Rachael Laws

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Rachael Laws
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Laws with Liverpool in 2024
Personal information
Full name Rachael Laws
Date of birth (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Newcastle, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2018 Sunderland 128 (0)
2013 → Liverpool (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2020 Reading 5 (0)
2020– Liverpool 76 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Rachael Laws (born 5 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool.

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Early life

Laws was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and studied at Gateshead College. [1] [2]

Club career

Laws first played for Liverpool during the 2013 FA WSL season. She played 9 games and helped her side win the title while battling for a place in the first team with Sarah Quantrill. [3] She then signed for Sunderland on 31 December 2013 going on to make 36 appearances in the WSL. Following Sunderland's denial for a place in the 2018–19 FA WSL she joined Reading. [4] She said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Reading is somewhere I want to personally be and thrive hopefully while I am here". [5] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Laws had left the club after her contract had expired. [6] On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Laws had joined recently relegated side Liverpool F.C. Women having previously been on loan to the club in 2013. [7]

International career

Laws was called up by Mark Sampson in 2014 for England's World Cup qualification but was an unused substitute in a 10–0 away win against Montenegro. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025' [9]

Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to lack of historical statistics.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2005–06 Women's Premier League 40003070
2006–07 Women's Premier League60000060
2007–08 Women's Premier League North 70001080
2008–09 Women's Premier League North900020110
2009–10 Women's Premier League2101020240
2010–11 Women's Premier League1700020190
2011–12 Women's Premier League1201040170
2012–13 Women's Premier League1600060220
2014 Women's Super League 2 00103040
2015 Women's Super League 801010100
2016 Women's Super League1302000150
2017–18 Women's Super League1500050200
Total1280602901630
Liverpool (on loan) 2013 Women's Super League900010100
Reading 2018–19 Women's Super League00002020
2019–20 Women's Super League501050110
Total501070130
Liverpool 2020–21 Women's Championship 1801000190
2021–22 Women's Championship1901010210
2022–23 Women's Super League1701000180
2023–24 Women's Super League1502020190
2024–25 Women's Super League70101090
Total7606040860
Career total21801304102720

Honours

Laws (left) with Liverpool celebrating their WSL title win in 2013 Liverpool L.F.C. IMG 6456.jpg
Laws (left) with Liverpool celebrating their WSL title win in 2013
Winner (1): 2013
Winner (2): 2014, 2021-22
Winner (1): 2008-09
Winner (1): 2011-12
Runner-Up (1): 2008-09

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References

  1. ↑ "Rachael Laws". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Women's Football Academy". Gateshead College. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rachael Laws at Soccerway". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Sunderland Ladies demoted two divisions after losing FA appeal". Sunderland Echo. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Reading Women sign goalkeeper Rachael Laws, while Remi Allen signs new deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "🙏 Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool FC Women complete Rachael Laws signing". www.liverpoolfc.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "England Women thrash Montenegro 10–0 in qualifier". BBC Sport. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "England - R. Laws - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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