Laura Bassett

Laura Bassett

Bassett playing for Birmingham City in October 2006
Personal information
Full name	Laura Bassett
Date of birth	(1983-08-02) 2 August 1983
Place of birth	Nuneaton,[1] England
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Chelsea Ladies
Youth career
1993–1997	Bedworth Girls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2000	Coventry City Ladies
2000–2008	Birmingham City Ladies
2006	→ New York Magic (loan)
2008–2009	Arsenal Ladies
2009–2010	Leeds Carnegie Ladies
2010–2013	Birmingham City Ladies
2014–	Chelsea Ladies
National team‡
2003–	England	34	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:10, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Laura Bassett (born 2 August 1983) is an English international football defender. She is with FA WSL club Chelsea L.F.C., having previously played for Birmingham City L.F.C., Arsenal and Leeds Carnegie. Bassett has accrued over 30 caps for the England women's national football team since her debut in 2003, being part of the squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Club career

Bassett grew up in Bulkington and joined Bedworth girls as a nine year old. At 14 she joined Coventry City and played in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division while still a pupil at North Warwickshire and Hinckley College.^[3] She then moved to Birmingham City and became captain,^[4] while on a scholarship at the FA Player Development Centre at Loughborough University. She spent summer 2006 playing in the W-League with New York Magic.^[5]

Bassett left Birmingham for Arsenal in 2008.^[6] She signed for Leeds Carnegie in October 2009^[7] and helped the Yorkshire club win the Premier League Cup in February 2010.^[8]

After Leeds' funding and FA WSL bid collapsed, Bassett spent a period without a club.^[9] In October 2010 it was revealed that she had re-signed for Birmingham City.^[10] In April 2012 Bassett was appointed as one of eight digital media ambassadors, one from each team, who wear their Twitter account name on their shirt sleeves to raise the profile of the WSL.^[11] At the end of the 2013 season Bassett left Birmingham for Chelsea.^[12]

International career

Bassett represented England at youth level.^[3][5] When she made her senior debut against Italy in February 2003,^[13] she became the first Birmingham City Ladies player to play for England at full international level.^[14]

In May 2009, Bassett was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by the Football Association.^[15] She made her FIFA Women's World Cup debut in July 2011, replacing Ellen White for the final minute of England's 2–0 group B win over Japan.^[16]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 July 2013	Arena Linköping, Linköping, Sweden	Spain	2–2	2–3	Euro 2013

References

External links

• Laura Bassett at the FA website

v t e England squad – 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Brown 2 A. Scott 3 Stoney 4 Williams 5 Johnson 6 Asante 7 Carney 8 Chapman 9 Aluko 10 K. Smith 11 S. Smith 12 J. Scott 13 Chamberlain 14 White (c) 15 Unitt 16 Handley 17 Sanderson 18 Westwood 19 Bassett 20 Buet 21 Clarke 22 Bardsley Coach: Powell

v t e England squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Unitt 4 J. Scott 5 F. White (c) 6 Stoney 7 Clarke 8 Williams 9 E. White 10 K. Smith 11 Yankey 12 Carney 13 Brown 14 Aluko 15 Bradley 16 Houghton 17 Bassett 18 Asante 19 Susi 20 Rafferty 21 Chamberlain Coach: Powell

v t e England squad – 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship 1 Bardsley 2 A. Scott 3 Houghton 4 J. Scott 5 Bradley 6 Stoney (c) 7 Aluko 8 Asante 9 White 10 Williams 11 Yankey 12 Clarke 13 Brown 14 Carney 15 Bassett 16 Nobbs 17 Duggan 18 Susi 19 Bonner 20 Moore 21 Bronze 22 Smith 23 Chamberlain Coach: Powell