![]() Layzell with Bristol City in 2022. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 February 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bristol City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2024 | Bristol City | 60 | (0) |
2024– | Manchester City | 2 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U15 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | England U23 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023 |
Naomi Layzell (born 29 February 2004) [1] is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Women's Super League club Manchester City, [2] and the England under-23s. [3]
Layzell made her first team debut for Bristol City in the FA Women's League Cup in a 4–0 win over London Bees on 7 October 2020, [4] and made her first appearance in the Women's Super League against Manchester City on 7 November 2020. [5]
On 19 August 2024, Layzell signed for Manchester City on a four-year deal. [2] She scored her first goal at club level during a 2–0 UEFA Women's Champions League win against Barcelona on 9 October 2024. [6]
Layzell has been featured throughout at all youth levels of the England national team set-up. [7] During a training camp attended by the England under-23 and senior squads in February 2024, Layzell was one of the members of the under-23 team who trained with the senior squad. [8] [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Championship | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Championship | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 80 | 0 | |||
Manchester City | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Career Total | 62 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 1 |
Bristol City
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Bristol City Women's Football Club is a women's association football team from the city of Bristol. Formed in 1998 as Bristol Rovers W.F.C., they were renamed Bristol Academy W.F.C. in 2005 following the withdraw of support from Bristol Rovers and increased involvement and academy development from Bristol Academy of Sport, part of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. A second change of name, this time to Bristol City was approved by the FA Women's Football Board in time for the 2016 WSL season. With their home games relocating from SGS College's Stoke Gifford Stadium to the Robins High Performance Centre and now Ashton Gate Stadium. Bristol City Women won promotion to the FA Women's Super League (WSL), the highest level of the women's game in England in 2016 and stayed there for five seasons before being relegated to the FA Women's Championship in 2021.
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