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English footballer (born 2005)

Poppy Pritchard
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-12-03) 3 December 2005 (age 19)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team Manchester City
Number 17
Youth career
Durham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Durham 17 (2)
2024– Manchester City 0 (0)
2024–2025 → Crystal Palace (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2023– England U19 13 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024

Poppy Pritchard (born 3 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England under-19 team.

Club career

An academy product of Women's Championship club Durham, Pritchard started her senior career at Durham, making a total of 22 appearances and scoring twice. She made 4 appearances in the 2022–23 Championship season, followed by another 13 in the 2023–24 season.

On 22 November 2022, Pritchard scored a hat trick for Durham under-21 team against Manchester United, becoming the first team to win against United's U21 side with a 3–2 result. In the 2022–23 season, she scored at total of 18 goals and provided 3 assists for Durham U21 team.

On 31 January 2024, Pritchard signed for Manchester City on a three-and-a-half-year deal, after interest from several WSL clubs including Tottenham Hotspur.

On 13 September 2024, Pritchard joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2024–25 season. The loan was ended on 13 January 2025 and Pritchard returned to Mancester City.

International career

On 20 September 2023, Pritchard scored within 15 minutes of her youth international debut with England under-19s, in a 5–0 win over Denmark, followed by a brace against Germany in a 3–3 draw six days later. For 2024 Under-19 Championship qualification on 25 October 2023, she scored the fifth goal against Wales in a 6–1 victory, and provided two assists. On 1 December 2023, as the number 9 striker, she scored two goals in the 5–1 win over Sweden.

In April 2024, during Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Pritchard scored the opening goal against Switzerland in a 2–0 victory, followed by a brace against Italy in a 4–1 win, helping the team to qualify for the final tournament in Lithuania. With 9 goals in 9 appearances for the under-19s, BBC Sport described Pritchard as a player to "look out for" in the tournament. In July, Pritchard scored a hat-trick in England's opening group stage match of the tournament in a 10–0 victory over Lithuania, followed by scoring the winning goal against France to win the group.

Career statistics

As of match played 11 December 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Durham 2022–23 Women's Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2023–24 13 2 1 0 3 0 — 17 2
Total 17 2 1 0 3 0 — 21 2
Manchester City 2023–24 Women's Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2024–25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2024–25 Women's Super League 3 0 0 0 3 0 — 6 0
Career total 20 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 27 2
  1. Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

References

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External links

Manchester City W.F.C. – current squad
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