![]() Sophie Barker with Leicester City in April 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sophie Louise Floella Barker [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Lincoln, England | ||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Portsmouth | ||
Youth career | |||
Lincoln City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Notts County Ladies F.C. | 23 | (0) |
2010–2012 | → Rotherham United (loan) | ||
2014 | → Nettleham (loan) | ||
2014 | Sheffield FC | ||
2015–2018 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 33 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Sheffield United | 20 | (1) |
2020–2023 | Leicester City | 32 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Sheffield United | 22 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:24, 3 May 2022 (UTC) |
Sophie Louise Floella Barker (born 25 December 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Portsmouth. [2] She previously played for Lincoln Ladies, [3] [4] Sheffield and Doncaster Rovers Belles. [5] [6] [7]
Barker scored "a fine strike" in Lincoln's 5–1 FA Women's Cup semi-final defeat by Arsenal before a record 3,000 crowd at Sincil Bank in March 2008. [8] In the 2016 FA WSL season midfielder Barker was re-purposed as a full-back. Despite Doncaster's relegation, she adapted to the new role successfully, being awarded a new contract and named Manager's Player of the Season. [9]
On 22 August, ahead of the 2020–21 FA Women's Championship season, Leicester City announced the signing of Barker, among a host of others, as the club embarked on their journey as a fully professional club.
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