Keira Walsh
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| Full name | Keira Fae Walsh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rochdale, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2014 | Blackburn Rovers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Manchester City | 118 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Barcelona | 64 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Chelsea | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | England U15 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | England U17 | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | England U19 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | England U20 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | England U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | England | 99 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Great Britain | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:35, 15 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:33, 7 March 2026 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keira Fae Walsh (/ˈkɪərə feɪ wɒlʃ/; born 8 April 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for, and a vice-captain of, Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. She is considered both a playmaker and a defensive midfielder. She has previously played for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, and Barcelona, and Great Britain at the Olympics. Walsh has numerous titles, having won the Women's Super League; the Liga F; the FA Cup; the Copa de la Reina; the League Cup; the Supercopa de España; and the Champions League all on multiple occasions. With Manchester City she achieved one domestic treble, while at Barcelona she successively achieved a continental treble and continental quadruple. For the 2024–25 season, Walsh achieved two domestic trebles, one each with Barcelona and Chelsea. She was part of the England teams that won the Euro 2022 and Euro 2025, and was named player of the match in the 2022 final.
Walsh became a first team regular at City as a teenager during their 2014 campaign, playing a key role in helping the team secure their first League Cup. She stayed with the side for nine seasons (in eight years), briefly captaining them several times, and in March 2022 became the second player to reach 200 appearances for them; when she left to join Barcelona later that year, she jointly held City's record for number of appearances and set a world-record fee for a female footballer.
She represented England for their age-group teams from the age of twelve, helping the under-17 team to fourth in the 2014 U17 Euro and being named in its Team of the Tournament. She made her senior debut in 2017, for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying, and started as captain in a match a year later. With England she has played in four major tournaments: the 2019 World Cup in which they placed fourth, the 2023 World Cup that they finished as runner-up, and the 2022 and 2025 Euros that they won. With Great Britain, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was named in the Team of the Tournament for the 2022 Euro, and is considered one of the best players and best midfielders in the world.