# Katie Reid (footballer)
**Katie Holly Reid** (born 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender, primarily a center-back, for Arsenal in the [Women's Super League](https://www.edgepedia.org/womens-super-league) (WSL) and has represented England at under-17, under-19, and under-23 levels before a first senior squad call-up in October 2025.[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and birth | Katie Holly Reid, born 2006, England[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) |
| Club | Arsenal (WSL), squad number 26; joined the academy at age 13[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) • [2](https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/clubs/players/250178578--katie-reid/) |
| Senior debut | April 2024, against Bristol City in the BWSL, replacing captain Leah Williamson[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) |
| Loan | Watford, 10 league appearances, returning to Arsenal in February 2024[3](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid) |
| England youth | 2023 U17 EURO semi-finalist; 2024 U19 EURO final four; WU23 debut February 2025 against Germany[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) |
| Senior England | First call-up October 2025; 0 senior caps[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) |
| 2025/26 WSL season | Six appearances, 452 minutes, five starts, before an ACL rupture ended her campaign[3](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid) • [4](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/six-bwsl-and-bwsl2-breakout-stars-to-watch-in-2026-27) |
## Youth career and Arsenal academy
Reid played for the Wycombe Wanderers Foundation and Reading's Regional Talent Club before joining Arsenal's academy at the age of 13.[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) She spent part of the 2023/24 period on loan at Watford in the Championship, making 10 league appearances before returning to Arsenal in February 2024.[3](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid)
## Arsenal first team
**Senior breakthrough.** Reid made her senior Arsenal bow in April 2024 against Bristol City in the Barclays Women's Super League, coming on in place of the injured England captain [Leah Williamson](https://www.edgepedia.org/leah-williamson).[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) In the 2024/25 season she played seven WSL games and created one assist.[3](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid)
**2025/26 season.** With Williamson injured, Reid became a mainstay of Arsenal's backline at the start of the 2025/26 campaign, starting five of Arsenal's first six WSL matches and their Champions League opener against Lyon, and was chosen ahead of more experienced defenders such as Lotte Wubben-Moy and Laia Codina.[5](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/who-are-the-newbies-in-the-first-post-euro-2025-lionesses-squad) Across the league season she made six appearances totaling 452 minutes, five as a starter and one as a substitute; her last league appearance came on November 2 against Leicester City, playing two minutes in a 4-1 win.[3](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid) After starting Arsenal's first four league games of the season and earning her first senior England call-up in October, she ruptured her ACL and missed the rest of the campaign.[4](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/six-bwsl-and-bwsl2-breakout-stars-to-watch-in-2026-27) Earlier, a minor groin injury had forced her to withdraw from the October 2025 England squad, with Liverpool's Grace Fisk called up in her place.[5](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/who-are-the-newbies-in-the-first-post-euro-2025-lionesses-squad)
## International career
Reid progressed through the England youth pathway, playing for the under-17s, under-19s, and under-23s. She competed at the 2023 UEFA Women's U17 Championship, where the Young Lionesses reached the semi-final, and at the 2024 UEFA Women's U19 Championship, where England again reached the final four. She made her England women's under-23 debut in February 2025 against Germany as a substitute.[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid) At the 2025 [UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-womens-under-19-championship) final tournament she made three appearances.[6](https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029a-1df9fd273362-ae3be3457f76-1000/2025_wu19_tournament_final.pdf)
In October 2025, manager [Sarina Wiegman](https://www.edgepedia.org/sarina-wiegman) named Reid in the senior England squad for the first time, alongside first call-ups Taylor Hinds and Lucia Kendall, for friendlies against Brazil and Australia.[5](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/who-are-the-newbies-in-the-first-post-euro-2025-lionesses-squad) Her senior cap count remained at zero as of the England Football squad profile.[1](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid)
## Playing style
Reid is a right-footed center-back who has also filled other roles. Arsenal manager Renee Slegers described her as "a future centre-back" who "can play the full-back role, the centre-half role also the six role", using her at right-back in a Champions League fixture and noting that playing center-back helps her understand the roles of the number six and the full-back.[7](https://awnewsletter.arseblog.com/reid-the-room/) A WSL Football breakout-stars feature highlighted her technical ability and flexibility, and noted that Williamson had tipped her to ultimately take the captain's own place in the Arsenal side.[4](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/six-bwsl-and-bwsl2-breakout-stars-to-watch-in-2026-27)
## References
1. [England Women's player profile: Katie Reid, England Football (The FA)](https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/squad/Katie-Reid)
2. [Katie Reid, UEFA Women's Champions League player profile](https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/clubs/players/250178578--katie-reid/)
3. [Katie Reid, WSL Football player profile](https://www.wslfootball.com/players/katie-reid)
4. [Six BWSL and BWSL2 breakout stars to watch in 2026/27, WSL Football](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/six-bwsl-and-bwsl2-breakout-stars-to-watch-in-2026-27)
5. [Who are the newbies in the first post-Euro 2025 Lionesses squad?, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/who-are-the-newbies-in-the-first-post-euro-2025-lionesses-squad)
6. [2025 UEFA Women's European Under-19 Championship Final Tournament Press Kit, UEFA](https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029a-1df9fd273362-ae3be3457f76-1000/2025_wu19_tournament_final.pdf)
7. [Reid the room, Arseblog News (Arsenal Women newsletter)](https://awnewsletter.arseblog.com/reid-the-room/)
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