![]() Gunning-Williams in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 February 2005 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 21 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | England U23 | 5 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:28, 10 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:10, 3 April 2025 (UTC) |
Lenna Gunning-Williams (born 5 February 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England under-23s.
Gunning-Williams grew up in Enfield, London. [1]
Gunning-Williams joined the Tottenham Hotspur academy aged 16. She scored 38 goals in 39 games for the under-21 academy side. [2]
Gunning-Williams made her senior debut for Tottenham on 27 November 2022 in a League Cup match, coming off the bench to score the final goal in a 5–1 win over Coventry United. [3]
On 1 September 2023, she signed for National League South side Ipswich Town on loan for the 2023-24 season. [2] Gunning-Williams scored her first senior hat-trick for Ipswich against Sutton Coldfield Town in the 2023–24 FA Cup on 27 November 2023. [4] [5] She finished the season as the clubs second highest scorer with 14 goals across all competitions. [6]
In October 2024, Gunning-Williams was named in the England national under-23 team for European League matches against Netherlands and Portugal. [7] On 29 October, as an 87th minute substitute, she made her youth international debut in a 1–0 win over Portugal. [8]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
Ipswich Town (loan) | 2023–24 | National League South | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 |
Career total | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 15 |