_(cropped).jpg) Coombs with Liverpool in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Laura Coombs[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlton Athletic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arsenal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Arsenal | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Los Angeles Strikers (loan) | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Chelsea | 52 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Barnet (loan) | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Los Angeles Strikers (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Liverpool (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Liverpool | 45 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Manchester City | 73 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | England U19 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | England U23 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | England | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 5 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:17, 1 August 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura Coombs[2] (born 29 January 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England national team.
A hard-working defensive midfielder, Coombs is described by former teammate Gilly Flaherty as "a real grafter and she'll put in the work that some people don't want to do."[3] She made her senior career debut for Arsenal in 2007. She went on to play for Chelsea and Liverpool before joining Manchester City in 2019.
Coombs made her debut for the senior England women's national football team in October 2015.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: England (ENG)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: England (ENG)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Flaherty, Gilly (2 April 2015). "Chelsea Ladies One by One". Chelsea L.F.C. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.