Alexandra Grace Brooks (born 19 January 1995) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

in the

FA Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

Club career

Having come through their academy system, Alexandra Brooks made her first team debut for

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when she replaced

Karen Bardsley Karen Louise Bardsley (born 14 October 1984) is a US-born English former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. She played for Sky Blue FC in the previous top-flight American Women's Profe ...

in an

FA WSL Cup The FA Women's League Cup is a league cup competition in English women's association football. The competition was originally open to the eight teams in the FA WSL, but since the WSL's restructuring to two divisions, it has featured 23 teams. ...

match against Durham on 13 July 2014. She would further occasional appearances for the next season and a half before a loan move to Everton for the duration of the 2016 season plus the half-length 2017 FA WSL Spring Series campaign. The following year she departed City for Sheffield United. On 26 January 2019, Brooks moved back to the highest division of English football with a transfer to

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Manchester City * Women's League Cup:

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* Living people English women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Manchester City W.F.C. players Everton F.C. (women) players Sheffield United W.F.C. players Birmingham City W.F.C. players Women's Super League players FA Women's National League players Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. players Footballers from Manchester Fylde Ladies F.C. players 1995 births {{England-women-footy-bio-stub