Poppy Pritchard

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Poppy Pritchard
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19) [1]
Position(s) Centre-forward [2]
Team information
Current team
Crystal Palace (on loan from Manchester City)
Number 12
Youth career
Durham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Durham 17 (2)
2024– Manchester City 0 (0)
2024–Crystal Palace (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2023– England U19 13 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2024 [3]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024 [4]

Poppy Pritchard (born 3 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace on loan from Manchester City. Pritchard also plays for the England under-19 team.

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Club career

An academy product of Women's Championship club Durham, [5] Pritchard started her senior career at Durham, making a total of 22 appearances and scoring twice. [6] She made 4 appearances in the 2022–23 Championship season, followed by another 13 in the 2023–24 season. [3]

On 22 November 2022, Pritchard scored a hat trick for Durham under-21 team against Manchester United, becoming the first team to win against United's U21 side with a 3–2 result. [7] In the 2022–23 season, she scored at total of 18 goals and provided 3 assists for Durham U21 team. [5]

On 31 January 2024, Pritchard signed for Manchester City on a three-and-a-half-year deal, [8] after interest from several WSL clubs including Tottenham Hotspur. [9]

On 13 September 2024, Pritchard joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2024–25 season. [10]

International career

On 20 September 2023, [11] Pritchard scored within 15 minutes of her youth international debut with England under-19s, in a 5–0 win over Denmark, [12] [13] followed by a brace against Germany in a 3–3 draw six days later. [14] For 2024 Under-19 Championship qualification on 25 October 2023, she scored the fifth goal against Wales in a 6–1 victory, [15] and provided two assists. [16] On 1 December 2023, as the number 9 striker, [17] she scored two goals in the 5–1 win over Sweden. [18]

In April 2024, during Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Pritchard scored the opening goal against Switzerland in a 2–0 victory, [19] followed by a brace against Italy in a 4–1 win, [20] helping the team to qualify for the final tournament in Lithuania. [21] With 9 goals in 9 appearances for the under-19s, BBC Sport described Pritchard as a player to "look out for" in the tournament. [22] In July, Pritchard scored a hat-trick in England's opening group stage match of the tournament in a 10–0 victory over Lithuania, [23] followed by scoring the winning goal against France to win the group. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 May 2024. [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA Cup [a] League Cup [b] Continental [c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Durham 2022–23 Women's Championship 40000040
2023–24 1321030172
Total1721030212
Manchester City 2023–24 Women's Super League 00000000
Career total1721030212

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