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Laura Coombs
English footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Laura Coombs Hills.
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.
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Full name | Laura Coombs[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 72 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | England U19 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | England U23 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | England | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:30, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:17, 1 August 2023 (UTC) |
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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.