![]() Loyd-Smith playing for Southampton in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 March 2003 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Position(s) | Forward, winger [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Arsenal | |||
Chelsea | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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, correct as of 14:46, 5 May 2025 (UTC) [2] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders. [14]