Karen Bardsley Biography

Bardsley is a famous people who is best known as a Soccer Play. Versatile defender and midfielder Steph Houghton joined her on England’s national team in 2007. Karen Bardsley is a member of the famous Soccer Player list. A goalkeeper who made her professional debut in 2007 with the Ajax America Women and joined England’s national team in 2005.

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She was named Karen Louise at birth and was born in Santa Monica, California on the 14th of October 1984. She developed interests in sports at a tender age and started training. She claimed to have grown up watching the ‘US women team winning the 1999 World Cup and thinking she would love to be a part of something like that.

Bardsley was born at a time when female football wasn’t very popular and her father was reluctant to register her for youth camp to take football lessons and practice.

She attended ‘Ruben S. Ayala High School’ and proceeded to ‘California State University’ to study graphic design. She was a student-athlete and played for ‘Cal State Fullerton Titans’ Women’s soccer program.

Karen Bardsley is a renowned female goalkeeper who plays for Manchester City as well as for the English national team. A world-class goalkeeper with years of experience under her belt, Karen has maintained her position as the number one goalkeeper for City for consecutive seasons while she is also a member of England Women’s National Football Team.

Karen Bardsley Career

She’s a football career started in college. She was so passionate about the sports that after her first season, she received the honor of being the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year. She couldn’t play for a while due to a broken leg injury but soon bounced back in 2004 that she received again the “Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year” in 2005.

After graduating from the University, Karen Bardsley signed with “Ajax American Women” in preparation for ‘WPSL season of 2007. She moved on in February 2008 to join “Pali Blues” for the W-League season. She proceeded to “Sky Blue FC” as a third-round pick in 2009 ‘WPS Draft’. She appeared in 4 games in the inaugural season for the club before they won the Women’s Professional Soccer Playoffs (2009). She had a total of 17 appearances for the club.

In 2011, Karen joined Linkoping (a Swedish club) and made 3 appearances for the club. Next, she moved to Europe to explore greater opportunities and initially played for Norway before moving to “Lincoln Ladies” in 2013 where she appeared in 14 games. She then signed a two-year deal with “Manchester City” which started successfully with a win of the “2014 Continental Cup”. As at 2018, she has had a total appearance of 52 appearances for the club.

While her parents are from the United States and despite growing up in Santa Monica, Karen opted to play for England as she felt that she had more ties and connection to England.

Her first appearance for England was in the ‘UEFA Women Under -19 Championship’ (2003). Her first senior match for England was in March 2005 (Algarve Cup) where they had a 4-0 victory. She also played in the ‘UEFA Women’s Euro’ for 2009.

Her training, hard work, and resilience did pay off and by 2011 World Cup. She was made first choice goalkeeper for the English team. So far, Karen has had about 75 appearances in all for England. She was also part of the 18 player squad who played in the ‘London Olympics (2012).

 Bardsley Net worth, Height & Age

Karen Bardsley’s estimated Net Worth$19 Million

Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)

Karen Bardsley was born on 14 October 1984 she is 35 years old

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She is single. She is not dating anyone currently. Karen had at least a relationship in the past. Karen Bardsley has not been previously engaged. She was born in Santa Monica, California. According to our records, she has no children.

Her birth sign is Libra. The most compatible signs with Libra are generally considered to be Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. The least compatible signs with Libra are generally considered to be Cancer and Capricorn. Karen Bardsley also has a ruling planet of Venus.