LFC WomenFactfile: All you need to know about Grace Fisk

The 25-year-old has become the Reds’ fifth new recruit ahead of the 2023-24 campaign, taking the No.4 jersey for Matt Beard’s team.

Read on to find out more about Fisk…

She made history when debuting for Millwall. Grace took her first steps in the game by joining the Centre of Excellence at Millwall Lionesses aged 10. She would rise quickly through the ranks there; so much so, in fact, that she achieved a senior debut for the club in 2014 when still just 16 – becoming the youngest to have done so for Millwall. Fisk was subsequently named the side’s Young Player of the Year in 2015 and continued to gain experience in England’s second tier.

Fisk enjoyed a successful spell in the USA. Her next career step involved a move across the Atlantic ocean to study and play college soccer in the USA. In 2016 Fisk headed to Penn State and played for its Nittany Lions side, then a year later she transferred to the University of South Carolina and quickly flourished for the Gamecocks team in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 2018 she was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and part of the All-SEC First Team. Grace became captain the next season and was awarded Most Valuable Player as the SEC tournament title was clinched.

Captaining her country on the world stage. Fisk has previously represented England at U17, U19, U20 and U21 levels, and was skipper for the Young Lionesses when they travelled to the Women’s U20 World Cup in France in 2018. She made six starts at the tournament as the squad reached the semi-finals and ultimately finished in third place after beating the hosts on penalties in the play-off.

She is linking up with Beard for the second time. Beard was in charge at West Ham United when Fisk returned from America and joined the London club to undertake the professional phase of her career in late 2019. The manager had first identified Grace’s ability during his own time coaching in the USA. They then worked together for almost a year until Beard departed his position with the Hammers in November 2020.

And there’ll be another familiar face in the Reds dressing room. Grace will also be reunited with Leanne Kiernan, the LFC Women striker who spent three seasons at West Ham before moving to Merseyside in 2021. Kiernan and Fisk were teammates in the capital for one-and-a-half years.

A mainstay in the Women’s Super League. Fisk was a regular figure for West Ham in the WSL over the past three seasons. She played every minute of their 2020-21 campaign and missed just one match in the top flight last term. In between, Grace was involved in 16 WSL games in 2021-22, a season that brought both of her two goals for the Hammers.

You can follow Grace on Instagram. She posts under the username @grace_fisk and has around 16,000 followers to date.