English footballer

Keira Walsh

Keira Fae Walsh is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for, and a vice-captain of, Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. She is considered both a playmaker and a defensive midfielder. She has previously played for Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, and Barcelona, and Great Britain at the Olympics. Walsh has numerous titles, having won the Women's Super League; the Liga F; the FA Cup; the Copa de la Reina; the League Cup; the Supercopa de España; and the Champions League all on multiple occasions.

Born

1997

April 8

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Keira, in brief

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Key dates

1997 Born

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876 The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
1139 Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.
1143 Manuel I Komnenos succeeds his father John II Komnenos as Byzantine Emperor.

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The world in 1997

When Keira arrived

april 1 Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
april 13 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
april 14 Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing, is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.
april 29 The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

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Adrian Boult 1889–1983 English conductor (died 1983) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer August Wilhelm von Hofmann 1818–1892 German chemist and academic (died 1892) Carlos Santana 1986– Dominican baseball player Clarence Hudson White 1871–1925 American photographer and educator (died 1925) Dionysios Solomos 1798–1857 Greek poet and author (died 1857) Emma Caulfield 1973– American actress Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003) Gennady Golovkin 1982– Kazakhstani boxer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1997

Arike Ogunbowale 1997– American basketball player Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor Ashleigh Gardner 1997– Australian cricketer Brittany Broski 1997– American comedian and singer Cha Eun-woo 1997– South Korean singer, actor, and model Daniel Sprong 1997– Dutch ice hockey player Duncan Scott 1997– Scottish swimmer Greyson Chance 1997– American musician Holly Taylor 1997– Canadian-American actress

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