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Jessica Anne Fishlock (born 14 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a
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for
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and the Wales national team. She is Wales’s all-time record goal scorer. She previously played for Bristol Academy in England's
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(FA WSL),
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
in the Dutch
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, Rangers Ladies in the
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,
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and Melbourne City in Australia's W-League, as well as
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club FFC Frankfurt in Germany. Fishlock was named
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in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2019. She became the first Welsh player to earn 100 caps for the national team in April 2017. She has won multiple championships and regular season titles with the teams she has played for including the two consecutive Eredivisie championships, four W-League Grand Final championships,
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and
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titles, and two consecutive
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wins. Although Fishlock returned to Seattle prior to the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final after playing on loan for FFC Frankfurt, her contributions to the team's journey to the title subsequently earned her a
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medal. In 2021, she received the NWSL Most Valuable Player award with the Reign. In February 2017, Fishlock coached Melbourne City to its second consecutive W-League Grand Final title. She previously coached Cardiff City Ladies F.C.


Early life

Fishlock was born in
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,
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to Kevyn and Sharon Fishlock. She has two brothers and three sisters. As a child, she began playing football with her sister before joining Cardiff City Ladies F.C. at age 7. She later played for Newport Strikers.


Club career


Cardiff City LFC, 2002–2005

Fishlock started her career playing for Cardiff City Ladies F.C. and made her debut for the senior side at age 16. Fishlock made her debut against Reading Royals on 29 September 2002 and scored 19 times in 23 appearances in her first season at the club.
Laura McAllister Laura McAllister (born 10 December 1964) is a Welsh academic, sports administrator and former international footballer. As a Wales women's national football team player, McAllister won 24 caps and served as team captain. She is currently Prof ...
, who was captain of Cardiff City when Fishlock joined the squad said, "Jess joined the junior team but she was so good we fast-tracked her. Jess is just a fabulous player. She is technically superb with fabulous skills and among the 2 or 3% in Britain. She's ambitious and adventurous and to be a top, top sports-player you've got to be like that." At age 16, she was a member of the senior side that won the 2004–05 SW Combination League Championship without losing a point. The team later beat Everton en route to the last eight of the
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and won the
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to move on to the
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. As of February 2013, Fishlock remained the club's record goalscorer.


AZ Alkmaar, 2008–2010

In 2008, the Dutch Champions
AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. ...
approached Jess to join them and become the first overseas player in the
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
. Jess won back to back league titles during the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, and was on track for a third straight title during the 2010/2011 season when she left to come back to the UK.


Bristol Academy WFC, 2011–2012

In 2011, Fishlock joined
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in England's
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(FA WSL). During the 2011 season, Bristol achieved a higher-than-expected final league position, and also reached the
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where they were defeated by
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2–0. Fishlock was awarded the 2011 Club Player of the Year, 2011 Fans Player of the Year, and was named to the league's All-Star Team. She was named Welsh Women's Footballer of the Year the same year. During the 2012 season, Bristol achieved their highest final league position, reached the semi-final of the FA Cup and Continental Cup. Jess was awarded the 2012 Club Players Player of Year, 2012 Fans Player of the Year and 2012 FA WSL Players Player of Year, voted on by managers and players of the FA WSL.


Melbourne Victory, 2012–2014

In November 2012, Fishlock joined W-League side
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for six weeks on a guest player contract helping the team reach their first ever grand final. During the 94th minute of a match against former champions, Canberra United, she scored the game-winning goal boosting Melbourne to the top of the league table. During her six games with Melbourne, she became a favourite with the fans and was also nominated as one of four players for the league-wide Player of the Year Award. In September 2013, it was announced that Fishlock would return to the Victory for the 2013/14 season on loan from the
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. During her 11 appearances for the team, she scored three goals and helped lead the team to the Grand Final where the Victory defeated
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2–0. Fishlock served an assist to
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in the 38th minute for the game-winning goal. She was named Most Valuable Player of the Match. The win marked the Victory's first Grand Final title in the history of the team.


Seattle Reign FC, 2013–present

In February 2013, Fishlock joined
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side
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for the league's inaugural season. During their second league match against the
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, Fishlock scored her first goal in front of a record-setting 16,479 fans at Jeld-Wen Field, establishing herself as a powerful force for the Reign. The media named her
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for Week 2 of the 2013 season. Fishlock started in all 21 games that she played during the regular season, missing only one game due to Wales national team commitments. She was a leading scorer on the team with four goals and tallied a total of 1,879 minutes. Fishlock returned to the Reign for the 2014 season. The team set a league record unbeaten streak of 16 games during the first part of the season. During the 16 game stretch, the Reign compiled a record. The Reign finished first in the regular season clinching the
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for the first time. After defeating the
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2–1 in the playoff semi-finals, the Reign were defeated 2–1 by
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during the championship final. Following the regular season, Fishlock along with teammates
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,
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, and
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was named to the league's Best XI team. Fishlock finished the 2014 season, having scored four goals and provided 8 assists. She started in all 22 matches in which she played. During the 2015 season, Fishlock scored her first goal of the season during the team's home-opener against
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. Her goal in the 25th minute was the first of the match and assist to
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in the 86th minute contributed to a 5–1 win for the Reign. During a match against the
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on 2 May, Fishlock scored a goal in the 75th minute off an assist from Kim Little resulting in a 3–1 win over the Spirit. During a match against
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in New Jersey, Fishlock received a controversial
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in the 90th minute that required her to sit out the team's next match against league-leading
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. The controversy stemmed from a scrum in the box after a Sky Blue
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and Fishlock's last-minute save on the goal line. Fishlock stated the ball bounced off her head, but Sky Blue forward Nadia Nadim said she blocked it with her hand and the ref awarded Sky Blue the penalty kick. Both matches resulted in 1–1 draws. During the team's second match against Sky Blue FC in Seattle on 6 June, Fishlock scored a goal and an assist earning Player of the Match after leading Seattle to a 3–0 win. She was named NWSL Player of the Week by the media for the ninth week of the season. The Reign finished the regular season in first place clinching the NWSL Shield for the second consecutive time. After advancing to the
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, Seattle faced fourth-place team
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and won 3–0, advancing to the championship final. Seattle was ultimately defeated 1–0 by
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during the championship final in Portland. Fishlock, along with teammates Kim Little, Beverly Yanez, and
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were named to the NWSL Best XI team. During the first few months of the 2016 season, Fishlock was unavailable due to injury along with a number of offensive players, including forwards
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and Megan Rapinoe. Seattle finished the regular season in fifth place with a record, narrowly missing a playoff spot by two points.


