Jessica King (footballer)

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Jessica King
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Jessica King in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jessica Louise King [1]
Date of birth (1992-05-31) 31 May 1992 (age 33) [2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England [3]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Trinity Western Spartans 67 (23)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Liverpool
2015 Everton 3 (0)
FC Basel
2017–2018 USV Jena 16 (0)
2017–2018 USV Jena II 2 (1)
2018 Kolbotn 10 (2)
2018–2020 Lewes 18 (4)
2020–2022 Charlton Athletic 33 (7)
2022 Billericay Town
2024– Chatham Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jessica Louise King (born 31 May 1992) is an English football manager and player who plays as a forward for Chatham Town.

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King has played in England, Canada, Germany and Norway. She has been vocal about racism and gender inequality during her football and music career.

Career

In 2010, King joined the Trinity Western University Spartans women’s soccer program. [4] During the 2014 season, she scored 12 goals in 11 league appearances, including a hattrick, and was named Most Valuable Player and in the 2014 Canada West First Team All-Stars. [5] She was also named Player of the Year, becoming the first TWS player to receive the award. [6]

On 16 February 2015, King was announced at Everton on a permanent transfer. [7]

In June 2017, it was announced that King would be leaving FC Basel. [8]

On 27 August 2017, King joined USV Jena on a permanent transfer from FC Basel Frauen. [9]

On 9 August 2018, King was announced at Kolbotn on a permanent transfer. [10]

In 2020, King joined Charlton Athletic on a permanent transfer. [11] On 24 July 2021, she signed a professional contract with the club after scoring 7 goals during the 2020 season. [12]

In 2021, King suffered a concussion and had to stop playing football. During this time, she spent more time working on spoken-word, poetry and music. In 2022, King was playing for Billericay Town. [3]

In 2024, King joined Chatham Town as a player-coach. [13] She also works as a Talent ID coach for South London. [14]

Music career

King has released several pieces of music, including the singles "Look Into My Eyes" [3] and "Raise Us Up" under the name Jess King. [15]

Activism

In 2022, she organized "Black To The Future", an event celebrating black culture in women's football. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Klepp og Sandviken til semifinale". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Jessica King at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 3 4 Trindade, Júlia Belas (22 November 2023). "'It's a way to let it out': Jess King on football, music and fighting racism". Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jessica King's Biography". thechristianathletemystory.com.
  5. ↑ "Women's Soccer: Trinity Western's Jessica King wins MVP". web.archive.org.
  6. ↑ "SPARTANS KING NAMED CIS PLAYER OF THE YEAR". web.archive.org.
  7. ↑ "Blues Swoop For King". web.archive.org.
  8. ↑ "Grosse Veränderungen im Kader der FCB-Frauen" [Major changes in the FCB women's squad]. www.fcb.ch.
  9. ↑ "FF USV Jena: Engländerin King verpflichtet" [FF USV Jena: Englishwoman King signed]. Jenaer Nachrichten. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Spiss fra balløya" [Striker from the ball island]. web.archive.org (in Norwegian).
  11. ↑ Frith, Wilf. "Charlton Athletic Women sign Lewes duo". shekicks.net.
  12. ↑ "WOMEN Jess King signs professional contract with the Addicks". www.charltonafc.com.
  13. ↑ "CHATS WOMEN SIGN JESS KING". www.chathamtownfc.com.
  14. ↑ "Jess King wants to help usher in new culture in women's football". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "Striker raps message to tackle gender inequality". Argus . 28 May 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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