Khadija Shaw
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Khadija Monifa Shaw[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Spanish Town, Jamaica | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 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 | 8 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Jamaica U17 | 8 | (2) |
2011–2015 | Jamaica U20 | 7 | (0) |
2015– | Jamaica | 31 | (42) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2021 |
Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester City of the English FA Women's Super League and the Jamaica women's national team.
Shaw is rarely called by her actual name and instead predominantly uses the nickname Bunny which was given to her by her brother, Kentardo, as a child because of her love of carrots.[2]
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.[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.[4] She decided against entering into the NWSL Draft after college in order to look at overseas options in Europe and Asia.[5]
Club career
Florida Krush, 2018
In 2018, Shaw also played for WPSL semi-pro team Florida Krush.[6]
Bordeaux, 2019–21
On 7 June 2019, D1 Féminine team Bordeaux announced they had signed Shaw on a two-year contract.[7][8]
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 5 assists in 15 league matches.[1] Shaw scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over FC Fleury 91 on 10 October 2020.[9] 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[10] and the later on 23 January 2021 to help Bordeaux to a massive 7–1 victory.[11][12] 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.[13][14] She ended her second league season with 22 goals and 7 assists in 20 matches winning the as the top goal scorer, beating Marie-Antoinette Katoto by a goal[15] and also earning a place on the Trophées FFF D1 Féminine 2020–2021 Team of the Year.[15] 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.[16][17][18]
Manchester City, 2021–
On 17 June 2021, Manchester City announced that they had signed Shaw from Bordeaux on a three-year deal.[19][20]
International
Shaw has played internationally at the U-15, U-17, U-20 and senior levels for Jamaica,[21] debuting for the former aged 14.[22]
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.[23] 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.[24]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 January 2022[1]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux | 2019–20 | D1 Féminine | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 10 | ||
2020–21 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 21 | 24 | ||||
Total | 35 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 34 | ||
Manchester City | 2020–21 | FA WSL | — | 1[a] | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||
2021–22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | ||
Total | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | ||
Career total | 44 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 43 |
- ^ Joined during 2021–22 season but competed in the postponed 2020–21 FA Cup
International goals
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first
Honours
Jamaica
- CONCACAF Women's Championship third place: 2018[25]
Individual
- Trophées FFF D1 Féminine - Team of the Year: 2020–2021[18]
- Division 1 Féminine top scorer: 2020–2021[18]
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."[26]
References
- ^ a b c "Khadija Shaw soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ Oatway, Caroline. "Khadija Shaw: 10 things you didn't know". www.mancity.com.
- ^ Lesar, Al (4 October 2017). "Soccer allowed Tennessee's Khadija Shaw to escape gang violence in Jamaica". Knox News. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "2018 SEC Soccer awards announced". secsports.com.
- ^ "'Bunny' goes pro". Jamaica Observer.
- ^ "Florida Krush - 2018 Regular Season - Roster". wpslsoccer.com.
- ^ "Khadija Shaw rejoint Bordeaux". Girondins.com (in French). 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Khadija Shaw signs two-year contract with French club". loopjamaica.com.
- ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - 5e journée - Bordeaux-Fleury 6-1". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Footofeminin.fr Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 7e journée - Bordeaux vrs Dijon 5-1". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Bordeaux vs. Stade de Reims - 23 January 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - 13e journée - Bordeaux-Reims 7-1". statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Mayen, Philippe (15 February 2021). "Trophée du mois : Khadija Shaw récidive". FFF. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Mayen, Philippe (13 November 2020). "Khadija Shaw, joueuse du mois d'octobre". FFF. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Footofeminin.fr - Championnat de France de D1 2020-2021 - Classement des buteuses". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Duret, Sebastien. "Trophées UNFP - Le palmarès complet". Footofeminin.fr : le football au féminin (in French). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Mayen, Philippe (1 June 2021). "Les nommés pour les Trophées 2021". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Mayen, Philippe (5 June 2021). "Le Palmarès Des Trophées 2021". FFF. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Oatway, Caroline. "Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (17 June 2021). "Jamaica forward Shaw joins Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Khadija Shaw was born to roll the leather, says her mom". loopjamaica.com.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer.
- ^ "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER: Reggae Girlz crush Dom Rep 6-0". jamaicaobserver.com.
- ^ "Jamaica qualify for Women's World Cup with help from Bob Marley's daughter". BBC. 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Jamaica claim first-ever Women's World Cup berth". fifa.com. FIFA. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (28 December 2018). "The Guardian footballer of the year 2018: Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw" – via www.theguardian.com.
External links
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Spanish Town
- Jamaican women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women) players
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- Division 1 Féminine players
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Jamaican expatriate women's footballers
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate women's footballers in France