Claudia Walker

Claudia Walker is an English football Forward who plays for Birmingham City and has also represented England at multiple youth levels.[1]

Claudia Walker
Walker with the FA WSL 2 Spring Series trophy
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 20
Youth career
Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Liverpool 6 (0)
2015–2019 Everton 54 (17)
2019 → Birmingham City (loan) 7 (0)
2019– Birmingham City 5 (0)
National team
2012–2013 England Under-17 5 (0)
2014–2015 England Under-19 9 (1)
2016– England Under-23 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 3 June 2019

Career

Youth

Walker spent her youth career with Stoke City eventually making a debut for the first team in 2013.[2][3]

Club

Liverpool FC.

By the 2014 season, Walker had joined Liverpool. Walker featured for the 2014 Championship team making 6 first team appearance but finishing the season without a goal.[4]

Everton FC

In February 2015, Walker signed for the recently relegated Merseyside rivals, Everton of the WSL 2.[5]

Walker would become a regular for the Blues and played forward as striker, helping Everton with the Spring Series with seven goals in nine appearances.[1] The Blues were promoted to WSL 1 for the 2017-18 season and signed Walker to a 2-year full-time professional contract.[6] In December 2017, Walker suffered a hamstring injury and would miss the remainder for the 2017-18 season.[7]

Birmingham FC

In January 2019, Walker went on loan to Birmingham City. After featuring 17 times and scoring once she was offered a two-year contract by the club. She made the permanent switch from Everton in June 2019, signing a two year contract.[8][9]

International

Walker captained the England U-19s during the first game of the 2014 UEFA Championship, scoring the only goal for England in the tournament.[4]

Walker also competed with the England Under-23 during the 2017 Nordic Tournament. Walker scored two goals in the opening match against Sweden and England would go on to win the tournament.[10]

References
  1. "Claudia Walker | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  2. "Award-Winner Claudia Walker Hopes to Fire Everton to SSE Women's FA Cup Glory". www.thefa.com. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Stoke City Profile". www.stokecityladies.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. Heather Carroll (27 October 2014). "Liverpool Ladies Player-by-Player Season Review". www.thisisanfield.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. Bruce Archer (23 February 2015). "Everton complete shock capture of young Liverpool midfielder". Express. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. "Claudia Walker profile". loverevertonforum.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. "Walker Facing Spell Out After Surgery". www.evertonfc.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Birmingham City: Everton's Claudia Walker completes Women's Super League switch". BBC. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  9. "CLAUDIA WALKER SIGNS PERMANENT CONTRACT". Birmingham City. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. "Nordic Tournament Four Nations U-23 Tournament 2017". www.womenssoccerunited.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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