Lexi Lloyd-Smith

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Lexi Lloyd-Smith
Lexi Loyd-Smith Lewes FC Women 1 Southampton Women 4 27 08 2023-262 (53146430696) (cropped).jpg
Loyd-Smith playing for Southampton in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth England
Position(s) Forward, winger [1]
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 10
Youth career
Arsenal
Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Chelsea 0 (0)
2020–2021 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2022–2024 Southampton 33 (2)
2024– Bristol City 19 (10)
International career‡
England U15
2019 England U17 3 (0)
2025– England U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:46, 5 May 2025 (UTC) [2]
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:32, 25 February 2025 (UTC) [3]

Lexi Lloyd-Smith (born 5 March 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Bristol City and the England under-23s. She previously played for Southampton, Charlton Athletic, and college soccer side South Alabama Jaguars.

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Early career

Lloyd-Smith began her football career with the Arsenal Academy, [4] playing four seasons with the youth set up, [5] prior to a move to Chelsea, where she played two seasons in the WSL Academy. [4]

On 28 January 2021, she signed for Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic, [6] prior to playing college soccer for NCAA Division I side South Alabama Jaguars, [4] scoring 3 goals in 13 appearances. [5]

Club career

Southampton

Lloyd-Smith playing for Southampton against Lewes in 2023. Lewes FC Women 1 Southampton Women 4 27 08 2023-256 (53145848642).jpg
Lloyd-Smith playing for Southampton against Lewes in 2023.

On 21 July 2022, Lloyd-Smith signed for Southampton. [7] On 22 September, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goals in a 2–1 away victory over Crystal Palace. [8]

On 23 November 2023, she played against Arsenal in the 2023–24 League Cup group stage, in front of a recording breaking attendance for the Saints. After the 2–1 defeat, she swapped shirts with Vivianne Miedema, her icon, who posted on Twitter with her shirt after the game. [9]

In the fifth round of the 2023–24 FA Cup, where the Saints were defeated 3–1 by Manchester United, Lloyd-Smith scored the equalising goal as a second-half substitute. [10] [11] [12]

She ended her two seasons with Southampton having scored five goals in 47 appearances across all competitions, [13] during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. [14]

Bristol City

On 4 June 2024 it was announced that Lloyd-Smith would be leaving Southampton, [13] and a month later, she signed for Bristol City from Southampton on a two-year free transfer deal. [14] [1]

On 8 September, she scored her debut goal for City against her former club Southampton in a 1–1 draw. [15] [16] For October, having scored four goals during that month, Lloyd-Smith was nominated for the Women's Championship Player of the Month and Goal of the Month awards, [17] that were both subsequently won by Maria Farrugia of Sheffield United. [18]

After her first nine Championship appearances in the 2024–25 season she scored six goals, becoming the joint second highest scorer in November, behind Isobel Goodwin of London City Lionesses. [19]

International career

Lloyd-Smith has represented England at under-15, under-17 and under-23 youth level. [5]

In October 2019, she featured in 2020 Under-17 Championship qualification for England, playing in winning matches against Croatia, [20] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [21] and Belgium. [22]

In September 2022, Lloyd-Smith stated that her main goal was to return to the England youth set up. [8]

In February 2025, she was called up to the under-23 squad, [23] making her debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Germany. [24]

Style of play

She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 Frith, Wilf (8 July 2024). "Ex-Saints winger Lexi Lloyd-Smith signs for Bristol City Women". SheKicks . Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Lexi Lloyd-Smith at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Lexi Lloyd-Smith at Flashscore
  4. 1 2 3 Dougherty, Noah (8 July 2024). "Lloyd-Smith joins City". Bristol City FC . Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Southampton FC Women swoop for Lexi Lloyd-Smith". Southampton FC . 21 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Pentland, Daniel (28 January 2021). "Chelsea academy graduate becomes Charlton Athletic's fifth transfer window addition". WSL Full-Time. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Frith, Wilf (22 July 2022). "Southampton FC Women sign winger Lexi Lloyd-Smith". SheKicks . Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 Hargraves, Daniel (20 September 2022). "Lexi Lloyd-Smith targets England return after Saints impact at Crystal Palace". Hampshire Live . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Gokhale, Aditya (24 November 2023). "WATCH: The Vivianne Miedema effect! Southampton's Lexi Lloyd-Smith can't hide excitement after swapping shirts with hero and Arsenal icon issues classy response". Goal.com . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Rees-Julian, George (11 February 2024). "Williams brace helps Manchester United knock Saints out of Women's FA Cup". Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Wallace, Tom (13 February 2024). "'We've come a long way' - Lloyd-Smith proud of Saints performance against Man United". Southern Daily Echo . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. ↑ Smith, Emma; Matthews, Callum; Salley, Emily (11 February 2024). "Women's FA Cup recap: Wins for Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd, Brighton, Everton & Liverpool". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  13. 1 2 House, Alfie (6 June 2024). "Rafferty exits as Saints Women's retained list announced". Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  14. 1 2 3 Pentland, Daniel (8 July 2024). "Former Southampton winger Lloyd-Smith joins Bristol City". WSL Full-Time. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Rees-Julian, George (8 September 2024). "Lloyd-Smith returns to deny Saints Women opening day win over Bristol City". Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  16. ↑ Morgan, Ryan (8 September 2024). "Report: Southampton 1-1 Bristol City". Bristol City FC . Archived from the original on 9 September 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  17. ↑ Morgan, Ryan (5 November 2024). "Lloyd-Smith nominated for Player of the Month". Bristol City FC . Archived from the original on 5 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  18. ↑ Cookson, Charlotte (12 November 2024). "Barclays Women's Championship October Player and Goal of the Month winners announced". Womens Leagues and Competitions. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  19. ↑ "Women's Championship Top Scorers". BBC Sport . Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "England-Croatia | Women's Under-17 2020". UEFA . 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "England-Bosnia and Herzegovina | Women's Under-17 2020". UEFA . 24 October 2024. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "Belgium-England | Women's Under-17 2020". UEFA . 27 October 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  23. ↑ McHugh, Beth (12 February 2025). "England WU23s squad named for first camp of 2025". England Football. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Gibson, Thomas (20 February 2025). "Report: England WU23s 2-3 Germany | England Football Learning". England Football. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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