Katarzyna Mary "Kasia" Lipka (born 26 May 1993) is a retired English

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who played as a

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for

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

in the

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Career

After spending a decade of her youth career at Sheffield United, Lipka spent eight years with

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and signed her first professional contract with the club in December 2015. Lipka went on to sign with

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team

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in September 2017. Following a season out with injury, Lipka returned to

ahead of the 2019–20 season.

International

Lipka was part of the gold medal-winning Team GB at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

held in

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, Russia.

References

External links

Kasia Lipka profile
at the official

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website
Doncaster Rovers Belles player profile
* Living people English women's footballers Women's association football midfielders England women's under-23 international footballers 1993 births Women's Super League players Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies players Footballers from Sheffield FA Women's National League players Alumni of the University of Leeds Sheffield United W.F.C. players Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain Universiade medalists in football Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Women's Championship (England) players England women's youth international footballers {{England-women-footy-bio-stub