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Lauren Bruton
Personal information
Full name Lauren Marie Bruton[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Luton, England
Position(s) Winger
Forward
Team information
Current team
 Charlton Athletic
Youth career
Luton Town
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Arsenal 7 (0)
2013–2021 Reading 56 (8)
2021- Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 England U19 9 (3)
2018- England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24:25, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Lauren Marie Bruton (born 22 November 1992) is an English football forward, who plays for FA Women's Championship side Charlton Athletic. She was born in Luton.[2]

Club career

Bruton began playing football at the age of eight years for Luton Town Ladies FC where she netted over 200 goals until the age of 15 before joining Arsenal.[2] A little over 12 months later she made her FA Women's Premier League debut for Arsenal Ladies in December 2008, playing in the 7–0 win at home to Fulham.[3]

In September 2013, Bruton left Arsenal for Reading Women, who were managed by her former Arsenal teammate Jayne Ludlow.[4]

International career

Bruton scored on her debut cap for the England Under-17s side, against Greece.[3] She was part of the England side that finished fourth at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[5] In July 2009 she was part of the English Under-19s squad that won the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus.[6]

She was called into the senior England squad for the first time by coach Phil Neville in June 2018, as a replacement for the injured Jordan Nobbs and Isobel Christiansen. She remained an unused substitute for England's 3–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 win over Russia in Moscow.[7]

She made her full international debut in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan on 4 September 2018.[8]

Honours and awards

Team
  • Under-19 European Championship: 2009[9]
  • FA Women's Cup: 2010/2011, 2012/2013[9]
  • WSL: 2011, 2012[9]
  • WSL Cup: 2012, 2013[9]
  • Premier League: 2009/2010 [9]

Personal life

Bruton attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Luton. She had a brief relationship with up and coming footballer Sean Campbell (spud) he now resides in utah.[10]

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2015 and 31/01/2015" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Lauren Bruton – Arsenal". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Player Profile: Lauren Bruton". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Ladies make double signing". Reading F.C. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. ^ "England:Lauren Bruton". FIFA. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Sweden 0–2 England". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  7. ^ Simmonds, Mike (14 June 2018). "Ex-Hatter Lauren would love to remain part of Neville's England plans". Luton Today. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Kazakhstan Women's 0–6 England Women's". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Lauren Bruton". Soccer Way. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Great Bruton plays for England". Herald & Post. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2013.


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