The first South Asian heritage woman to play for Blues in the professional era is 16-year-old Layla Banaras.
The 16-year-old was named on the bench for the first time in her career in the victory against Bristol City.
He came on as a substitute for Blues in their win at St Andrew's on Sunday.
The tough-tackling Banaras, whose mother is English and whose father is Pakistani, started playing football when he was a student at Oasis Academy.
He captained the U16 academy team last season and also represented the club's development side on a number of occasions.
The versatile wing-back played the full 90 minutes as the youngest player on the pitch - aged just 16 years and 25 days - in last season's FA WSL U21 Academy Cup final against Manchester United at St George's Park.
Banaras earned praise last year after producing a nutrition guide and meal plan to help Muslim athletes prepare for fasts during the holy month.
The teenager, who has previously said she hopes to inspire other young Muslim girls to take up football, began developing a healthy-eating programme for players when they are fast after finding very little guidance for players training through the Holy month of Ramadan.
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When she participated in the Queen's Baton Relay earlier this year, she was cheered on by friends and family as well as her team mates.
Brandon Khela, a men's first-team academy graduate, appeared in the kit launch with the 16-year-old as Blues embraced their rich cultural diversity.
Khela became the first British South Asian to sign a professional contract when he signed senior terms at St Andrew's.
Blues 4 All took the rare step of sponsoring Khela after being inspired by the Punjabi Rams, who Sky Sports News revealed were extending their sponsorship of Kira Rai for a fifth season.
Micky Singh, chair of Blues 4 All, spoke to Sky Sports News in October and said that he had supported Blues for over 60 years and had waited a long time to see a Punjabi kid come up through the ranks at the club.
Brandon is one of a few youngsters from South Asian background trying to break through and he has a lot of potential.
Despite the slow response from football to tackle South Asian under-representation in the men's and women's professional game, Blues are supporting talent.
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