Khadija Shaw

Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw OD (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Jamaica women's national team. A prolific goalscorer, she is Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer for both men and women,[2] and represents them at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Khadija Shaw
Khadija Shaw posing in the Jamaica women’s national football team football kit
Personal information
Full name Khadija Monifa Shaw[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997
Place of birth Spanish Town, Jamaica
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 21
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 EFSC Titans 21 (24)
2017–2018 Tennessee Volunteers 35 (27)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Florida Krush 1 (1)
2019–2021 Bordeaux 35 (32)
2021– Manchester City 41 (31)
International career‡
2011–2013 Jamaica U17 8 (2)
2011–2015 Jamaica U20 7 (0)
2015– Jamaica 41 (55)
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
CONCACAF W Championship
Third placeUnited States 2018Team
Third placeMexico 2022Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:31, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:19, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Shaw was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica to George Shaw, a shoemaker, and mother Monica, a chicken farmer.[3] She was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters. Shaw was nicknamed 'Bunny' by her brother Kentardo because of a fondness for carrots at an early age.[4] She attended high school at St. Jago High School.[5]

Shaw began playing football with her older brothers before being taught by her brother Kentardo at age 10. At age 13, Shaw was called up for the Jamaica U15s team for the first time. While representing Jamaica, she received scholarship offers from Navarro College in Texas and Eastern Florida State College. She was then scouted by the University of Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in communication.[3]

College career

Shaw played her first two years of junior college at Eastern Florida State College, earning NSCAA first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors in 2016.

In 2017, Shaw transferred to the University of Tennessee.[6] During her time with the Tennessee Volunteers, she was converted from a midfielder to a striker by her coach Brian Pensky.[3] She was named to the All-SEC first team in both her seasons with Tennessee and was awarded SEC Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2018.[7] She decided against entering into the NWSL Draft after college in order to look at overseas options in Europe and Asia.[8]

Club career

Florida Krush

In 2018, Shaw played for WPSL semi-pro team Florida Krush.[9]

Bordeaux

On 7 June 2019, D1 Féminine team Bordeaux announced they had signed Shaw on a two-year contract.[10][11] Khadija made her professional debut on 25 August 2019 with Bordeaux against FC Fleury 91. On her debut game, she scored a brace that led to a 4–1 victory for the home team. She repeated her performance, at an away game this time against Dijon FCO, on her second game. In her first season, she scored 10 goals and made five assists in 15 league matches.[1] Shaw scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over FC Fleury 91 on 10 October 2020.[12] She went on and scored hat-tricks against Dijon FCO and Stade de Reims during the season, with the former happening on 31 October 2020 to help earn them a 5–1 home victory[13] and the later on 23 January 2021 to help Bordeaux to a massive 7–1 victory.[14][15] Her goal scoring run and general performance earned her the Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month twice in the months of October 2020 and January 2021.[16][17] She ended her second league season with 22 goals and seven assists in 20 matches winning the as the top goal scorer, beating Marie-Antoinette Katoto by a goal[18] and also earning a place on the Trophées FFF D1 Féminine 2020–2021 Team of the Year.[18] She was nominated for the best player of the season awards for both Trophées UNFP du football and Trophées FFF D1 Féminine, however she was beaten by Kadidiatou Diani for both.[19][20][21]

Manchester City

On 17 June 2021, Manchester City announced that they had signed Shaw from Bordeaux on a three-year deal.[22][23] Shaw spend her first season at the club primarily as the second choice striker behind Ellen White.[24] She scored her first hat-trick for the club in a 6–0 FA Cup win against Leicester City.[25][26] She also featured as the joint topscorer of the 2021–22 FA Women's League Cup. Shaw went on to claim a winners medal as Man City triumphed, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the League Cup final.[27] She later scored four goals in Man City's 7–2 win over Brighton and Hove in the WSL.[28] She would finish her first season as the team second highest goalscorer with 16 goals.

