Jess Simpson (footballer)

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Jess Simpson
Personal information
Full name Jessica Simpson
Date of birth (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
(on loan from Manchester United)
Youth career
Burnley
Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Manchester United 0 (0)
2023 → Bristol City (loan) 1 (0)
2025– → Bristol City (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 England U17 5 (0)
2022–2023 England U19 5 (1)
2024– England U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:12, 24 November 2024 (UTC) [1]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC) [2]

Jessica Simpson (born 13 January 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Championship club Bristol City, on loan from Women's Super League club Manchester United, and the England under-23 national team.

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Early life

Simpson is from Clitheroe, in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire. She is from a sporting family background and her grandad previously played for Accrington Stanley. [3]

Youth career

A product of the Manchester United Academy, [4] Simpson began playing football aged four, joining Burnley aged ten. She then joined United aged eleven, [3] followed by featuring for the under-16s, [5] under-21s, [6] and the academy team of the Professional Game League. [7] Simpson featured in the under-21 side that won the Academy League and Cup in the 2021–22 season. [8] [9]

Club career

Manchester United

On 27 January 2023, Simpson signed her first professional contract with WSL side Manchester United. She made her senior debut for United in a friendly match against Birkirkara FC in Malta. [9] [10]

In July 2024, she returned to training after her injury on loan to Bristol. [11] Her shirt number was confirmed as 38 for the 2024–25 season. [12] On 20 November, Simpson made her competitive debut for United in the 2024–25 League Cup against Everton, as a 60th minute substitute for a 2–0 victory. [13]

In January 2025, 90min referenced Simpson as one of six players who could be likely looking for a loan spell, having recovering from her ACL injury the previous season, and being "low down in the "pecking order" for her position at United. [14] She signed a contract extension with United on 23 January 2025, keeping her at the club until 2027. [15]

Loans to Bristol City

On 14 September 2023, [16] on deadline day, [4] Simspon joined newly promoted Women's Super League club Bristol City on loan for the 2023–24 season. [17] On 21 October 2023, Simpson returned to United having suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the League Cup match against Southampton. [18] [19] Simpson was one of three United players to suffer from the injury in the season. [20]

On 7 January 2025, Simpson re-joined Bristol City, now playing in the Women's Championship, on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season. [21]

International career

On 11 October 2022, for 2023 U19 Championship qualification, Simpson scored her debut youth international goal for the England under-19s in a 1–1 draw with Denmark. [22] On 2 December 2024, she made her debut for the under-23s in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden as part of a European competition. [23]

Personal life

In 2022 Simpson was studying sports science for a BTEC, with the intent to move to the United States. In 2023, she officiated the opening of a new multi-million pound facility in Blackpool. [24] [25] Simpson is an ambassador for Dan's Trust, a charity that has helped her with a grant towards her football career. [3]

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  2. ↑ Jess Simpson at Flashscore.com
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