1. Georgia Stanway has represented England at various youth levels, including captaining the U17 team, prior to scoring on her senior debut in 2018.
25 Facts About Georgia Stanway
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Georgia Stanway was nominated for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2016 and the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year in 2017.
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Georgia Stanway represented Cumbria in football, playing for Cumbria Schoolgirls in English Schools' Football Association competitions at regional level in 2013 and 2014; though the county team lost all their matches, Stanway was selected for the newly created England Schoolgirls under-15 international squad that won the Bob Docherty Cup in 2014.
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Georgia Stanway was the only player to score in all of their matches.
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Georgia Stanway then left Cumbria for Manchester aged sixteen to pursue a professional football career, joining Manchester City.
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Georgia Stanway started her career at Blackburn Rovers, playing through the youth system.
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Georgia Stanway made it into the senior squad as a teenager, eligible to play from the end of January 2015.
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Georgia Stanway featured in the FA Women's Premier League in 2015, debuting in the league in early March and nearly scoring.
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Georgia Stanway ended her maiden campaign with the club's Rising Star award.
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Georgia Stanway won the Frauen-Bundesliga in both of her first two years abroad at Bayern and firmly established herself as a key player in their starting team.
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On 30 January 2025, Bayern Munich announced that Georgia Stanway had suffered a lateral collateral ligament knee injury, and had undergone a successful operation, stating that she will be out for several months.
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Georgia Stanway was first called up to train with the under-15 team in June 2012, being regularly invited to camps in 2013 and 2014.
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Georgia Stanway then joined the under-17 squad for the Nordic Cup camp in July 2014.
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Georgia Stanway was not in the 2015 U-17 Euro squad as the team went out in the group stages, instead playing in the Nordic Cup.
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In 2016, Georgia Stanway captained the under-17 team to a bronze medal at the 2016 Euros, qualifying for the World Cup.
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In 2018, Georgia Stanway played a pivotal role in England's 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup campaign in France.
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Georgia Stanway scored six times as England went on to finish third.
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When Sarina Wiegman took over the Lionesses, Georgia Stanway initially struggled for minutes, attributed to constantly playing out of position for City and not giving the new coach much to go on; she was in better form in her preferred position by the Arnold Clark Cup in February 2022 and made the start list for the squad.
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Georgia Stanway played 89 minutes in the final win over Germany.
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Georgia Stanway was the 209th player to represent the England women's team, and was given this as her legacy number by the FA to honour the 50th anniversary of the team.
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On 31 May 2023, Georgia Stanway was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in July 2023.
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Georgia Stanway scored the only goal of the match via a penalty in the opening World Cup game against Haiti and helped the Lionesses reach the final of the tournament.
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In Olympique's first match following England's victory in Euro 2022, Georgia Stanway was involved in the pitch side punditry for Sky Sports.
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Georgia Stanway grew up idolising Alan Shearer and supports Newcastle United.
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Georgia Stanway developed a big interest in tattooing whilst living in Munich and she tattooed a person for the first time on BBC Sport's Out of Office series in 2024.