Rachael Laws

Rachael Laws
	Laws in 2013 for Liverpool
Personal information
Full name	Rachael Laws
Date of birth	5 November 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Newcastle, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2018	Sunderland
2013	→ Liverpool (loan)
2018–2020	Reading
2020–	Liverpool
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1:05, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Rachael Laws (born 5 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for FA Women's Championship side Liverpool.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Laws first played for Liverpool during the 2013 FA WSL season. She played 9 games and helped her side win the title while battling for a place in the first team with Sarah Quantrill.^[1] She then signed for Sunderland on 31 December 2013 going on to make 36 appearances in the WSL. Following Sunderland's denial for a place in the 2018–19 FA WSL she joined Reading.^[2] She said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Reading is somewhere I want to personally be and thrive hopefully while I am here".^[3] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Laws had left the club after her contract had expired.^[4] On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Laws had joined recently relegated side Liverpool F.C. Women having previously been on loan to the club in 2013.^[5]

International career[]

Laws was called up by Mark Sampson in 2014 for England's World Cup qualification but was an unused substitute in a 10-0 away win against Montenegro.^[6]