Lauren Hemp

About

Lauren May Hemp (born 7 August 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Women’s Super League club Manchester City and the England national team. With City, she is a FA Cup and League Cup winner, and with England; she is a two-time European Championship winner, a Finalissima winner, as well as World Cup runner-up. Since 2017, Hemp was twice named FA England Young Player of the Year and four times named PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year.

Hemp grew up in North Walsham, Norfolk, where she attended Millfield Primary School and North Walsham High School. In high school she played for the girls’ and boys’ teams, and the girls’ team won the County Championship. She took an interest in football at a young age and started playing for local club North Walsham Youth FC as one of only two girls on the team.
Her youth career started in 2008 at Norwich City where her sister Amy also played. Her sister had to stop playing after seriously injuring both knees. Hemp joined North Walsham U16 boys while simultaneously playing with Norwich. Hemp played her final game for Norwich in 2015 but continued her association with the club during the 2015…