Alexandra Brooks

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Alex Brooks
Alexandra Brooks playing for Sheffield United in November 2018
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Grace Brooks[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Wythenshawe, England[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Blackburn Rovers
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2014 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Manchester City 4 (0)
2016Everton (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Fylde
2018 Blackburn Rovers
2018–2019 Sheffield United 9 (0)
2019–2020 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2020– Blackburn Rovers 61 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[3]

Alexandra Grace Brooks (born 19 January 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Blackburn Rovers in the FA Women's Championship.

Club career[edit]

Having come through their academy system, Alexandra Brooks made her first team debut for Manchester City when she replaced Karen Bardsley in an FA WSL Cup match against Durham on 13 July 2014.[4] She would further occasional appearances for the next season and a half before a loan move to Everton for the duration of the 2016 season plus the half-length 2017 FA WSL Spring Series campaign. The following year she departed City for Sheffield United.

On 26 January 2019, Brooks moved back to the highest division of English football with a transfer to Birmingham City.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 3 March 2024
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2014 FA WSL 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2015 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Total 4 0 2 0 1 0 7 0
Everton (loan) 2016 FA WSL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 FA WSL Spring Series 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manchester City 2017–18 FA WSL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheffield United 2018–19 FA WSL 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
Total 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
Birmingham City 2018–19 FA WSL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019-20 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Total 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Blackburn Rovers 2020-21 FA Women's Championship 14 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
2021-22 19 0 2 0 2 0 23 0
2022-23 13 0 1 0 4 0 18 0
2023-24 15 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
Total 61 0 5 0 8 0 74 0
Career total 74 0 7 0 13 0 94 0

Honours[edit]

Manchester City

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/01/2016 and 31/01/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ Oatway, Caroline (18 February 2015). "Alex Brooks pens first senior contract". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ "A. Brooks profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Durham Women 0 City 3". 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "BLUES WOMEN BRING IN NEW GOALKEEPER". Birmingham City F.C. official website. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "CITY'S ISOBEL CHRISTIANSEN ENDS ARSENAL CUP DOMINANCE". The FA. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

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