Karen Bardsley
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Karen Louise Bardsley[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 October 1984||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santa Monica, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper[1] | ||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2006 |
Cal State Fullerton Titans | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Ajax America Women | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | Pali Blues | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 |
Sky Blue FC | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 |
Linköpings FC | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013 |
Lincoln | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | Manchester City | 102 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 |
→ OL Reign (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 144 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
England U19 | |||||||||||||||||
England U21 | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2022 | England | 81 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2022 | Great Britain | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Karen Louise Bardsley (born 14 October 1984) is an American-born English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
She played for
Early life
Born in Santa Monica, California to English parents, Bardsley grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills and began playing football at five years old.[2][3][4] She attended Ayala High School and played for the girls' varsity soccer team for two years. During her junior year, she broke her left leg during college recruitment time resulting in some programs reportedly being concerned about her recovery.[4] As a senior, she earned All-Sierra League honours and helped lead the team to win the league championship and reach the quarterfinals of the state playoffs.[5] She was named the Sierra League Most Valuable Player (MVP) the same year.[5] Bardsley also ran track, threw javelin and was a member of the Olympic Development Program at the regional, state, and national levels.[5]
College career
Bardsley attended
In 2005, Bardsley was named Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and to the All-Big West First Team for the second consecutive season and set new single-season program records for goals against average (0.64), victories, and shutouts (10).[5] Her goals against average ranked 21st in the country and first in the Big West Conference.[5] During her senior season, she was named Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for the third consecutive time and was named to the First-Team All-Big West Conference team.[5] She started all 22 matches and recorded a 12–8–2 record, including eight shutouts. Bardsley was named Player of the Week by the Big West Conference twice during the season.[5] Her 1.02 goals against average ranked fourth all-time at the school and her 128 saves ranked second in school history.[5]
Club career
Sky Blue FC, 2009–11
After college, Bardsley joined Ajax America Women for the 2007 WPSL season and played for Pali Blues during the 2008 W-League season.[6] The team went undefeated 14–0 and won the league championship.[7]
During the
During the
Linköpings FC, 2011–12
In August 2011 Bardsley joined Swedish club
Lincoln, 2013
Bardsley announced a transfer to
Manchester City, 2013–2022
Bardsley moved at the end of the 2013 season to
During the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, despite being first choice in the England national side, Bardsley lost her starting position for Manchester City to English teenager Ellie Roebuck. At the start of the following season, it was announced that Bardsley would miss the 2019 Women's International Champions Cup due to a hamstring injury.[26][27]
She made her 100th appearance in a Continental Cup match against Liverpool in November 2020.[28] Bardsley announced her retirement on 2 May 2022 after suffering a long-term injury that forced her to withdraw from Great Britain's squad during the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[29][30] The 37 year old earned 82 caps for England, while she won 8 major trophies with Manchester City.[31][32]
International career
Despite being born in the United States, as a dual citizen, Bardsley decided to represent England due to family connections in Stockport.[33] She appeared for the England U-19s in the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[34] She made her senior debut in the Algarve Cup in March 2005, where England beat Northern Ireland 4–0. In August 2009, she was named to coach Hope Powell's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[35]
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Germany
By the
2012 Summer Olympics, Great Britain
In June 2012 Bardsley was named in the 18–player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[39] She played in all four games as Great Britain were beaten 2–0 by Canada in the last eight.[40]
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
At UEFA Women's Euro 2013 England lost 3–2 to Spain in their opening game, when Spain scored a 94th-minute goal,[41][42] and were knocked out in the first round. Hope Powell was sacked in the wake of that failure but new coach Mark Sampson continued to select Bardsley.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Canada
In May 2015, Bardsley was named to England's final squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, hosted in Canada.[43] Bardsley had previously played as goalkeeper in all five games and was part of the history-making team which beat
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Bardsley played in England's first two Group games (against Scotland and Spain) but was rested in the final Group game against Portugal. She suffered a fractured fibula in England's quarter-final against France and did not take any further part in the tournament.[46][47]
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, France
On 8 May 2019, she was named in the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She played in two of the matches in the group stage, against Scotland[48] and Japan. She played in the round of 16 against Cameroon[49] and in the quarter-final against Norway.[50]
Legacy
Bardsley was allotted 161 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[51][52]
Coaching career
Bardsley began coaching as a volunteer coach at her alma mater, California State University, Fullerton, before being employed as an assistant coach with the University of San Diego.[53] She graduated with a Master's degree in Sports Directorship at the Manchester Metropolitan University in July 2019.[54]
Since December 2023, she has been the manager of Manchester City’s Girls’ Academy. [53]
Honours
Manchester City[55]
England
- UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2009[56]
- FIFA Women's World Cup third place: 2015[59]
- SheBelieves Cup: 2019[60]
Further reading
- Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, ISBN 9781473564480
- Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317966234
- Clarke, Gemma (2019), Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game, ISBN 9781568589206
- Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, ISBN 9781785315411
- Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, ISBN 9781785311512
- Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
- Smith, Kelly (2012), Footballer: My Story, Transworld, ISBN 9781446488591
- Stay, Shane (2019), The Women's World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Soccer World Cup, Books on Demand, ISBN 1782551921
- Theivam, Keiran and Jeff Kassouf (2019), The Making of the Women's World Cup: Defining stories from a sport's coming of age, Little, ISBN 1472143310
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External links
- Karen Bardsley – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Karen Bardsley – UEFA competition record (archive)
- FA profile
- Manchester City profile Archived 11 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Sky Blue FC player profile
- Cal State Fullerton player profile
- San Diego coaching profile Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine