Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melissa Elizabeth Lawley | ||
Date of birth | 28 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Kidderminster, England [1] | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Aston Villa [2] [3] | |||
Arsenal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
2012 | Bristol Academy | 12 | (1) |
2013–2016 | Birmingham City | 54 | (6) |
2016–2019 | Manchester City | 22 | (1) |
2019– | Liverpool | 74 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | England U17 | 5 | (1) |
2011–2013 | England U19 | 15 | (4) |
2014 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2017 | England U23 | 14 | (3) |
2017–2019 | England | 12 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:12, 20 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:12, 20 December 2023 (UTC) |
Melissa Lawley (born 28 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Liverpool.
She has previously played for Bristol Academy, Birmingham City and Manchester City. [4] Lawley has represented England at the under-17, under-19, under-20, under-23 and senior levels. [5]
Lawley made her senior debut for Arsenal in their 6–0 Champions League win against FK Bobruichanka on 5 October 2011. [6] Lawley signed for Birmingham City in 2013 from Bristol Academy. In January 2016, Lawley signed a new contract with Birmingham. [7] In December 2016, she signed for Manchester City. [1]
On 15 June 2019, Liverpool announced they had signed Lawley ahead of the 2019–20 season. [8]
In the 2023–24 home game against Tottenham Hotspur, Lawley provided the assist for Marie Höbinger, equalizing 1–1 in the 91st minute. [9]
Lawley was allotted 199 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international. [10] [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League cup | Continental [a] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Arsenal | 2011 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol Academy | 2012 | Women's Super League | 12 | 1 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
Birmingham City | 2013 | Women's Super League | 13 | 4 | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 4 | |
2014 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2 | |
2015 | Women's Super League | 14 | 1 | ? | ? | 6 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
2016 | Women's Super League | 15 | 1 | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
Total | 66 | 7 | ? | ? | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 94 | 11 | ||
Manchester City | 2017 | Women's Super League | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
2017–18 | Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |
2018–19 | Women's Super League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 51 | 3 | ||
Liverpool | 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Championship | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | Championship | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
Total | 74 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | — | 95 | 8 | |||
Career total | 162 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 241 | 22 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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England | 2017 | 3 | 1 |
2018 | 8 | 0 | |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 28 November 2017 | Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester, England | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification | [14] |
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