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Lexi Lloyd-Smith
English footballer (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lexi Lloyd-Smith (born 5 March 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Bristol City and the England under-23s. She previously played for Southampton, Charlton Athletic, and college soccer side South Alabama Jaguars.
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Early career
Lloyd-Smith began her football career with the Arsenal Academy,[4] playing four seasons with the youth set up,[5] prior to a move to Chelsea, where she played two seasons in the WSL Academy.[4]
On 28 January 2021, she signed for Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic,[6] prior to playing college soccer for NCAA Division I side South Alabama Jaguars,[4] scoring 3 goals in 13 appearances.[5]
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Club career
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On 21 July 2022, Lloyd-Smith signed for Southampton.[7] On 22 September, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goals in a 2–1 away victory over Crystal Palace.[8]
On 23 November 2023, she played against Arsenal in the 2023–24 League Cup group stage, in front of a recording breaking attendance for the Saints. After the 2–1 defeat, she swapped shirts with Vivianne Miedema, her icon, who posted on Twitter with her shirt after the game.[9]
In the fifth round of the 2023–24 FA Cup, where the Saints were defeated 3–1 by Manchester United, Lloyd-Smith scored the equalising goal as a second-half substitute.[10][11][12]
She ended her two seasons with Southampton having scored five goals in 47 appearances across all competitions,[13] during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.[14]
Bristol City
On 4 June 2024 it was announced that Lloyd-Smith would be leaving Southampton,[13] and a month later, she signed for Bristol City from Southampton on a two-year free transfer deal.[14][1]
On 8 September, she scored her debut goal for City against her former club Southampton in a 1–1 draw.[15][16] For October, having scored four goals during that month, Lloyd-Smith was nominated for the Women's Championship Player of the Month and Goal of the Month awards,[17] that were both subsequently won by Maria Farrugia of Sheffield United.[18]
After her first nine Championship appearances in the 2024–25 season she scored six goals, becoming the joint second highest scorer in November, behind Isobel Goodwin of London City Lionesses.[19]
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International career
Lloyd-Smith has represented England at under-15, under-17 and under-23 youth level.[5]
In October 2019, she featured in 2020 Under-17 Championship qualification for England, playing in winning matches against Croatia,[20] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[21] and Belgium.[22]
In September 2022, Lloyd-Smith stated that her main goal was to return to the England youth set up.[8]
In February 2025, she was called up to the under-23 squad,[23] making her debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Germany.[24]
Style of play
She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders.[14]
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