Bio
Loanee goalkeeper
Katie Startup joined City on an emergency loan deal in April 2024 from fellow Barclays Women’s Super League outfit Brighton.
The stopper represented England at various youth levels having spent time at both Gillingham and Chelsea before a move to Charlton Athletic in 2017.
Enjoying a hugely successful three-year spell at the Addicks, Startup helped her side gain promotion to the second tier in 2018.
She would go on to be an ever-present between the sticks in 2018/19 as Charlton finished an impressive third in the Championship.
In the following campaign, the goalkeeper would change her number from 1 to 40 as a means of promoting awareness around the importance of mental health and suicide prevention charities.
Joining Brighton in 2020, Startup has since had loan spells back at Charlton and Liverpool before making her WSL debut in March 2022 in a 2-0 victory over West Ham United.
