Grace Fisk

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.[3]

Grace Fisk
Fisk playing for Millwall Lionesses in August 2015
Personal information
Full name Grace Rebecca Fisk[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998
Place of birth Bromley, England[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club 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 10 (0)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2019

Club career

Youth career

Fisk joined Millwall Lionesses age 10, rising from the Centre of Excellence to the Development Squad.[4] 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.[2]

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.[5] For her sophomore year, Fisk transferred to SEC team South Carolina Gamecocks.[2] 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.[6] She was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year in all three seasons at South Carolina.[7][8]

West Ham United

On 30 December 2019, Fisk returned to England to sign with FA WSL team West Ham United.[9] She made her debut on 12 January 2020, starting in a 2–1 WSL defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur.[10]

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,[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14][15][16]

Senior team

In February 2020, Fisk received her first senior England call-up as part of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup squad.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 February 2020.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall Lionesses 2014 WSL 2 50000050
2015 1311040181
2016 71101091
Total 2522050322
West Ham United 2019–20 WSL 50100060
Career total 3023050382

Honours

College

South Carolina Gamecocks

International

England U20

Individual
  • SEC Defensive Player of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019[7][8]

References
  1. "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3.
  2. "Grace Fisk Gamecocks profile". South Carolina Gamecocks Official Athletics Site.
  3. "Grace Fisk: West Ham United Women sign former England Under-20 captain". BBC. 30 December 2019.
  4. "Lioness Grace gets England call - News - Millwall FC". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
  5. "Grace Fisk Nittany Lions profile". Penn State Nittany Lions Official Athletics Site.
  6. "Gamecocks Win 2019 SEC Tournament Championship". University of South Carolina Athletics.
  7. "2018 SEC Soccer awards announced". www.secsports.com.
  8. "2019 SEC Soccer Awards announced". www.secsports.com.
  9. "West Ham sign highly-rated England defender Grace Fisk". West Ham United.
  10. "Tottenham 2-1 West Ham". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  11. "England-Bulgaria | Women's Under-17". UEFA.com.
  12. "Summary - UEFA U17 Championship Women - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". us.women.soccerway.com.
  13. "Women's Under-19 - Scotland-England". UEFA.com.
  14. "England squad named for FIFA Women's U20 World Cup". The FA. 23 July 2018.
  15. "England win bronze medal at FIFA U20 Women's World Cup". The FA. 24 August 2018.
  16. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 - Matches - France - England - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  17. Association, The Football. "Neville names youthful SheBelieves squad as England prepare to defend title". www.thefa.com.
  18. "Grace Fisk player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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