.jpg) Walsh with West Ham in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Megan Laura Walsh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromsgrove, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Aston Villa | 26 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Everton | 14 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Notts County | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Yeovil Town | 44 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 65 | (0) |
| 2023– | West Ham United | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | England U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2022 | |||
Megan Laura Walsh (born 12 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Walsh is a product of the Aston Villa academy. She played internationally for England at all youth levels up to the under-23 side but declared for the Republic of Ireland in November 2021, for whom she is qualified by paternal descent.
Following the demise of Notts County in Spring 2017, Walsh signed for Yeovil Town for the rest of the FA WSL Spring Series.[3] In July 2019, following Yeovil's relegation to the FA Women's National League South, Walsh remained in the WSL after signing for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Walsh represented Great Britain at the 2017 Summer Universiade.[4]
After representing England at youth levels between 2010 and 2020, it was announced that Walsh had changed her international allegiances to Ireland, eligible through her Wexford-born grandfather, having failed to receive a call up for the England senior team. She was called up for Ireland's Women's World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia and Georgia.[5] Walsh earned her first cap for Ireland on 19 February 2022 in a 1–0 defeat by Russia at the 2022 Pinatar Cup.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 2010–11 | Women's Premier League | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Women's Premier League | 14 | 0 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Women's Premier League | 11 | 0 | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Everton | 2013 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Women's Super League 2 | 9 | 0 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Notts County | 2016 | Women's Super League | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Yeovil Town | 2017 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Women's Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
| West Ham United | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 161 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 198 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
