Sh'Nia Gordon

Sh'Nia Demetrice Gordon (born April 9, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for French club Montpellier of the Division 1 Féminine.

Sh'Nia Gordon
Personal information
Full name Sh'Nia Demetrice Gordon[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-09) April 9, 1997
Place of birth Ocklawaha, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 23
Youth career
D'Feeters
Gwinnett SA
Richmond Hill HS
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 West Virginia Mountaineers 95 (25)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 FC Metz 16 (3)
2020–2021 Dijon FCO 22 (7)
2021–2022 CSKA Moscow 8 (0)
2022 Racing Louisville FC 4 (0)
2022–2023 Le Havre 18 (4)
2023- Montpellier 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 27, 2022

Youth career

Gordon played for Elite Clubs National League teams D'Feeters of Dallas, Texas, and Gwinnett SA of Gwinnett County, Georgia. She was ranked 52nd in the 2015 Girls IMG Academy 150 player rankings, fifth among forwards in the Texas region, and 22nd among forwards nationally.[2][3] Gordon also played high school soccer for Richmond Hill High School, where she scored a school-record 59 goals as a senior, and scored 34 goals in 13 matches as a junior.[3][4]

Collegiate career

Gordon appeared in 95 matches for the West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer team, starting in all of them, and scored 25 goals and 15 assists. As a sophomore in 2016, Gordon was named to the NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team and Big 12 All-Tournament Team.[3]

Club career

FC Metz

Inspired by her West Virginia teammates Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan, who played professionally after college at Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais, respectively, Gordon also planned to play professionally in France. She also entered the 2019 NWSL College Draft but was not selected. FC Metz extended her an offer, and she accepted and played with the team until its relegation to Division 2 Féminine after the 2019–20 season.[5]

Dijon FCO

Following FC Metz's relegation, Gordon joined Dijon FCO on a two-year contract. She played for Dijon in the 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine season, where she scored seven goals in 22 league appearances.[5]

CSKA Moscow

In August 2021,[1] CSKA Moscow bought Gordon's contract from Dijon FCO,[5] where she played until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started while the team was training in Turkey. One of her matches with CSKA Moscow was a 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualification match against Apollon Ladies F.C., then managed by Kim Björkegren.[6][7]

Racing Louisville FC

With special dispensation granted from FIFA to foreign players to void overseas contracts due to the invasion,[8] Gordon accepted a two-year contract offer on March 15, 2022, from Björkegren, now Racing Louisville FC's head coach, who was also familiar with Gordon during her career in France. CSKA Moscow had reportedly requested a large transfer fee prior to FIFA's contract exception. Gordon's move was so sudden that she left clothing and personal items behind in Russia.[6][9] She debuted for Racing on March 25, 2022, as a substitute in the 80th minute of a 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup match against Houston Dash.[10]

On July 27, 2022, Racing Louisville FC announced that Gordon had mutually terminated her contract with the club to pursue playing opportunities in Europe.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played May 30, 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Metz 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine 163————163
Dijon FCO 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine 22710——237
CSKA Moscow 2021 Russian Women's Football Championship 80——20100
Racing Louisville FC 2022 National Women's Soccer League 4030——70
Career total 501040205610

References
  1. "Sh'Nia Demetrice Gordon joined WFC CSKA". ZFK CSKA Moscow. August 9, 2021. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. Yort, Caroline (November 4, 2013). "2015 Girls IMG Academy 150 fall update". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  3. "Sh'Nia Gordon". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  4. Sulkowski, Frank (March 22, 2019). "Richmond Hill soccer standout Sh'Nia Gordon headed to France to start pro career". WJCL 22. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  5. Ruszkai, Amee (February 23, 2022). "Meet Sh'Nia Gordon: The USWNT hopeful in Russia inspired by PSG & Lyon's Olympic gold medallists". GOAL. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  6. Saxon, Jonathan (April 13, 2022). "'I'm happy I'm safe': How Russia's war landed Sh'Nia Gordon with Racing Louisville". yahoo.com. Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  7. "Apollon-CSKA | UEFA Women's Champions League 2021/22 | UEFA.com". UEFA. August 21, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  8. Summerscales, Robert (March 8, 2022). "FIFA Says Foreign Players Can Suspend Contracts With Russian Clubs But Union Demands More". Sports Illustrated FanNation. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  9. Crawford, Eric (March 15, 2022). "Racing Louisville FC adds top striker; Sh'Nia Gordon signs after leaving top Russian club". WDRB. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  10. Racing Louisville FC [@RacingLouFC] (March 26, 2022). "80' Sh'Nia Gordon also makes her #RacingLou debut" (Tweet). Retrieved July 27, 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. "Wyne signs to lead Racing's roster moves out of NWSL break" (Press release). Racing Louisville FC. July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  12. Sh'Nia Gordon at Soccerway
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