| Poppy Pritchard | |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 2005[1] |
| Position: | Centre-forward[2] |
| Currentclub: | Manchester City |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Youthclubs1: | Durham |
| Years1: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Durham |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Clubs2: | Manchester City |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam1: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 12 |
| Club-Update: | 18 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20 July 2024 |
Poppy Pritchard (born 3 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England under-19 team.
An academy product of Women's Championship club Durham,[3] Pritchard started her senior career at Durham, making a total of 22 appearances and scoring twice.[4] She made 4 appearances in the 2022–23 Championship season, followed by another 13 in the 2023–24 season.
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.[5] In the 2022–23 season, she scored at total of 18 goals and provided 3 assists for Durham U21 team.
On 31 January 2024, Pritchard signed for Manchester City on a three-and-a-half-year deal,[6] after interest from several WSL clubs including Tottenham Hotspur.[7]
On 20 September 2023,[8] Pritchard scored within 15 minutes of her youth international debut with England under-19s, in a 5–0 win over Denmark,[9] [10] followed by a brace against Germany in a 3–3 draw six days later.[11] For 2024 Under-19 Championship qualification on 25 October 2023, she scored the fifth goal against Wales in a 6–1 victory,[12] and provided two assists.[13] On 1 December 2023, as the number 9 striker,[14] she scored two goals in the 5–1 win over Sweden.[15]
In April 2024, during Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Pritchard scored the opening goal against Switzerland in a 2–0 victory,[16] followed by a brace against Italy in a 4–1 win,[17] helping the team to qualify for the final tournament in Lithuania.[18] With 9 goals in 9 appearances for the under-19s, BBC Sport described Pritchard as a player to "look out for" in the tournament.[19] In July, Pritchard scored a hat-trick in England's opening group stage match of the tournament in a 10–0 victory over Lithuania,[20] followed by scoring the winning goal against France to win the group.[21]
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| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2022–23 | Women's Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21! | 2 | ||||
| Manchester City | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21! | 2 | ||||