Lauren Hemp
MBE
Hemp with England in 2022
Personal information
Full name Lauren May Hemp[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth North Walsham, England
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 11
Youth career
North Walsham Youth FC
2008–2015 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Bristol City 24 (9)
2018– Manchester City 91 (35)
International career‡
2016–2017 England U17 13 (6)
2017–2019 England U19 10 (5)
2018–2019 England U20 9 (5)
2019 England U21 3 (0)
2019– England 51 (16)
2021– Great Britain 3 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima
Winner 2023 England
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2023 Australia and New Zealand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Lauren May Hemp MBE (born 7 August 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England national team. She was named England Young Player of the Year in September 2016, 2017 and PFA Women's Young Player of the Year in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.[2]

Early life and career

Hemp grew up in North Walsham, Norfolk, where she attended Millfield Primary School and North Walsham High School. In high school she played for the girls' and boys' teams, and the girls' team won the County Championship.[3] She took an interest in football at a young age and started playing for local club North Walsham Youth FC as one of only two girls on the team.[4] Her youth career started in 2008 at Norwich City where her sister Amy also played. Her sister had to stop playing after seriously injuring both knees.[4] Hemp joined North Walsham U16 boys while simultaneously playing with Norwich.[5] Hemp played her final game for Norwich in 2015 but continued her association with the club during the 2015–16 season playing for the Norwich City Elite Boys team.[6] The girls' centre closed down, so she joined the boys' team again.[7] When she was 17 she continued to train at the Boys’ Elite Player Development Centre.[8][9] As part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, a plaque honouring Hemp was installed at North Walsham Youth.[10]

Club career

Bristol City

In 2016, after leaving Norwich City, Hemp joined Bristol City.[11] On 10 September 2016, she made her senior debut for the Vixens and scored the team's third goal in a 4–1 win over Watford.[12] On 19 March 2017, she made her first FA Women's Cup appearance, scoring two goals in a 5–0 win over Millwall Lionesses.[13] In the 2017 Spring Series, Hemp made a total of four appearances, scoring one goal. In April 2018, she was named PFA Women's Young Player of the Year.[14][15] She finished the 2017–18 season with nine goals in 24 appearances in all competitions.

Manchester City

On 31 May 2018, Hemp signed with Manchester City.[16] She scored her first goal for the club on 13 December 2018 in the 4-0 win over Aston Villa.[17] She won her first trophy with the club in the 2018–19 Continental Cup. She scored a goal in the 2019 FA Cup final, giving her team a 3-0 victory.[18]

In the 2021/22 season she was used in all 22 league games and was the fourth best goalscorer in the league with ten goals.[19] She was named to the WSL Team of the Year for 2021/22 while Manchester City won the Conti Cup.[18]

She signed a two-year extension with the club on 9 January 2022.[20] Two weeks later she scored the club's 700th goal.[21] She missed a month of playing in November 2022 with a thigh injury.[22] She won PFA Women's Young Player of the Year for the fourth time in 2022.[23] In the 2022/23 season, Hemp totaled 28 appearances in all competitions and had 21 goal involvements.[18]

On 9 December 2023, when Manchester City was behind 1-0 to Aston Villa, Hemp scored a brace to give her team a 2-1 victory.[24]

International career

In February 2015, Hemp received her first call-up to the under-15 squad.[25] In May 2017, she captained England at the UEFA Under-17 Championship,[26] scoring a goal in a 5–0 win over the Republic of Ireland.[27] In September 2017, she was named Vauxhall England Young Player of the Year.[28] In August 2018, she helped England under-20 finish third at the 2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[29]

Hemp made her senior England debut on 8 October 2019, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Beth Mead in a 1–0 friendly win against Portugal.[30] On 27 May 2021, it was announced that she had been selected in the Great Britain Olympic football team for the 2020 Olympics.[31] She was the youngest player on the team at age 20.[32]

In January 2020, Hemp was named by UEFA as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.[33] On 30 November 2021, she scored her first four goals for England, in a national record 20–0 win over Latvia.[34] In June Hemp was included in the England squad which won the Euro 2022.[35][36] She played in all six games.[37] During the final it was Hemp's corner that was pressed home by teammate Chloe Kelly to create the winning second goal in front of over 87,000 spectators.[38]

Although usually a winger, Hemp was played in the number 9 (striker) role when England played the USA in a friendly at Wembley on 7 October 2022. The experiment paid off for manager Sarina Wiegman with Hemp scoring within the first 10 minutes in a 2–1 England victory.[39]

During the 2023 Finalissima victory for England, Hemp was knocked on the nose and wore a protective face mask in subsequent games.[40]

On 31 May 2023, Hemp was named to the squad for the 2023 World Cup in July 2023.[41] Hemp scored a goal in England's 6–1 defeat of China.[42] In the quarter-final tie against Colombia, Hemp scored England's equaliser in first half added time as England won 2–1.[43] In the semi-final, Hemp scored the second and assisted for the third as England defeated Australia 3–1 to reach the team's first ever World Cup final.[44]

In the 2023–24 Nations League, Hemp scored in the 1-0 victory over Belgium,[45] and she scored the winning goal in England's 3-2 victory over Netherlands.[46]

Hemp was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to association football.[47]

Personal life

As of 2022, Hemp was in a relationship with fellow footballer Ellie Butler, who currently plays for Rugby Borough.[48] Hemp enjoys building Lego in her spare time.[49]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 January 2024.[50][51]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol City 2016 Women Super League 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 — — 2 1
2017 Women's Super League 4 1 1 2 — — — 5 3
2017–18 Women's Super League 18 7 1 0 5 2 — — 24 9
Total 24 9 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 31 13
Manchester City 2018–19 Women's Super League 10 2 4 2 5 3 1 0 — 20 7
2019–20 Women's Super League 14 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 — 19 6
2020–21 Women's Super League 15 6 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 23 10
2021–22 Women's Super League 22 10 5 7 6 4 2 0 — 35 21
2022–23 Women's Super League 20 7 2 0 4 2 2 1 — 28 10
2023–24 Women's Super League 10 5 1 0 3 1 — — 14 6
Total 91 35 14 10 22 12 11 3 1 0 138 60
Career total 115 44 16 12 27 14 11 3 1 0 170 73
  1. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ Includes the Community Shield

International

As of match played 5 December 2023[52]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2019 3 0
2020 2 0
2021 9 4
2022 18 6
2023 19 6
Total 51 16
National team Year Apps Goals
Great Britain 2021 3 0
Total 3 0
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hemp goal.
List of international goals scored by Lauren Hemp
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 November 2021 Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, England  Latvia 5–0 20–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 8–0
3 15–0
4 20–0
5 12 April 2022 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 5–0
6 3–0
7 24 June 2022 Elland Road, Leeds, England  Netherlands 4–1 5–1 Friendly
8 11 July 2022 Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England  Norway 2–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
9 6 September 2022 Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England  Luxembourg 9–0 10–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10 7 October 2022 Wembley Stadium, London, England  United States 1–0 2–1 Friendly
11 1 August 2023 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia  China 2–0 6–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
12 12 August 2023 Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia  Colombia 1–1 2–1
13 16 August 2023  Australia 2–1 3–1
14 22 September 2023 Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England  Scotland 2–0 2–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A
15 27 October 2023 King Power Stadium, Leicester, England  Belgium 1–0 1–0
16 1 December 2023 Wembley Stadium, London, England  Netherlands 2–2 3–2

Honours

Manchester City

England U20

England

See also: Collective honours for the England women's national football team

Individual

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