Lexi Lloyd-Smith

Lexi Lloyd-Smith

Loyd-Smith playing for Southampton in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	England
Position(s)	Forward, winger[1]
Team information
Current team	Bristol City
Number	10
Youth career
	Arsenal
	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Chelsea	0	(0)
2020–2021	Charlton Athletic	0	(0)
2022–2024	Southampton	33	(2)
2024–	Bristol City	9	(6)
International career‡
	England U15
2019	England U17	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[2] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Lexi Lloyd-Smith (born 5 March 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Bristol City. She previously played for Southampton, Charlton Athletic, college soccer side South Alabama Jaguars, and has represented England at youth level.

Lloyd-Smith began her football career with the Arsenal Academy,^[3] playing four seasons with the youth set up,^[4] prior to a move to Chelsea, where she played two seasons in the WSL Academy.^[3]

On 28 January 2021, she signed for Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic,^[5] prior to playing college soccer for NCAA Division I side South Alabama Jaguars,^[3] scoring 3 goals in 13 appearances.^[4]

On 21 July 2022, Lloyd-Smith signed for Southampton.^[6] On 22 September, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goals in a 2–1 away victory over Crystal Palace.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9][10][11]

She ended her two seasons with Southampton having scored five goals in 47 appearances across all competitions,^[12] during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.^[13]

On 4 June 2024 it was announced that Lloyd-Smith would be leaving Southampton,^[12] and a month later, she signed for Bristol City from Southampton on a two-year free transfer deal.^[13][1]

On 8 September, she scored her debut goal for City against her former club Southampton in a 1–1 draw.^[14][15] 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,^[16] that were both subsequently won by Maria Farrugia of Sheffield United.^[17]

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.^[18]

Lloyd-Smith has represented England at under-15 and under-17 youth level.^[4] In October 2019, she featured in 2020 Under-17 Championship qualification for England, playing in winning matches against Croatia,^[19] Bosnia and Herzegovina,^[20] and Belgium.^[21]

In September 2022, Lloyd-Smith stated that her main goal was to return to the England youth set up.^[7]

She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders.^[13]

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