Ava Baker
English footballer (born 2006)
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Ava Baker (born 9 January 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League 2 club Ipswich Town, on loan from Birmingham City, and the England under-20 national team.
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Baker training with Birmingham City in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ava Baker | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | England, | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Leicester City | 19 | (1) |
| 2024– | Birmingham City | 19 | (1) |
| 2026– | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | England U17 | 13 | (10) |
| 2023– | England U19 | 21 | (8) |
| 2025– | England U20 | 2 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:33, 30 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:59, 21 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Baker is a product of the Leicester City academy and on 12 January 2022 she made her senior debut as a starter against Manchester City in the FA Women's League Cup just three days after turning sixteen. She made her Women's FA Cup debut later that month, coming on as a substitute during a win against Tottenham Hotspur, before making her FA Women's Super League debut against Reading on 1 May 2022.
She also holds the record as the Foxes' youngest ever goalscorer, when she scored in Leicester's 5–0 League Cup victory against Sunderland on 11 January 2023, two days after her 17th birthday.[1] On 27 May 2023, she scored her first WSL goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion, which saved the club from relegation.[2][3]
On 24 June 2024, Baker was announced at Birmingham City.[4][5]
On 29 January 2026, Ipswich Town announced that Baker had signed on loan for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.[6]
International career
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 January 2026
| Club | Season | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester City | 2021-2022 | Women's Super League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-2023 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2023-2024 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Birmingham City | 2024-2025 | Women's Super League 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 2025-2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2025-2026 | |||||||||
| Career total | 38 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 5 | ||