Jane Ross (footballer)

Full name Jane Celestina Ross^[1]

Date of birth 18 September 1989 (age 36)

Place of birth Rothesay, Scotland^[2]

Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)^[1]

Jane Ross
Personal information
Ross playing for West Ham in August 2018
Full name	Jane Celestina Ross^[1]
Date of birth	(1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Rothesay, Scotland^[2]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)^[1]
Position	Striker
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)
2021–2025	Rangers	28	(22)
International career^‡
2007–2008	Scotland U19	14	(5)
2009–2025	Scotland	147	(62)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 February 2024

Jane Celestina Ross (born 18 September 1989) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker.

Glasgow City

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

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

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

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

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

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

International career

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

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

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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 August 2009	Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg, Denmark	Denmark	1–4	2–5	Friendly
2	15 October 2009	The Oval, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	3–0	3–0
3	13 February 2011	Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest, Wales	Wales	1–0	4–2
4	18 May 2011	Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France	France	1–0	1–1
5	21 August 2011	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland	Switzerland	1–0	5–0
6	3–0
7	21 September 2011	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Finland	3–1	7–2
8	5–1
9	12 October 2011	Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel	Israel	1–0	6–1	UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying
10	27 October 2011	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Wales	1–1	2–2
11	28 February 2012	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Canada	1–1	1–5	2012 Cyprus Cup
12	9 May 2012	Stadion Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański, Poland	Poland	2–1	3–1	Friendly
13	16 June 2012	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland	Israel	6–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2013 qualifying
14	8 March 2013	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	England	2–2	4–4	2013 Cyprus Cup
15	11 March 2013	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Italy	1–0	2–1
16	7 April 2013	East End Park, Dunfermline, Scotland	Wales	1–0	2–1	Friendly
17	22 September 2013	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	4–0	7–2	2015 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	26 September 2013	Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5–0	7–0
19	26 October 2013	Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0
20	31 October 2013	Dyskobolia Stadium, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland	Poland	1–0	4–0
21	2–0
22	3–0
23	18 December 2013	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1–1	3–4	2013 International Tournament of Brasília
24	10 March 2014	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Australia	2–0	4–2	2014 Cyprus Cup
25	3–0
26	4–1
27	10 April 2014	Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	3–1	2015 FIFA World Cup qualification
28	2–1
29	3–1
30	19 June 2014	Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–0	2–0
31	13 September 2014	Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland	Faroe Islands	3–0	9–0
32	4–0
33	5–0
34	8 February 2015	Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–0	4–0	Friendly
35	4–0
36	9 April 2015	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland	Australia	1–1	1–1
37	23 October 2015	Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland	Belarus	1–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying
38	4–0
39	29 November 2015	St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland	North Macedonia	1–0	10–0
40	8–0
41	9–0
42	10–0
43	8 April 2016	St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland	Slovenia	1–0	3–1
44	2–1
45	20 September 2016	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	1–0	2–1
46	2–1
47	20 January 2017	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Denmark	1–1	2–2	Friendly
48	1 March 2017	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	New Zealand	1–0	3–2	2017 Cyprus Cup
49	6 March 2017	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Austria	1–0	3–1
50	9 June 2017	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland	Romania	2–0	2–0	Friendly
51	14 September 2017	Telki Training Centre, Telki, Hungary	Hungary	3–0	3–0
52	19 October 2017	FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	1–1	2–1	2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
53	24 October 2017	St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland	Albania	3–0	5–0
54	3 March 2018	La Manga Stadium, Murcia, Spain	New Zealand	1–0	2–0	Friendly
55	6 March 2018	La Manga Stadium, Murcia, Spain	New Zealand	1–0	2–0
56	12 June 2018	Kielce City Stadium, Kielce, Poland	Poland	2–2	3–2	2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
57	4 September 2018	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania	Albania	2–1	2–1
58	6 March 2019	Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	1–0	2019 Algarve Cup
59	30 August 2019	Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland	Cyprus	4–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying
60	8 November 2019	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania	Albania	2–0	5–0
61	19 February 2021	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	8–0	10–0
62	10–0