Eilidh Adams (born 6 April 2004) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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of the

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(SWPL), and for the Scotland women's national team.

Club career

Born in

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to Scottish parents and raised in

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, Adams began her youth career at Boroughmuir Thistle before joining

(the club her family supported), making her senior debut in 2019, aged 15.Eilidh Adams
Hibernian FC. Retrieved 21 February 2025 The

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disrupted her progress initially, but when football resumed she was named as the

's Youth Player of the Season for

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She agreed an improved contract with Hibs in May 2022, and featured on the losing side against

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in the 2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final at the end of the year. After signing further contract extensions in January 2023 and October 2023Eilidh Adams pens new deal
Hibernian FC, 30 October 2023 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. Upon her return at the start of 2024–25 her performances were consistently strong, 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. 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. 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

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, winning the club's first SWPL championship in 17 years. Adams won both the Hibernian Women Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year awards for 2024–25. She was also nominated for both the PFA Scotland Women's Players' Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year and was named in the SWPL Team of the Year.

International career

Adams featured for Scotland at Schoolgirl,International Girls Cap Ceremony 2019
Scottish Schools' Football Association under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-19 youth levels. In 2023 and 2024 she was selected for the under-23 team, which plays only

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es. She received her first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in February 2025, making her debut as a substitute in a 1–0

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defeat away to

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.Scotland beaten by Austria in McArdle’s first game in interim charge

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, 21 February 2025

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Eilidh 2004 births Living people Women's association football forwards Scottish women's footballers Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne Anglo-Scots Footballers from Edinburgh People educated at George Heriot's School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Hibernian W.F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportswomen Scotland women's youth international footballers Scottish Women's Premier League players Scotland women's international footballers