Jane Ross (footballer)

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Jane Ross
Ross playing for West Ham in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Jane Celestina Ross[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Rothesay, Scotland[2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
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 67 (36)
2015–2018 Manchester City 35 (11)
2018–2019 West Ham United 23 (9)
2019–2021 Manchester United 31 (5)
2021– Rangers 28 (22)
International career‡
2007–2008 Scotland U19 14 (5)
2009– Scotland 147 (62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 February 2024

Jane Celestina Ross (born 18 September 1989) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League, and the Scotland national team.

Club career[edit]

Glasgow City[edit]

Ross grew up on the Isle of Bute and after attending local coaching clinics, began her career at youth level with Paisley Saints Ladies.[3][4] By the age of 16, she had already been called into the Scotland Women's under-19 squad.[5] In June 2006, she joined Glasgow City, where she won six Scottish Women's Premier League titles, three Scottish Cups and three League Cups.[6] She also helped the club reach the last 16 of the UEFA Women's Champions League in the 2011–12 campaign. In April 2011, Ross scored four goals against Kilmarnock, joining a group of four Glasgow City players to score more than 100 goals for the club.[7] Ross ended her time with Glasgow City having scored 104 goals in 118 matches.[8]

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.[9][10]

Vittsjö GIK[edit]

Ross playing for Vittsjö

Ross agreed a professional contract with Vittsjö GIK at the end of December 2012, joining fellow Scotland international Ifeoma Dieke at the club.[11][12] Ross scored on her debut for Vittsjö in a pre-season friendly match against Danish side B93/HIK/Skjold in February 2013.[13] After 11 goals in her debut season, Ross was linked with a transfer to English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies.[14] Both Ross and Dieke extended their contracts with Vittsjö for another season in December 2013.[15] Ross left Vittsjö after the 2015 season, having scored 51 goals in 82 appearances for the club.[16]

Manchester City[edit]

Ross signed a two-year contract with Manchester City in November 2015.[16] 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.[6]

West Ham United[edit]

On 9 July 2018, Ross signed with West Ham United ahead of the 2018–19 season.[6] The campaign saw West Ham reach their first ever FA Cup final with Ross scoring the team's opening penalty of the semi-final shootout against Reading.[17] The season was also notable as the subject of the BBC behind-the-scenes documentary Britain's Youngest Football Boss.[18]

Manchester United[edit]

After one season in London, Ross returned to Manchester to sign with newly promoted Manchester United ahead of the 2019–20 season.[19] Ross made her debut for Manchester United against Manchester City in the FA WSL on 7 September 2019, a 1–0 loss in the inaugural Manchester derby.[20] She scored her first goal for the club on 13 October in a 3–0 league win away to Tottenham Hotspur.[21] After two seasons, Ross left at the end of her contract having scored 7 goals in 34 appearances for United in all competitions.[22]

Rangers[edit]

On 6 July 2021, Ross signed for Rangers.[23]

International career[edit]

Ross with Scotland

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.[24] She made her 50th international appearance against the Netherlands in the 2013 Cyprus Cup tournament.[25]

June 2012 saw Ross named one of four reserves to the 18-player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[26]

Ross studied at the University of Stirling on a scholarship as part of the SFA National Women's Football Academy.[27][28] She has deferred her M.Phil. degree while she pursues her professional career.[29]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 16 May 2021.[30][31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Glasgow City 2011 SWPL 1 20 21 0 0 3 2 6 3 29 26
2012 18 27 0 0 4 8 5 2 27 37
Total 38 48 0 0 7 10 11 5 56 63
Vittsjö GIK 2013[32] Damallsvenskan 22 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11
2014[32] 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10
2015[32] 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7
Total 64 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 28
Manchester City 2016 WSL 1 16 8 3 2 4 3 0 0 23 13
2017 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
2017–18 13 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 18 5
Total 32 13 4 2 8 5 0 0 44 20
West Ham United 2018–19 WSL 20 7 3 1 5 2 0 0 28 11
Manchester United 2019–20 WSL 11 1 1 0 6 3 0 0 18 4
2020–21 12 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 3
Total 23 3 3 1 8 3 0 0 34 7
Career total 177 99 10 4 28 20 11 5 226 129
  1. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes the SWPL Cup and WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International appearances[edit]

Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.[24]
Year Scotland
Apps Goals
2009 7 2
2010 10 0
2011 11 8
2012 16 3
2013 18 10
2014 15 10
2015 12 9
2016 7 4
2017 14 7
2018 11 4
2019 9 3
2020 5 0
2021 7 2
2022 4 0
Total 146 62

International goals[edit]

As of match played 19 February 2021. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ross goal.[24]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Glasgow City[30]

Manchester City[30]

Individual[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Scotland" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 19. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Jane Ross". Glasgow City FC. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Bend it like Jane". The Buteman. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Football fans say thanks to Jim". The Buteman. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Under 19 women face double challenge in Finland". Scottish FA. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Scotland international Jane Ross joins West Ham Ladies". West Ham United F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Jane hits over 100 goals for City". Glasgow City FC. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  8. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (8 June 2019). "Scotland's Jane Ross: 'I had a feeling we were going to draw England'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2019. After 104 goals in 118 games with SWPL's dominant Glasgow City she joined the Swedish side Vittsjö...
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Sofie Gustafsson (4 December 2012). "Landslagstrio på jakt efter drömkontrakt" [Team trio in search of dream contract]. Värmlands Folkblad (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  11. ^ Marika Höghäll (31 December 2012). "Skotsk landslagstjejskrev på för Vittsjö" [Scottish national team player signs for Vittsjö]. Norra Skåne (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Scotland's Jane Ross turns professional with Vittsjo". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Jane och Ifeoma förlänger med Vittsjö" [Jane and Ifeoma extend with Vittsjö] (in Swedish). Vittsjö GIK. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  16. ^ a b "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.
  17. ^ Whyatt, Katie; Bull, J. J. (14 April 2019). "West Ham's Cho So-hyun's penalty secures FA Cup final spot as Reading crash out". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  18. ^ Mapstone, Lucy. "BBC Three documentary to follow West Ham Ladies' teenage boss". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  19. ^ "United Women sign Scotland striker Ross". www.manutd.com. 4 July 2019.
  20. ^ Sanders, Emma (7 September 2019). "Manchester City Women 1–0 Manchester United Women: Weir seals win in front of record WSL crowd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  21. ^ Carney, Sam (13 October 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur Women 0 Manchester United Women 3". ManUtd.com. Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Ross to leave United Women". www.manutd.com.
  23. ^ "Rangers Confirm Signing Of Jane Ross". Rangers.
  24. ^ a b c "Jane Ross – Women's A Squad". Scottish FA. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  25. ^ "Jane wins 50th Scotland cap". The Buteman. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  26. ^ "Northern Ireland keeper Higgins named as GB squad reserve". BBC Sport. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  27. ^ "Meet the athletes – Jane Ross". University of Stirling. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  28. ^ "Jane Ross looks forward to exciting schedule". Scottish FA. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  29. ^ Campbell, Alan (13 February 2013). "Jane Ross: Living the dream". Scottish FA. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  30. ^ a b c "J. Ross". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Player stats". FA WSL. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  32. ^ a b c "Jane Ross". svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  33. ^ "PFA teams of the year: Chelsea and Tottenham dominate Premier League XI". BBC Sport. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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