Ava Baker
Personal information
Full name Ava Baker
Date of birth (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 32
Youth career
–2022 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Leicester City 14 (1)
International career‡
2022– England U17 13 (11)
2023– England U19 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:34, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Ava Baker (born 9 January 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leicester City in the FA Women's Super League. She has been capped internationally for England up to under-19 level.

Club career

Baker is a product of the Leicester City academy and on 12 January 2022 she made her senior debut as a starter against Manchester City in the FA Women's League Cup just three days after turning sixteen. She made her Women's FA Cup debut later that month, coming on as a substitute during a win against Tottenham Hotspur, before making her FA Women's Super League debut against Reading on 1 May 2022.

She also holds the record as the Foxes' youngest ever goalscorer, when she scored in Leicester's 5-0 League Cup victory against Sunderland on 11 January 2023, two days after her 17th birthday.[1] On 27 May 2023, she scored her first WSL goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion, which saved the club from relegation.[2][3]

International career

Baker has been capped by England at up to under-19 level, making her debut for the England under-17s against France under-17s on 24 March 2022, before a first goal against Poland under-17s.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ava Baker". Leicester City Football Club. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION VS. LEICESTER CITY 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Simi, Iluyomade (29 September 2023). "12 WSL Ballers Ready to Rise in 2023/24". Versus. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "ENGLAND U17 VS. FRANCE U17 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "POLAND U17 VS. ENGLAND U17 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.


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