Rachael Laws (born 5 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool.
Laws was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and studied at Gateshead College.[1][2]
Laws first played for Liverpool during the 2013 FA WSL season. She played 9 games and helped her side win the title while battling for a place in the first team with Sarah Quantrill.[3] She then signed for Sunderland on 31 December 2013 going on to make 36 appearances in the WSL. Following Sunderland's denial for a place in the 2018–19 FA WSL she joined Reading.[4] She said in an interview with BBC Sport: "Reading is somewhere I want to personally be and thrive hopefully while I am here".[5] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Laws had left the club after her contract had expired.[6] On 7 July 2020, it was announced that Laws had joined recently relegated side Liverpool F.C. Women having previously been on loan to the club in 2013.[7]
On 25 July 2025, it was announced that Laws had signed a new contract to extend her time with Liverpool, with her saying that "Over the summer it was a no-brainer when the club said they wanted to keep me here."[8]
Laws was called up by Mark Sampson in 2014 for England's World Cup qualification but was an unused substitute in a 10–0 away win against Montenegro.[9]
Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to lack of historical statistics.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 2005–06 | Women's Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | Women's Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | Women's Premier League North | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Women's Premier League North | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Women's Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Women's Premier League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Women's Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Women's Premier League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Women's Super League 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Women's Super League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Women's Super League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 128 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 163 | 0 | ||
| Liverpool (on loan) | 2013 | Women's Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Reading | 2018–19 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Women's Super League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Liverpool | 2020–21 | Women's Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Women's Championship | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 84 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 226 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 283 | 0 | ||
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