Personal information | |||
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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 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]
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]
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]
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]
To 28 October 2009
Club | Season | League | WFA Cup | Premier League Cup | County Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
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