Shaw had her breakout year in her second season with the club as she established herself as the first choice striker following Ellen White's retirement.[24] On 12 March 2023, Shaw scored a brace in a 2–1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion taking her tally to an incredible 26 goals in 22 games with seven WSL games to go, becoming Manchester City's highest-scoring women's player in a single season and breaking Nikita Parris's record of 24 goals in the 2018–19 season.[29][30] On 5 May 2023, Shaw was named as the 2022 CONCACAF Female Player of the Year, becoming the first Caribbean player in history to win the award.[31][32] On 27 May, Shaw scored her 50th club goal as she scored twice in a 3–2 victory over Everton in their final Women's Super League game of the season.[33] At the end of the 2022–23 season, she scored 31 goals in 30 games in all competitions for Manchester City and was named the club's player of the season.[34] She missed out on the Women's Super League Golden Boot by two goals to Rachel Daly, after leading the top scorer charts for majority of the season.[35][36] Shaw's goal against Arsenal on 2 April 2023 was voted the club's Goal of the Season.[34] She was further named in the 2023 PFA WSL Team of the Year and nominated as one of 30 candidates for the Women's Ballon d'Or Féminin.

On 30 May 2023, Shaw signed a two-year contract extension, that would keep her at the club until 2026.[37][35]

International career

Shaw has played internationally at the U-15, U-17, U-20 and senior levels for Jamaica,[38] debuting for the former aged 14.[39]

Shaw made her senior international debut on 23 August 2015, scoring twice in a 6–0 victory over the Dominican Republic in an Olympic qualifying game.[40] In 2019, Shaw was part of the Jamaica team that qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In doing so, they became the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup.[41]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 October 2023[42]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux 2019–20 D1 Féminine 151030——1810
2020–21 D1 Féminine 202212——2124
Total 35324200003934
Manchester City 2020–21 FA WSL —1[lower-alpha 3]3——13
2021–22 FA WSL 1794344202716
2022–23 WSL 22203732223031
2023–24 WSL 220011—33
Total 413181387426053
Career total 7663121587429987
  1. Includes Coupe de France féminine, Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  3. Joined during 2021–22 season but competed in the postponed 2020–21 FA Cup

International
As of match played 8 August 2023[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 2015 2 3
2018 12 21
2019 11 16
2020 3 2
2021 1 0
2022 9 13
2023 3 0
Total 41 55
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shaw goal.
List of international goals scored by Khadija Shaw
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 23 August 2015 Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic 1–0 6–0 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
2 3–0
3 25 August 2015 Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic  Dominica 3–0 12–0 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
4 9 May 2018 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Guadeloupe 1–0 13–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
5 4–0
6 5–0
7 7–0
8 9–0
9 11–0
10 11 May 2018 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Martinique 3–0 3–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
11 13 May 2018 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 2–2 2–2 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
12 19 July 2018 Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia  Venezuela 1–0 1–2 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
13 21 July 2018 Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia  Costa Rica 1–0 1–2 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
14 25 August 2018 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda 3–0 9–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
15 5–0
16 6–0
17 27 August 2018 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Bermuda 3–0 4–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
18 31 August 2018 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 4–1 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
19 3–1
20 2 September 2018 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Cuba 2–0 6–1 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
21 5–0
22 8 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Costa Rica 1–0 1–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
23 11 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Cuba 1–0 9–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
24 17 October 2018 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States  Panama 1–0 2–2 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
25 3 March 2019 Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica  Chile 1–1 3–2 Friendly
26 2–1
27 7 April 2019 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa 1–1 1–1 Friendly
28 19 May 2019 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Panama 1–0 3–1 Friendly
29 2–0
30 28 May 2019 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 2–3 Friendly
31 2–2
32 4 October 2019 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Barbados 7–0 7–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
33 6 October 2019 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Saint Lucia 1–0 11–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
34 3–0
35 6–0
36 8 October 2019 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  U.S. Virgin Islands 1–0 7–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
37 3–0
38 4–0
39 5–0
40 7–0
41 4 February 2020 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–0 7–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
42 4–0
43 17 February 2022 National Stadium, Kinston, Jamaica  Bermuda 3–0 4–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
44 4–0
45 20 February 2022 Kirani James Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  Grenada 3–0 6–1 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
46 6–1
47 9 April 2022 Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town, Cayman Islands  Cayman Islands 6–0 9–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
48 7–0
49 8–0
50 12 April 2022 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Dominican Republic 4–1 5–1 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
51 5–1
52 4 July 2022 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico  Mexico 1–0 1–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
53 11 July 2022 Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico  Haiti 2–0 4–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
54 3–0
55 13 November 2022 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica  Paraguay 1–2 1–2 Friendly [44]

Honours

Manchester City

Jamaica

Individual

Orders

Awards and recognition

In 2018, Shaw was named Guardian Footballer of the Year, an award given to a footballer "who has done something truly remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty."[57]

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