011120074

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