English footballer
Lucia Kendall
Kendall playing for Southampton in 2023
Full name
Lucia Charlotte Kendall[ 1] Date of birth
(2004-05-20 ) 20 May 2004 (age 20) Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Position(s)
Midfielder Current team
Southampton Number
4
Winchester City Flyers
Southampton Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 2020–
Southampton
74
(20) 2019
England U15
2
(0)
England U18
2021–2023
England U19
10
(3) 2023–
England U23
6
(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:54, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[ a] [ 2]
Lucia Charlotte Kendall (born 20 May 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club Southampton , and the England under-23 team. She has made over 100 appearances for Southampton and has won the National League Cup and National League South .
Early life
Kendall was born in Winchester and educated at Twyford School [ 5] St Swithun's School .[ 6] Will Kendall .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
She started her youth career aged 7 with Winchester City Flyers, before joining Southampton's Regional Talent Club,[ 9] [ 10]
As a youth cricketer, Kendall represented Hampshire Women,[ 11] [ 12]
Club career
Southampton
On 20 April 2022, Kendall scored the second goal against Portsmouth for a 2–0 victory to secure the National League title, in front of a record attendance for the team of 5,145.[ 13] [ 14]
On 27 April 2022, she scored two goals in the National League Cup Final against Huddersfield Town ,[ 15] National League Cup , and seal a non-league double.[ 16] 2021–22 National League South season , Kendall scored 22 goals in 27 appearances.[ 9]
Kendall (centre) playing for Southampton against Lewes in 2022. On 21 May 2022, in the National League Championship play-off , that Southampton won 1–0 thus gaining promotion to the Women's Championship , Kendall's performance was described by The Observer [ 17]
On 17 October 2022, as a substitute, she scored her first Championship goal for Southampton, the winning goal, against Birmingham City for a 1–0 victory in the 2022–23 season .[ 18]
In June 2023, Kendall signed a contract extension with Southampton to remain until 2025.[ 10]
On 11 February 2024, in a 3–1 defeat to Manchester United in the fifth round of the 2023–24 FA Cup , she provided the assist to equalise in the match.[ 19]
In November 2024, Kendall made her 100th senior appearance for Southampton.[ 20]
International career
Kendall has represented England at under-15, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-23 youth levels.[ 9] [ 2]
In October 2021, Kendall was called to the England under-19 team for 2022 U-19 Championship qualification fixtures,[ 21] [ 22] Republic of Ireland and Switzerland .[ 23] [ 24] Norway in the Algarve Cup.[ 25]
In October 2023, Kendall was named as part of the England under-23 squad for fixtures in the U23 European League.[ 26] [ 27] Molly Pike .[ 28] [ 29]
On 2 December 2024, in the U23 European League competition, Kendall scored her debut goal for the under-23s in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden.[ 30]
Honours
Southampton
Notes
References
^ a b Lucia Kendall at Soccerway^ a b Lucia Kendall at Flashscore.com^ "Lucia Charlotte Kendall player stats | The FA Women's National League" . The FA . Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ "Lucia Charlotte Kendall player stats | The FA Women's National League" . The FA . Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ "Old Twyfordian Lucia Kendall returns to deliver football masterclass!" . Twyford Society . 21 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2024 .^ "Lucia Kendall, year 10 pupil at St Swithun's School in Winchester and a member of the England women's cricket winter training squad - Apr 2019" . School Sport Magazine . 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2024 .^ "Hampshire Women Announce 2019 Playing Squad" . Utilita Bowl . 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ "Introducing Saints FC Women | Lucia Kendall" . www.southamptonfc.com . Retrieved 16 January 2025 .^ a b c d "Lucia Kendall" . www.southamptonfc.com . Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ a b Rees-Julian, George (23 June 2023). "Saints confirm contract extensions for Lucia Kendall and Kayla Rendell" . Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ "Lucia Kendall Profile - Cricket Player England | Stats, Records, Video" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 13 December 2024 .^ "England confirm Women's Academy for 2019-2020" . www.ecb.co.uk . 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024 .^ a b "Saints Women crowned league champions with St Mary's victory over rivals Pompey" . Southern Daily Echo . 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ "Southampton vs Portsmouth on 20 Apr 22 - Match Centre - Portsmouth" . www.portsmouthfc.co.uk . 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ a b Rose, Dan (24 April 2022). "Kendall strikes twice as Saints Women seal double with League Cup glory" . Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Crocker, Tom (27 April 2022). "Spacey-Cale: Team around Kendall key to 'red-hot' scoring form" . Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Downey, Sophie (21 May 2022). "Southampton Women win promotion to second tier after victory against Wolves" . The Observer ISSN 0029-7712 . Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ "Report: Southampton 1-0 Blues Women" . Birmingham City Football Club . Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ "Manchester United 3-1 Southampton (11 Feb, 2024) Commentary" . ESPN . Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ "Two additions to the 💯 club" . X.com . Retrieved 29 December 2024 .^ "Saints youngster rewarded with England under-19 call-up" . Southern Daily Echo . 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .^ Davies, Callum (15 October 2021). "England WU19s squad named for start of Euro qualifying campaign" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Smith, Frank (20 October 2021). "Republic of Ireland 0-1 England WU19s" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Veevers, Nicholas (26 October 2021). "A second-half goal from Grace Clinton ensures progress for England Women's under-19s in EURO qualifiers" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Smith, Frank (9 November 2022). "England WU19s get their Algarve Cup campaign underway against Norway" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ McHugh, Beth (18 October 2023). "England WU23s squad named for Italy and Portugal games" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ McHugh, Beth (26 October 2023). "Report: Italy 1-1 England WU23s" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Wallace, Tom (31 October 2023). "Four Saints Women players featured in England under-23 win over Portugal" . Southern Daily Echo . Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ McHugh, Beth (30 October 2023). "Report: England WU23s 2-0 Portugal" . www.englandfootball.com . Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024 . ^ Hunt, Hunt (2 December 2024). "Report: England WU23s 1-2 Sweden" . England Football . Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024 .
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