Jessica Ziu

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Jessica Ziu
Personal information
Full name Jessica Maria Ziu
Date of birth (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 16
Youth career
Rivermount Boys
Shelbourne
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Shelbourne 70 (22)
2022– West Ham United 17 (0)
International career‡
2017–2019 Republic of Ireland U-17 16 (4)
2019– Republic of Ireland U-19 3 (1)
2018– Republic of Ireland 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:05, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Jessica Maria Ziu (born 6 June 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club West Ham United and has appeared for the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

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Club career

Ziu was born on 6 June 2002 and is from Dublin, Ireland. Her father moved to Ireland from Albania in 1998. [1] She began playing soccer at five years old, and joined Rivermount Boys and girls in Finglas where she was the only girl in the team. [1] [2]

After starting the 2018 season with Shelbourne's youth team for the new Under 17 Women's National League, Ziu was quickly promoted to the club's senior panel. She made her Women's National League debut shortly after turning 16 years old in June 2018. [3]

She enjoyed good form in the 2020 Women's National League, being named WNL Player of the Month for October 2020 [4] and named in the Team of the Season. [5] In 2021 she helped Shelbourne win the WNL title and played in the 3–1 2021 FAI Women's Cup Final defeat by Wexford Youths. In March 2022 Ziu agreed a summer transfer to English FA Women's Super League club West Ham United. [6] She made her league debut against Everton on 18 September 2022. [7]

In October 2022 Ziu suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup fixture against London City Lionesses. [8]

International career

Youth

Ziu represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended Larkin Community College, Dublin City. [9] At the FAI International Football Awards she was named 2018 Under-16 Women's International Player of the Year. [10]

Senior

Ireland's senior national team coach Colin Bell called up Ziu for the first time in August 2018, for a home FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying fixture against Northern Ireland. [11] "She's still very young. She's just turned 16, but needs to be in this environment," he said. [12] She won her first cap in Ireland's 4–0 win, entering play as a 75th-minute substitute for Rianna Jarrett. [13]

On 9 October 2018, she played in Ireland's 4–0 friendly defeat by Poland in Ostróda, coming on for Jarrett on 53 minutes. [14] She won a third senior cap in a 1–0 friendly defeat by Belgium, at San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain in January 2019. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shelbourne 2018 Women's National League 93000093
2019Women's National League1862030236
2020Women's National League1151000125
2021Women's National League2053000235
2022Women's National League1230000123
Total702260307922
West Ham United 2022–23 Women's Super League30001040
2023–24 Women's Super League40001050
Total70002090
Career Total772260508822

International

As of match played 6 September 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 201820
201910
202120
202270
Total120

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