Laura Bassett is an English retired football defender who represented England national team internationally. Regarding her club career, she played for FA WSL club Notts County, Arsenal, Birmingham City, Leeds Carnegie, Chelsea, Australian W-League, and Canberra United.
Nuneaton, England native, Laura Bassett was born on 2nd August 1993, under the star sign Leo. She is the daughter of Marie Bassett and Keith Bassett. She holds an American nationality and is of white ethnic background. The thirty-seven years old stands 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall.
Along with immense fame, Laura Bassett earned a tremendous sum of money over decades of a football career. Not only for clubs, but she has also represented her national side, England internationally. Women's soccer players make about $25,000 - $85,000 per season, while the average is around $40,000.
Besides, Laura made a great deal of money, playing for the national team. At the current time, her net worth is approximately $1 million. However, there is no information available regarding her real estate property and cars.
Laura Bassett is neither married nor single, currently, she is in a relationship with Orlando Pride manager Marc Skinner. The couple is together for a long time, having met while both coaching for Birmingham's U-14s team. In 2018, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter, Saede.
Laura Bassett's long-time partner, Marc, and their daugh SOURCE: Instagram @laurabassett6 Her husband, Marc Skinner, 37 is an English professional football coach who currently stands as the head coach of Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Earlier, he managed Birmingham City and Solihull College.
Grew up in Bulkington, Laura joined the Bedworth Girls as a 9-year-old. By her 14 she already turned professional joined Coventry City Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division while still a pupil at North Warwickshire and Hinckley College. In 2000, she moved to Birmingham City where she played until 2008, and also had a loan spell at New York Magazine. Further, he played a season for the Arsenal Ladies in 2008-09 and the following season for Leeds United Ladies.
In 2010, he joined Birmingham City Ladies. At the end of the 2013 season, club captain Bassett rejected Birmingham's offer of a new contract and joined Chelsea. Ahead of 2015, he joined Notts County. After the Notts County's folding in April 2017, Bassett became a free agent and joined Canberra United.
At the international level, Bassett earned over 60 caps for the England national team between 2003 and 2017, being a team member of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 2013, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2017.
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