Lauren Walker | |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1989 |
Birth Place: | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Youthclubs2: | Stoke City Ladies |
Years3: | 2006–2009 |
Years4: | 2009–2010 |
Clubs4: | Blackburn Rovers Ladies |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 14:31, 17 February 2019 (UTC) |
Lauren Walker (born 12 March 1989) is an English footballer who usually plays at either left-back or left midfield. She previously represented Blackburn Rovers Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League National Division. She hails from Birches Head, Staffordshire.
Walker played as a junior for Port Vale Girls[2] and Stoke City Girls[3] and as a senior for Wolves Women in the Northern Premiership before joining Arsenal Ladies' reserve side. She left Arsenal to join Blackburn Rovers Ladies in July 2009.[4] [5] Her first goal for Rovers came in their 4–2 Women's FA Cup first round win at home to Manchester City Ladies.[6]
Walker was selected as a member of the Great Britain women's football squad for the World University Games in Belgrade in 2009.[7] She played in each of the side's previous three games, but was an unused substitute as Britain lost on penalties to Japan in the semi-final.[2] The side eventually won the Bronze Medal after beating France in the third-place play-off match.[8]
Walker was a Sports and Exercise Science student at the University of Hertfordshire.[9] Following her retirement, she became a biology teacher at Derby Grammar School.[10]
To 28 October 2009