Jane Ross (footballer)

Jane Ross
Personal information
Full name Jane Ross
Date of birth (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989
Place of birth Rothesay, Scotland
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
West Ham United
Youth career
Paisley Saints Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Paisley Saints Ladies
2006–2012 Glasgow City 118 (104)
2013–2015 Vittsjö GIK[1] 42 (21)
2015–2018 Manchester City 33 (13)
2018– West Ham United 5 (2)
National team
2009– Scotland 118 (56)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:29, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[2]
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:19, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[3]

Jane Ross (born 18 September 1989) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United in the FA WSL and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Ross grew up on the Isle of Bute and after attending local coaching clinics, began her career at youth level with Paisley Saints Ladies.[4][5] By the age of 16, she had already been called into the Scotland Women's under-19 squad.[6] In June 2006, she joined Glasgow City, where she won six Scottish Women's Premier League titles, three Scottish Cups and three League Cups.[7] She also helped the club reach the last 16 of the UEFA Women's Champions League in the 2011–12 campaign.

At the end of the 2012 season, Ross had a trial period in Denmark with earlier Champions League opponents Fortuna Hjørring, before heading for further trials with several clubs in Sweden.[8][9]

She agreed a professional contract with Vittsjö GIK at the end of December 2012, joining fellow Scotland international Ifeoma Dieke at the club.[10][11] Ross scored on her debut for Vittsjö in a pre-season friendly match against Danish side B93/HIK/Skjold in February 2013.[12] After 11 goals in her debut season, Ross was linked with a transfer to English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies.[13] Both Ross and Dieke extended their contracts with Vittsjö for another season in December 2013.[14] Ross left Vittsjö after the 2015 season, having scored 51 goals in 82 appearances for the club.[15]

Ross signed a two-year contract with Manchester City in November 2015.[15] She left Manchester City after the 2017–18 season, having scored a total of 25 goals in 61 games across all competitions for the club.[7]

On 9 July 2018, Ross signed with West Ham United.[7]

International career

Ross won her first full international cap for Scotland against England in March 2009, and scored her first international goal in August the same year against Denmark.[16] She made her fiftieth international appearance against the Netherlands in the 2013 Cyprus Cup tournament.[17]

June 2012 saw Ross named one of four reserves to the 18-player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[18]

Ross studied at the University of Stirling on a scholarship as part of the SFA National Women's Football Academy.[19][20] She has deferred her M.Phil. degree while she pursues her professional career.[21]

International goals

Results list Scotland's goal tally first.[16]

References

  1. "Jane Ross". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. "Jane Ross player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. "Jane Ross player profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. "Bend it like Jane". The Buteman. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  5. "Football fans say thanks to Jim". The Buteman. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  6. "Under 19 women face double challenge in Finland". Scottish FA. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "Scotland international Jane Ross joins West Ham Ladies". West Ham United F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  8. Claus Dindler (22 November 2012). "Skrappe skotter til prøvetræning" [Tough Scots for trial] (in Danish). Fortuna Hjørring. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  9. Sofie Gustafsson (4 December 2012). "Landslagstrio på jakt efter drömkontrakt" [Team trio in search of dream contract]. Värmlands Folkblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  10. Marika Höghäll (31 December 2012). "Skotsk landslagstjejskrev på för Vittsjö" [Scottish national team player signs for Vittsjö]. Norra Skåne (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  11. "Scotland's Jane Ross turns professional with Vittsjo". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  12. Tomas Gustavsson (4 February 2013). "Vittsjö vann i Danmark" [Vittsjö win in Denmark]. Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  13. Campbell, Alan (15 November 2013). "Coveted Little has a whole lot of options as she prepares to depart Arsenal". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  14. "Jane och Ifeoma förlänger med Vittsjö" [Jane and Ifeoma extend with Vittsjö] (in Swedish). Vittsjö GIK. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  15. 1 2 "Ex-Glasgow City striker Jane Ross seals two-year deal with Man City". Evening Times. Herald & Times Group. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Jane Ross – Women's A Squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  17. "Jane wins 50th Scotland cap". The Buteman. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  18. "Northern Ireland keeper Higgins named as GB squad reserve". BBC Sport. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  19. "Meet the athletes – Jane Ross". University of Stirling. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  20. "Jane Ross looks forward to exciting schedule". Scottish FA. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  21. Campbell, Alan (13 February 2013). "Jane Ross: Living the dream". Scottish FA. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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