Georgia Marie Stanway (born 3 January 1999) is an English professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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and the England national team. Stanway has also represented England at various youth levels and is widely considered one of the best attacking midfield players of her generation. In 2016, Stanway was nominated for

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and was also nominated for

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in 2017. In June 2018, she was named in the UEFA Women’s Champions League squad of the season. In 2019, she was awarded PFA Women's Young Player of the Year.

Early life

Stanway was born on 3 January 1999 in

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, but moved away at 16 to pursue her football dream. She grew up idolising

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and supports

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. In Manchester, she attended St Bede's College, as teammate

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had before her.

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

Stanway started her career at

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where she played through the youth system and eventually the senior squad playing in the FA Women’s Premier League, scoring seven goals in six matches.

Manchester City

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On 18 July 2015, Stanway completed a move to

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. On 29 July, Stanway made her senior debut for Manchester City as a substitute in a 5–0 win over

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in the Continental Cup. On 27 August, she scored her first goal in a 2–0 victory against Everton. She ended her maiden campaign with the club’s Rising Star award. In 2016, she won the Nissan Goal of the Season award. In January 2017, she signed a new contract with the club. Her performances in the 2017–18 season led her to be named in the UEFA Women's Champions League Team of the Season. The following season, she was awarded the

. On 17 November 2019, Stanway scored two goals before being sent off, after receiving two yellow cards, in a 5–0 league win against

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. She began the 2020–21 season by scoring a brace in a 2–0 away league win against

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. In the first Manchester derby of the 2021–22 season, Stanway received a straight red card for a high challenge on Leah Galton in the 35th minute, with the score at 0–0. Despite this, Manchester City claimed a 2–2 draw. Stanway went on to win the FA WSL Goal of the Month award for December 2021. On 29 January 2022, Stanway became Manchester City's highest women's goalscorer after scoring a hat trick in an 8–0 win against

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in the fourth round of the

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Bayern Munich

On 17 May 2022, it was announced that Stanway had signed a three-year deal with

club

. She made her debut on 16th August 2022 in a 2–1 friendly win over

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. Stanway scored her first goals for Bayern Munich against Benfica in the Champions League. She received her first Bundesliga

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in her first league match for Bayern Munich; by the end of October 2022,

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noted that Stanway's time in the club had been "characterized more by yellow cards than goals", and a parody

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account named "Did Georgia Stanway get booked today?" had been created.

International career

Youth

In 2016, Stanway captained the England under-17 team to third at the 2016 Euros, qualifying for the World Cup. In 2018, Stanway played a pivotal role in England's

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campaign in

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. Stanway scored six times (same as Golden Boot winner

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but beaten only on assists) as England went on to finish third.

Senior

Stanway scored her first England goal, on her debut, in a 3–0 friendly victory against

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on 8 November 2018. Stanway scored her second international goal in a 2–1 defeat to

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in September 2019. On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Stanway had been selected as one of five strikers in the

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for the delayed

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. In June 2022 Stanway was included in the England squad which won the

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, scoring the winner with a "22-yard rocket of a shot" in England's 2–1 win over Spain in the quarter-final. Stanway played 89 minutes in the final win over Germany.

Personal life

Stanway is in a relationship with

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rugby league footballer

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. In Olympique's first match following England's victory in

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, Stanway was involved in the pitch side punditry for

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 6 September 2022.''

International goals

:. ''England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stanway goal.''

Honours

Manchester City *

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: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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, 2018–19, 2021–22 England U17 *

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third place:

England U20 *

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third place:

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England *

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

Silver Boot:

: 2018–19 *

Goal of the Month:

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(announced 1 August 2022)

References

External links

Profile
at the Manchester City F.C. website
Profile
at the Football Association website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanway, Georgia 1999 births Living people Expatriate sportspeople in Germany English women's footballers England women's youth international footballers England women's international footballers Olympic women's footballers of Great Britain Women's association football forwards Women's Super League players Manchester City W.F.C. players Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Footballers from Cumbria UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Footballers educated at St Bede's College, Manchester