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 21)
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 9 (6)
International career‡
England U15
2019 England U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 17 November 2024 (UTC) [2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

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

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Early career

Lloyd-Smith began her football career with the Arsenal Academy, [3] playing four seasons with the youth set up, [4] prior to a move to Chelsea, where she played two seasons in the WSL Academy. [3]

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

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. [6] On 22 September, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goals in a 2–1 away victory over Crystal Palace. [7]

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. [8]

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. [9] [10] [11]

She ended her two seasons with Southampton having scored five goals in 47 appearances across all competitions, [12] during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. [13]

Bristol City

On 4 June 2024 it was announced that Lloyd-Smith would be leaving Southampton, [12] and a month later, she signed for Bristol City from Southampton on a two-year free transfer deal. [13] [1]

On 8 September, she scored her debut goal for City against her former club Southampton in a 1–1 draw. [14] [15] 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, [16] that were both subsequently won by Maria Farrugia of Sheffield United. [17]

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. [18]

International career

Lloyd-Smith has represented England at under-15 and under-17 youth level. [4] In October 2019, she featured in 2020 Under-17 Championship qualification for England, playing in winning matches against Croatia, [19] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [20] and Belgium. [21]

In September 2022, Lloyd-Smith stated that her main goal was to return to the England youth set up. [7]

Style of play

She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders. [13]

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