Grace Rebecca Fisk (born 5 January 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for FA Women's Super League team West Ham United and has represented the England national team at youth level.[4]
![]() Fisk playing for Millwall Lionesses in August 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grace Rebecca Fisk[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 24)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Bromley, England[3] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Millwall Lionesses | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 18 | (1) |
2017–2019 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 61 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Millwall Lionesses | 25 | (2) |
2020– | West Ham United | 41 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | England U17 | 7 | (2) |
2016–2017 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
2017–2018 | England U20 | 8 | (0) |
2019 | England U21 | 6 | (0) |
2020– | England | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2019 |
Fisk joined Millwall Lionesses age 10, rising from the Centre of Excellence to the Development Squad.[5] In 2014, she became the youngest player to debut for the Millwall Lionesses senior team when she did so at age 16, and was named the club's Young Player of the Year in 2015.[3]
In 2016, Fisk moved to the United States to play collegiately for Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference and started 18 of Penn State's 21 matches as a freshman.[6] For her sophomore year, Fisk transferred to SEC team South Carolina Gamecocks.[3] In 2019, Fisk was an ever-present in a Gamecocks backline that achieved the second most shutouts in the country with 17 on the way to winning the SEC Championship with Fisk named as tournament MVP.[7] She was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year in all three seasons at South Carolina.[8][9]
On 30 December 2019, Fisk returned to England to sign with FA WSL team West Ham United.[10] She made her debut on 12 January 2020, starting in a 2–1 WSL defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur.[11]
Fisk has represented England at under-17, under-19, under-20 and under-21 level. Having scored twice against Bulgaria in qualifying,[12] Fisk started all three games for England at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship as the team were knocked out at the group stage.[13] Fisk also appeared in every game at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship where England finished in 5th place, beating Scotland in the U20 World Cup qualifying play-off.[14] Fisk captained the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2018 U20 World Cup in France, beating the host nation on penalties in the third place match.[15][16][17]
In February 2020, Fisk received her first senior England call-up as part of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup squad.[18]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Millwall Lionesses | 2014 | WSL 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2015 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
2016 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Total | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
West Ham United | 2019–20 | WSL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2020–21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Career total | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
South Carolina Gamecocks
England U20
Southeastern Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year | |
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Player of the Year |
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Offensive Player of the Year | |
Defensive Player of the Year | |
Forward of the Year |
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Midfielder of the Year | |
Defender of the Year | |
Goalkeeper of the Year |
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West Ham United F.C. Women – current squad | |
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