Grace Fisk
![]() Fisk playing for Millwall Lionesses in August 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grace Rebecca Fisk[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 January 1998||
Place of birth | Bromley, England[3] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Millwall Lionesses | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 18 | (1) |
2017–2019 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 61 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Millwall Lionesses | 25 | (2) |
2020– | West Ham United | 41 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | England U17 | 7 | (2) |
2016–2017 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
2017–2018 | England U20 | 8 | (0) |
2019 | England U21 | 6 | (0) |
2020– | England | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2019 |
Grace Rebecca Fisk (born 5 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for FA Women's Super League team West Ham United and has represented the England national team at youth level.[4]
Club career
Youth career
Fisk joined Millwall Lionesses age 10, rising from the Centre of Excellence to the Development Squad.[5] In 2014, she became the youngest player to debut for the Millwall Lionesses senior team when she did so at age 16, and was named the club's Young Player of the Year in 2015.[3]
College career
In 2016, Fisk moved to the United States to play collegiately for Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference and started 18 of Penn State's 21 matches as a freshman.[6] For her sophomore year, Fisk transferred to SEC team South Carolina Gamecocks.[3] In 2019, Fisk was an ever-present in a Gamecocks backline that achieved the second most shutouts in the country with 17 on the way to winning the SEC Championship with Fisk named as tournament MVP.[7] She was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year in all three seasons at South Carolina.[8][9]
West Ham United
On 30 December 2019, Fisk returned to England to sign with FA WSL team West Ham United.[10] She made her debut on 12 January 2020, starting in a 2–1 WSL defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur.[11]
International career
Youth level
Fisk has represented England at under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 level. Having scored twice against Bulgaria in qualifying,[12] Fisk started all three games for England at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship as the team were knocked out at the group stage.[13] Fisk also appeared in every game at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship where England finished in 5th place, beating Scotland in the U20 World Cup qualifying play-off.[14] Fisk captained the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2018 U20 World Cup in France, beating the host nation on penalties in the third place match.[15][16][17]
Senior team
In February 2020, Fisk received her first senior England call-up as part of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup squad.[18]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 April 2021.[19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Millwall Lionesses | 2014 | WSL 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2015 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
2016 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Total | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
West Ham United | 2019–20 | WSL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2020–21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Career total | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
Honours
College
South Carolina Gamecocks
International
England U20
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup third place: 2018[16]
Individual
References
- ^ a b "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3.
- ^ "Grace Fisk West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
- ^ a b c "Grace Fisk Gamecocks profile". South Carolina Gamecocks Official Athletics Site.
- ^ "Grace Fisk: West Ham United Women sign former England Under-20 captain". BBC. 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Lioness Grace gets England call - News - Millwall FC". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Grace Fisk Nittany Lions profile". Penn State Nittany Lions Official Athletics Site.
- ^ a b "Gamecocks Win 2019 SEC Tournament Championship". University of South Carolina Athletics.
- ^ a b "2018 SEC Soccer awards announced". www.secsports.com.
- ^ a b "2019 SEC Soccer Awards announced". www.secsports.com.
- ^ "West Ham sign highly-rated England defender Grace Fisk". West Ham United.
- ^ "Tottenham 2-1 West Ham". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
- ^ "England-Bulgaria | Women's Under-17". UEFA.com.
- ^ "Summary - UEFA U17 Championship Women - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". us.women.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Women's Under-19 - Scotland-England". UEFA.com.
- ^ "England squad named for FIFA Women's U20 World Cup". The FA. 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "England win bronze medal at FIFA U20 Women's World Cup". The FA. 24 August 2018.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 - Matches - France - England - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
- ^ Association, The Football. "Neville names youthful SheBelieves squad as England prepare to defend title". www.thefa.com.
- ^ "Grace Fisk player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
External links
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- Profile at South Carolina Gamecocks
- Profile at the West Ham United F.C. website
- Profile at the Football Association website
- Grace Fisk – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Grace Fisk at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Footballers from Bromley
- Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer players
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
- English women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- English expatriate women's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. Women players
- Women's Super League players