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Bianca Lorenz-Baptiste (born 15 January 1992) is an English
Tottenham were promoted again when they finished second behind
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footballer
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who plays as a forward
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for Watford FC
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. She was the top scorer for Tottenham Hotspur
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in 2017.
Club career
Baptiste was born in England in 1992. She played in theyouth system
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of Arsenal
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and moved up from the Enfield Town
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under-16s into their first team for the 2008–09 season.
She is an attacker
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. She played for ten years with Tottenham Hotspur
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as a semi-professional until the team decided to go fully professional. The team had done well and in 2017 Baptiste was their top goal scorer when they won the 2016–17 FA Women's Premier League
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Southern Division title. She also scored two goals in the 3–0 Championship play-off
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win over Northern Champions Blackburn Rovers
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, which secured promotion
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to FA WSL 2
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.
Tottenham were promoted again when they finished second behind Manchester United
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in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship
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. The management team decided to not include Baptiste in the players they made professional for entry to the top division. Seven new players were announced for the team in July 2019. Only about half the team was retained and eleven players had to find a new role, including Sarah Wiltshire
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and Emma Beckett, who was a recent signing. Baptiste felt rejected and considered leaving the game, she was labelled "Spurs Ladies Nutrition Coach and Personal Trainer" and that appeared to be her new role in the team. She did get some support and she was able to find a new home at another London team – Crystal Palace.
During the 2020–21 season she appeared 25 times for Crystal Palace, scoring 14 goals for the club. In a match against Bristol City
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she scored two goals, but Bristol replied with four and went on to win the championship.
In January 2022 she was brought on as a substitute for Leigh Nicol during a match with Lewes
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when her team were losing. She was credited with reviving her team's game leading to a 3–1 victory over Lewes. The manager noted her goal and her contribution after a pass from Molly Sharpe. In the following month, they played London Bees
London Bees is an English women's football club affiliated with Barnet F.C. They play in the FA Women's National League South. The club has been in existence under several names since 1975, originally being called District Line Ladies F.C.. Th ...
and Baptiste either scored or assisted all of her team's five goals.
Baptiste moved early in July 2022 to Watford Women FC to join them for their 2022/2023 season.
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website {{DEFAULTSORT:Baptiste, Bianca 1992 births Living people English women's footballers Women's association football forwards Arsenal W.F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players FA Women's National League players Black British sportswomen English people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent