English footballer
Lauren May Hemp MBE (born 7 August 2000) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forWomen's Super League clubManchester City and theEngland national team . With City, she is aFA Cup andLeague Cup winner, and with England; she is aEuropean Championship andFinalissima winner, as well asWorld Cup runner-up. Since 2017, Hemp was twice namedFA England Young Player of the Year and four times namedPFA Women's Young Player of the Year .
Early life and career [ edit ] Hemp grew up inNorth 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.[ 2] 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.[ 3]
Her youth career started in 2008 atNorwich City where her sister Amy also played. Her sister had to stop playing after seriously injuring both knees.[ 3] Hemp joined North Walsham U16 boys while simultaneously playing with Norwich.[ 4] 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.[ 5] The girls' centre closed down, so she joined the boys' team again.[ 6] When she was 17 she continued to train at the Boys’ Elite Player Development Centre.[ 7] [ 8] As part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, a plaque honouring Hemp was installed at North Walsham Youth.[ 9]
In 2016, after leaving Norwich City, Hemp joinedBristol City .[ 10] On 10 September 2016, she made her senior debut for the Vixens and scored the team's third goal in a 4–1 win overWatford .[ 11] On 19 March 2017, she made her firstFA Women's Cup appearance, scoring two goals in a 5–0 win overMillwall Lionesses .[ 12] In the 2017Spring Series , Hemp made a total of four appearances, scoring one goal. In April 2018, she was namedPFA Women's Young Player of the Year .[ 13] [ 14] She finished the 2017–18 season with nine goals in 24 appearances in all competitions.
On 31 May 2018, Hemp signed withManchester City .[ 15] She scored her first goal for the club on 13 December 2018 in the 4-0 win overAston Villa .[ 16] She won her first trophy with the club in the2018–19 Continental Cup . She scored a goal in the2019 FA Cup final , giving her team a 3–0 victory.[ 17]
In the2021/22 season she was used in all 22 league games and was the fourth best goalscorer in the league with ten goals.[ 18] She was named to the WSL Team of the Year for 2021/22 while Manchester City won theConti Cup .[ 17]
She signed a two-year extension with the club on 9 January 2022.[ 19] Two weeks later she scored the club's 700th goal.[ 20] She missed a month of playing in November 2022 with a thigh injury.[ 21] She won PFA Women's Young Player of the Year for the fourth time in 2022.[ 22] In the2022/23 season , Hemp totaled 28 appearances in all competitions and had 21 goal involvements.[ 17]
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.[ 23] She scored in the 2-1 win againstEverton on 2 March 2024 to put Manchester City at the top of the table.[ 24]
On 26 April 2024, Manchester City announced Hemp’s three-year contract extension until 2027.[ 25]
Hemp scored her 50th WSL goal in a 2–0 win againstWest Ham United on 6 October 2024, becoming the youngest player to reach that milestone.[ 26]
In September 2024 Hemp was nominated for theBallon d'Or alongside fellow England internationalsLauren James andLucy Bronze .[ 27]
Hemp netted the equalizer and assistedJill Roord 's game winner in the 2–1 home win over Aston Villa.[ 28] Hemp won WSL Player of the Month for October 2024.[ 29] She was also voted PFA Fans' Player of the Month.[ 30] At the home match againstTottenham Hotspur , she had 3 assists in the 4–0 victory.[ 31]
International career [ edit ] In February 2015, Hemp received her first call-up to the under-15 squad.[ 32] In May 2017, she captained England at theUEFA Under-17 Championship ,[ 33] scoring a goal in a 5–0 win over theRepublic of Ireland .[ 34] In September 2017, she was namedVauxhall England Young Player of the Year .[ 35] In August 2018, she helped England under-20 finish third at the2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup .[ 36]
Hemp made her senior England debut on 8 October 2019, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute forBeth Mead in a 1–0 friendly win againstPortugal .[ 37] On 27 May 2021, it was announced that she had been selected in theGreat Britain Olympic football team for the2020 Olympics .[ 38]
In January 2020, Hemp was named byUEFA as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.[ 39] On 30 November 2021, she scored her first four goals for England, in a national record20–0 win overLatvia .[ 40] In June Hemp was included in the England squad which won theEuro 2022 .[ 41] [ 42] She played in all six games.[ 43] During the final it was Hemp's corner that was pressed home by teammateChloe Kelly to create the winning second goal in front of over 87,000 spectators.[ 44]
Although usually a winger, Hemp was played in the number 9 (striker ) role when England played theUSA in afriendly atWembley on 7 October 2022. The experiment paid off for managerSarina Wiegman with Hemp scoring within the first 10 minutes in a 2–1 England victory.[ 45]
During the2023 Finalissima victory for England, Hemp was knocked on the nose and wore a protective face mask in subsequent games.[ 46]
On 31 May 2023, Hemp was named to the squad for the2023 World Cup in July 2023.[ 47] Hemp scored a goal in England's 6–1 defeat ofChina .[ 48] In the quarter-final tie againstColombia , Hemp scored England's equaliser in first half added time as England won 2–1.[ 49] In the semi-final, Hemp scored the second and assisted for the third as England defeatedAustralia 3–1 to reach the team's first ever World Cup final.[ 50]
In the2023–24 Nations League , Hemp scored in the 1–0 victory overBelgium ,[ 51] and she scored the tying goal in England's 3–2 victory overNetherlands .[ 52]
Hemp was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2024 New Year Honours for services to association football.[ 53] Hemp was awarded the Legacy number 214 by The Football Association.
Assisting both goals in the 2–1 victory againstFrance , Hemp helped her teamqualify for theEuro 2025 .[ 54]
As of 2023, Hemp has been in a relationship with fellow footballer, Sheffield United midfielder,Ashley Hodson . Hemp enjoys building Lego in her spare time.[ 55]
In March 2023 a 7m high mural of Hemp was unveiled on the side of a cafe in her hometown of North Walsham. It was painted by a street artist to honour her achievements.[ 56]
Hemp is also an avid cricket fan, having played for her county as a teenager.[ 57]
As of match played 8 November 2024 .[ 58] [ 59] As of match played 29 October 2024 [ 60] 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 2024 10 2 Total 61 18
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 17 27 February 2024 Estadio Nuevo Mirador ,Algeciras , Spain Italy 2–0 5–1 Friendly 18 3–0
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International tournaments
Awards
FA Women's Young Player of the Year