Rachael Laws

Rachael Laws
Laws with Liverpool in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rachael Laws
Date of birth (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Newcastle, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2018 Sunderland 128 (0)
2013Liverpool (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2020 Reading 5 (0)
2020– Liverpool 69 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Rachael Laws (born 5 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool.

Early life

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Laws was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and studied at Gateshead College.[1][2]

Club career

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Laws first played for Liverpool during the 2013 FA WSL season. She played 9 games and helped her side win the title while battling for a place in the first team with Sarah Quantrill.[3] She then signed for Sunderland on 31 December 2013 going on to make 36 appearances in the WSL. Following Sunderland's denial for a place in the 2018–19 FA WSL she joined Reading.[4] She said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Reading is somewhere I want to personally be and thrive hopefully while I am here".[5] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Laws had left the club after her contract had expired.[6] On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Laws had joined recently relegated side Liverpool F.C. Women having previously been on loan to the club in 2013.[7]

International career

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Laws was called up by Mark Sampson in 2014 for England's World Cup qualification but was an unused substitute in a 10–0 away win against Montenegro.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 May 2024'[9]

Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to lack of historical statistics.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 2005–06 Women's Premier League 4 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
2006–07 Women's Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007–08 Women's Premier League North 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2008–09 Women's Premier League North 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2009–10 Women's Premier League 21 0 1 0 2 0 24 0
2010–11 Women's Premier League 17 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
2011–12 Women's Premier League 12 0 1 0 4 0 17 0
2012–13 Women's Premier League 16 0 0 0 6 0 22 0
2014 Women's Super League 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0
2015 Women's Super League 8 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
2016 Women's Super League 13 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
2017–18 Women's Super League 15 0 0 0 5 0 20 0
Total 128 0 6 0 29 0 163 0
Liverpool (on loan) 2013 Women's Super League 9 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Reading 2018–19 Women's Super League 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
2019–20 Women's Super League 5 0 1 0 5 0 11 0
Total 5 0 1 0 7 0 13 0
Liverpool 2020–21 Women's Championship 18 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
2021–22 Women's Championship 19 0 1 0 1 0 21 0
2022–23 Women's Super League 17 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
2023–24 Women's Super League 15 0 2 0 2 0 19 0
Total 69 0 5 0 3 0 77 0
Career total 211 0 12 0 40 0 263 0

Honours

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Winner (1): 2013
Winner (2): 2014, 2021-22
Winner (1): 2008-09
Winner (1): 2011-12
Runner-Up (1): 2008-09

References

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  1. ^ "Rachael Laws". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Football Academy". Gateshead College. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Rachael Laws at Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Sunderland Ladies demoted two divisions after losing FA appeal". Sunderland Echo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Reading Women sign goalkeeper Rachael Laws, while Remi Allen signs new deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  6. ^ "🙏 Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Liverpool FC Women complete Rachael Laws signing". www.liverpoolfc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "England Women thrash Montenegro 10–0 in qualifier". BBC Sport. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. ^ "England - R. Laws - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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