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Karen Walker (born 29 July 1969) is an English former international football centre-forward. She played for
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for 20 years, starting at the age of 15, and began playing for
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as a teenager, making 83 appearances and scoring a record 40 goals until she retired from international football in 2003. Walker's uncompromising style of play earned her the
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"Wacker". Walker is particularly remembered for her performances in the 1995 World Cup in
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. She finished her career with two seasons at
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, and in her last game, against Arsenal in the 2006
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, she left the pitch to a standing ovation. In 2007, she was part of the
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team covering the FIFA Women's World Cup in
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. Later that year she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.


Club career

Walker's neighbour, Karen Skillcorn, was already playing for Doncaster Belles and recruited Walker as a fifteen-year-old. After a period as a substitute, Walker became first choice when the club's regular centre-forward became pregnant. In a long career with the club she eventually played in 11
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finals, winning five of them. With the formation of the National Division in 1991, Walker scored 36 goals in 14 games to help Doncaster win the inaugural title. Red Star Southampton were vanquished 4–0 in the 1992 WFA Cup Final as the club won a League and Cup
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. Walker reportedly set a record by scoring a
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in every round of the Cup, including the final.


International career

In July 1988, Walker made her
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debut as a teenager against an
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B team in the Mundialito tournament. Scoring with her first kick of the ball inspired Walker to take her subsequent football career much more seriously.


International goals

:''Since
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took over the team in 1993. Scores and results list England's goal tally first.''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Karen 1969 births Living people People from Mexborough Footballers from Doncaster English women's footballers English Football Hall of Fame inductees Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Leeds United Women F.C. players England women's international footballers FA Women's National League players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards