Wolves Women have added to their goalkeeping ranks with the loan signing of Birmingham City’s Charlotte Clarke.
A former England under-21 international, Clarke made her senior debut at the age of just 16 with Derby County before spells with Leicester City, where she was a promotion winner, and Stoke City.
She earned her England call-up with the Potters in 2020 before returning to Derby for two more seasons, which included being dual-registered with Aston Villa.
In 2021, the shot-stopper put pen-to-paper as a full-time professional with Liverpool as the Reds were crowded Championship champions and, in the 2022/23 campaign, Clarke flourished while on loan with West Bromwich Albion, winning their Supporters’ Player of the Season award.
A move to Birmingham followed in the summer of 2023 and Clarke will now become part of Dan McNamara’s squad, joining the likes of Bec Thomas and Maddie Elbro as goalkeeping options.
On completing the addition of Clarke, manager McNamara said: “I’m delighted to welcome Charlotte into the group. When we got offered the opportunity to bring someone as experienced as her to push and challenge Bec, it was a no brainer.
“We’ve had a few injuries in that area over the last few weeks and we wanted to make sure we had plenty of cover to step in and improve the goalkeeping department, making sure it’s as strong as possible.
“She’ll be looking to play and she hasn’t come here to play second or third fiddle so it’s exciting to see how the other goalkeepers will respond to it and I’m sure it will be a really healthy and competitive environment moving forward.
“Charlotte will go straight into the squad for the weekend and will be available to make her competitive debut over the next few games.”
