Poppy Pritchard
English footballer (born 2005)
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Poppy Pritchard (born 3 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic, on loan from Manchester City. She previously played for Durham, on loan for Crystal Palace and Newcastle United, and the England under-19 team.
(on loan from Manchester City)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 December 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Position | Centre-forward[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Celtic (on loan from Manchester City) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Durham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Durham | 4 | (2) |
| 2024– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Durham (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Celtic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | England U19 | 13 | (13) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 January 2026[3] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 July 2024[4] | |||
Club career
An academy product of Women's Championship club Durham,[5] Pritchard started her senior career at Durham, making a total of 22 appearances and scoring twice.[6] She made 4 appearances in the 2022–23 Championship season, followed by another 13 in the 2023–24 season.[3]
On 22 November 2022, Pritchard scored a hat trick for Durham under-21 team against Manchester United, becoming the first team to win against United's U21 side with a 3–2 result.[7] In the 2022–23 season, she scored at total of 18 goals and provided 3 assists for Durham U21 team.[5]
On 31 January 2024, Pritchard signed for Manchester City on a three-and-a-half-year deal,[8] after interest from several WSL clubs including Tottenham Hotspur.[9]
On 13 September 2024, Pritchard joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2024–25 season.[10] The loan ended on 13 January 2025 and she returned to Manchester City.[11] Five days later, she joined Women's Championship club Newcastle United on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.[12][13]
On 4 September 2025, Durham announced that Pritchard had returned to the club on a season-long loan from Manchester City for the 2025-26 season.[14] Having made 15 appearances and two assists in all competitions for Durham in the 2025-26 season, it was announced on 15 January 2026, that she had been recalled by Manchester City.[15]
On 23 January 2026, Celtic announced the signing of Pritchard, alongside City teammate Tara O'Hanlon, for the remainder of the 2025–26 season.[16]
International career
On 20 September 2023,[17] Pritchard scored within 15 minutes of her youth international debut with England under-19s, in a 5–0 win over Denmark,[18][19] followed by a brace against Germany in a 3–3 draw six days later.[20] For 2024 Under-19 Championship qualification on 25 October 2023, she scored the fifth goal against Wales in a 6–1 victory,[21] and provided two assists.[22] On 1 December 2023, as the number 9 striker,[23] she scored two goals in the 5–1 win over Sweden.[24]
In April 2024, during Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Pritchard scored the opening goal against Switzerland in a 2–0 victory,[25] followed by a brace against Italy in a 4–1 win,[26] helping the team to qualify for the final tournament in Lithuania.[27] With 9 goals in 9 appearances for the under-19s, BBC Sport described Pritchard as a player to "look out for" in the tournament.[28] In July, Pritchard scored a hat-trick in England's opening group stage match of the tournament in a 10–0 victory over Lithuania,[29] followed by scoring the winning goal against France to win the group.[30]
Career statistics
- As of match played 11 December 2024.[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Durham | 2022–23 | Women's Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Manchester City | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Crystal Palace (loan) | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
- Includes the Women's FA Cup
- Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
- Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League