| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [ citation needed ] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Boroughmuir Thistle | |||
| 2017–2019 | Hibernian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Hibernian | 150 | (71) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Scotland U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Scotland U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Scotland U19 | 15 | (7) |
| 2023– | Scotland U23 | 3 | (2) |
| 2025– | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025 | |||
Eilidh Adams (born 6 April 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hibernian of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), [1] and for the Scotland women's national team.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to Scottish parents[ citation needed ] and raised in Edinburgh, Adams began her youth career at Boroughmuir Thistle before joining Hibernian (the club her family supported), making her senior debut in 2019, aged 15. [2] [3] The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted her progress initially, but when football resumed she was named as the Scottish Women's Premier League's Youth Player of the Season for 2020–21. [2] [4] She agreed an improved contract with Hibs in May 2022, [5] and featured on the losing side against Rangers in the 2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final at the end of the year. [6]
After signing further contract extensions in January 2023 [7] and October 2023 [8] to keep her at Hibernian until June 2026, Adams missed the latter part of the 2023–24 season with a broken bone in her foot. [9]
Upon her return at the start of 2024–25 her performances were consistently strong, [10] scoring at the rate of a goal per game as Hibs made a challenge for the title; she was named the SWPL's Player of the Month for January 2025. [11] A month later she appeared in a second SWPL Cup final, but Hibs were unable to overcome Rangers who this time won by a 5–0 scoreline. [12] [13] They recovered to successfully hold off the challenges of Glasgow City and Rangers and clinched the title on 18 May with a 1–0 victory at Ibrox Stadium, winning the club's first SWPL championship in 17 years. [14] Adams won both the Hibernian Women Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year awards for 2024–25. [15] She was also nominated for both the PFA Scotland Women's Players' Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year [16] and was named in the SWPL Team of the Year. [17]
Adams featured for Scotland at Schoolgirl, [18] under-15, [8] under-16, under-17 and under-19 youth levels. [19] In 2023 and 2024 she was selected for the under-23 team, which plays only friendly matches. [20]
She received her first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in February 2025, [21] making her debut as a substitute in a 1–0 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League defeat away to Austria. [22]