English footballer (born 2006)
Sophia Isabella Poor (born 25 June 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses on loan from Women's Super League club Aston Villa .
Youth career
Poor graduated from the Leicester City 's WSL Academy at age 16 in July 2022.[ 3]
During her youth career with Leicester City, she played 6 matches for the Girls' Regional Talent Club,[ 4] [ 1]
Club career
In July 2022, Poor joined National League North club Loughborough Lightning on dual registration loan for the 2022–23 season ,[ 3] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Having signed for Aston Villa in 2023,[ 8] Anna Leat , who had been sent off after 4 minutes.[ 9] [ 10] Sky Sports , "struggled throughout the second half with an apparent leg injury".[ 11] West Ham United , following the suspension of Leat,[ 12] WSL Player of the Month for April.[ 13]
On 27 January 2025, Poor joined Women's Championship club London City Lionesses on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season .[ 14]
International career
In September 2022, Poor was named in the England under-17 squad for 2023 U17 Championship qualification ,[ 15] Ukraine ,[ 16] Denmark .[ 17] Belgium in a 4–0 win,[ 18] Denmark .[ 19]
In the final tournament in May 2023, Poor featured in group stage victories over Poland and Sweden ,[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] Spain in the final minutes of the game.[ 23]
On 16 October 2024, Poor was called up to the England under-19 team for Algarve Cup matches against Netherlands and Norway .[ 24]
References
^ a b "Leicester City Women FC WSL Academy | Professional Game Academy League" . The FA . Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ Sophia Poor at Soccerway^ a b "LCFC Women WSL Academy Graduates Join First Team Environment" . Leicester City FC Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Leicester City Girls' Regional Talent Cl | FA Girls' England Talent Pathway League" . The FA . Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Lightning Football agree season long loan with Leicester City Academy Graduates" . Loughborough University Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Loughborough Lightning | The FA Women's National League" . The FA Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Aston Villa boss Carla Ward seeking emergency loan for goalkeeper" . BBC Sport Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Sophia Poor | Fantasy WSL - Fantasy football for the FA Women's Super League" . Fantasy WSL . Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ Wrack, Suzanne (17 April 2024). "Hamano and Buchanan power Chelsea past Aston Villa to go top of WSL" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ Millington, Adam (16 April 2024). "Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa: Blues bounce back from cup exits" . BBC Sport Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ Long, Don (18 April 2024). "Chelsea Women 3-0 Aston Villa Women: Maika Hamano scores first Blues goal as Emma Hayes' side return top of WSL" . Sky Sports Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ "Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham" . Aston Villa FC Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Poor nominated for WSL Player of the Month award" . Aston Villa FC . Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Sophia Poor arrives at Hayes Lane" . London City Lionesses Football Club . 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ Davies, Callum (30 September 2022). "England WU23s, WU19s and WU17s squads named for October internationals" . England Football . Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ Veevers, Nicholas (7 October 2022). "Report: England WU17s 11-0 Ukraine" . England Football . Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ Veevers, Nicholas (13 October 2022). "Report: England WU17s 3-1 Denmark" . England Football . Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ "England-Belgium | Women's Under-17 2023" . UEFA Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Norway-England | Women's Under-17 2023" . UEFA Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "England-Poland | Women's Under-17 2023" . UEFA Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ "Sweden-England | Women's Under-17 2023" . UEFA Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 .^ Frith, Wilf (17 May 2023). "England Women U-17s through to European semi-finals" . She Kicks . Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ Frith, Wilf (23 May 2023). "England lose out late on in UEFA Women's U-17 semis" . She Kicks Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024 . ^ McHugh, Beth (17 October 2024). "England WU19s squad named for Algarve Cup trip" . England Football . Retrieved 17 October 2024 .
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