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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucy Roberts | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Crewe, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | OB Q | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Stoke City | ||
2013–2017 | Liverpool | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | South Florida Bulls | 58 [1] | (6) |
2023 | Louisville Cardinals | 17 | (2) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Liverpool | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2023 | North Carolina Courage U23 | ||
2024– | OB Q | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | England U17 | 11 | (0) |
2019 | England U19 | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:51, 12 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2019 |
Lucy Roberts (born 11 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Danish Women's League club OB Q.
She has previously played for Liverpool, Huddersfield Town on loan from Manchester United, the South Florida Bulls, and the Louisville Cardinals. She has represented England at the under-17 and under-19 level.
Roberts joined Liverpool from Stoke City when she was 12 years old and progressed through the club's Centre of Excellence and Development squads, making her professional debut in an FA Cup game against Watford on 4 February 2018. In doing so she became Liverpool's youngest full debutant of the FA WSL era at the age of 16 years 269 days. [2]
On 1 July 2018, Roberts joined the newly formed Manchester United to compete in their inaugural season. [3] She spent the season with the academy side, reaching the final of the FA WSL Academy Cup, and in the National League with Huddersfield Town, appearing six times and scoring two goals. [4] She was released at the end of the season having not made a senior appearance for United. [5]
On 17 July 2019, Roberts enrolled at the University of South Florida in the United States, to play in their women's soccer team. [6] As a rookie Roberts was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI freshman team and went on to make 17 appearances in her debut season, missing time due to national team obligations. At the end of the campaign she was one of only two unanimous selections to the All-AAC Rookie XI. [7] [8]
In December 2022, Roberts transferred to the University of Louisville to play the 2023 season with the Louisville Cardinals. [9]
In August 2024, Roberts joined newly-promoted Danish Women's League side Odense Boldklub Q. [10]
After helping the team to qualify, Roberts travelled to Lithuania in May 2018 as part of the England under-17 squad to compete in the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship as the team reached the semi-finals. [11] [12] On 30 September 2019, Roberts was selected in the England under-19 squad that began the 2020 UEFA Under-19 Championship qualification. [13] Three days later, Roberts scored her first goal in an 8–0 win against Cyprus. [14]
Roberts is the great-great-granddaughter of Manchester United and England defender Charlie Roberts, who played for the club from 1904 to 1913 and became the first captain to lead United out at Old Trafford in 1910. [15]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup [a] | League Cup [b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 2017–18 | WSL 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Manchester United | 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Huddersfield Town (loan) | 2018–19 [4] | Northern Premier | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Career total | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
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