Lexi Lloyd-Smith
English footballer (born 2003)
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Lexi Lloyd-Smith (born 5 March 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Crystal Palace and the England under-23s. She previously played for Bristol City,Southampton, Charlton Athletic, and college soccer side South Alabama Jaguars.
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Loyd-Smith playing for Southampton in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Southampton | 33 | (2) |
| 2024–2026 | Bristol City | 19 | (10) |
| 2026– | Crystal Palace | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| England U15 | |||
| 2019 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | England U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:22, 16 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:32, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[2] | |||
Early career
Lloyd-Smith began her football career with the Arsenal Academy,[3] playing four seasons with the youth set up,[4] prior to a move to Chelsea, where she played two seasons in the WSL Academy.[3]
On 28 January 2021, she signed for Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic,[5] prior to playing college soccer for NCAA Division I side South Alabama Jaguars,[3] scoring 3 goals in 13 appearances.[4]
Club career
Southampton
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On 21 July 2022, Lloyd-Smith signed for Southampton.[6] On 22 September, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goals in a 2–1 away victory over Crystal Palace.[7]
On 23 November 2023, she played against Arsenal in the 2023–24 League Cup group stage, in front of a recording breaking attendance for the Saints. After the 2–1 defeat, she swapped shirts with Vivianne Miedema, her icon, who posted on Twitter with her shirt after the game.[8]
In the fifth round of the 2023–24 FA Cup, where the Saints were defeated 3–1 by Manchester United, Lloyd-Smith scored the equalising goal as a second-half substitute.[9][10][11]
She ended her two seasons with Southampton having scored five goals in 47 appearances across all competitions,[12] during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.[13]
Bristol City
On 4 June 2024 it was announced that Lloyd-Smith would be leaving Southampton,[12] and a month later, she signed for Bristol City from Southampton on a two-year free transfer deal.[13][1]
On 8 September, she scored her debut goal for City against her former club Southampton in a 1–1 draw.[14][15] For October, having scored four goals during that month, Lloyd-Smith was nominated for the Women's Championship Player of the Month and Goal of the Month awards,[16] that were both subsequently won by Maria Farrugia of Sheffield United.[17]
After her first nine Championship appearances in the 2024–25 season she scored six goals, becoming the joint second highest scorer in November, behind Isobel Goodwin of London City Lionesses.[18]
In July 2026, it was announced that Lloyd-Smith had departed City to ‘‘take the next steps in her career.’’[19]
Crystal Palace
On 16 July 2026, it was announced that Lloyd-Smith had signed for newly-promoted Women's Super League club Crystal Palace.[20]
On 6 September 2026, Lloyd-Smith scored her first Women's Super League goal for Crystal Palace, leading the side to a 1-0 victory away at Everton.[21]
International career
Lloyd-Smith has represented England at under-15, under-17 and under-23 youth level.[4]
In October 2019, she featured in 2020 Under-17 Championship qualification for England, playing in winning matches against Croatia,[22] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[23] and Belgium.[24]
In September 2022, Lloyd-Smith stated that her main goal was to return to the England youth set up.[7]
In February 2025, she was called up to the under-23 squad,[25] making her debut as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Germany.[26] On 2 March 2026, she scored the winning goal for the under-23s against France in a 1–0 victory.[27] She featured in a 3–0 win over Sweden, helping England to win the 2025-26 U23 European Competition title on 17 April 2026.[28]
Style of play
She has been described as a fast and difficult striker who intimidates and threatens opposition defenders.[13]
