Rachael Laws (born 5 November 1990) is an English

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who plays as a

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, for

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

in the

Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

Early life

Laws was born in

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, and studied at

Gateshead College Gateshead College is a further education college in the town of Gateshead, England. Established on November 15, 1955 at Durham Road in Low Fell, Gateshead. It was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh. The original campus was closed as part of a pla ...

Playing career

Club

Laws first played for

during the 2013 FA WSL season. She played 9 games and helped her side win the title while battling for a place in the first team with Sarah Quantrill. She then signed for Sunderland on 31 December 2013 going on to make 36 appearances in the WSL. Following Sunderland's denial for a place in the

2018–19 FA WSL The 2018–19 FA WSL was the eighth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season after a rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. The previous FA WSL 2 became the Cham ...

she joined

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. She said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Reading is somewhere I want to personally be and thrive hopefully while I am here". On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Laws had left the club after her contract had expired. On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Laws had joined recently relegated side

Liverpool F.C. Women Liverpool Football Club Women is an English women's football club, founded in 1989 as ''Newton LFC'' and subsequently renamed ''Knowsley United WFC'' and ''Liverpool Ladies''. A founding member of the top-tier FA Women's Super League in 2011, ...

having previously been on loan to the club in 2013.

International career

Laws was called up by

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in 2014 for England's World Cup qualification but was an unused substitute in a 10–0 away win against

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Honours

FA Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

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FA Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

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References

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* 1990 births Living people Women's Super League players Liverpool F.C. Women players Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies players Women's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne FA Women's National League players English women's footballers {{England-women-footy-bio-stub