Glasgow City loan

After the conclusion of the NWSL season in August 2013, it was announced that Fishlock would join
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champions Glasgow City on loan until November 2013. Of her signing Glasgow City head coach Eddie Wolecki Black said, "This signing is significant, not only for the club but also the country. Whilst we continue to set new records at home, our aim is to make progress on the European stage and the signing of Jess highlights this. She will bring experience, versatility, pace and intelligence to the team and most importantly will raise the standard of the players around her. That's what top players do, they make good players better players both on and off the park." She scored two goals in her six appearances for the club helping the club finish in first place during the regular season and win the
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. She also competed in four matches in the
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with the club reaching the Round of 8.


FFC Frankfurt loan

Fishlock spent the 2014–15 Seattle Reign FC off-season on loan in the
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with FFC Frankfurt. She was a vital part of the team's success, starting in all available matches. Frankfurt was unbeaten in the second half of the season, a run which led them to be crowned the champions of Europe. Although Fishlock returned to Seattle prior to the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, she was considered a huge part of the team's journey to the championship title by players, staff and fans and subsequently earned a UEFA Women's Champions League medal.


Melbourne City loan

Fishlock played on loan for Melbourne City FC in the Australian W-League during the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 seasons. During the club's inaugural season in 2015-16, Fishlock was a starting midfielder and helped the new expansion team win a historic Premiership and Championship double. Fishlock worked as a player-assistant coach during the season. After returning on loan the following season, Fishlock helped the club win the first-ever consecutive W-League titles. During the 2017-18 season, Fishlock was instrumental in City winning its third consecutive championship title and was named Player of the Match.


Reading loan

On 19 August 2020, it was confirmed that Fishlock had joined Reading Women on loan from Seattle Reign FC. The deal was signed as doubts remained about when the NWSL would resume. During a match against Brighton & Hove Albion, she scored two goals lifting Reading to a 3–1 win.


International career

Fishlock made her debut for the U-19 national team at age 16. After captaining the U–19 team, she was called up to the senior national team and made her debut against
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in 2006. She captained the senior team from 2012 to 2015. After a 1–0 win over Mexico during Wales' first match at the
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, Fishlock scored the game-winning goal of the match during the 11th minute. After Wales tied Hungary 1–1 on 11 March 2013, the team faced Portugal in the knockout stage. Fishlock scored Wales only goal in the 77th minute. Portugal scored an equalizing goal in the 93rd-minute leading to penalty kicks to determine the victor. Portugal won after scoring three penalty kicks over Wales' one. In February 2015, incoming Welsh manager
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unveiled her squad for the 2015 Istria Cup which did not feature long-time captain Fishlock. Two months later, she was re-called to the team. On 5 April 2017, Fishlock became the first Welsh player to earn 100 caps for the national team. On 9 April 2024, Fishlock became the first Welsh player to earn 150 caps for the national team. On 14 July 2024 - with her goal against Kosovo marking her 45th goal for Wales - she became the Welsh national team's all–time record goal scorer, surpassing previous record holder Helen Ward.


Coaching career

In 2012, Fishlock was the first team coach for her former team, Cardiff City Ladies FC, alongside Manager Jamie Sherwood. In
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's inaugural season in 2015–16, Fishlock was a player-assistant coach alongside head coach Joe Montemurro. She returned in the same role for the 2016–17 season. Midway through City's 2016–17 season, head coach Joe Montemurro became the chief assistant coach of Melbourne City men's team, and Fishlock was promoted to player-head coach. In February 2017, she coached Melbourne City to its second consecutive W-League Grand Final title and scored a goal in the 2–0 win over
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. With the win, she became the first player-coach to win the league title in the W-League's history. In October 2017, Melbourne City FC announced that Fishlock would be returning for the 2017–18 season as a player-assistant coach.


Personal life, other work, and endorsements

Fishlock has stated she knew she was a
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at the age of 12, and was bullied at school for her sexuality. Fishlock has been featured in a column for
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since 2013. She gave an interview in October 2015, during which she described her struggles as a high-profile
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athlete. Demanding greater "respect", she railed against social media
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and threw her weight behind the work of
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. Fishlock appeared in an advertisement for
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in 2016 along with
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. She had an endorsement deal with natural sports beverage company, Golazo, Inc. prior to the company folding. In the
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, Fishlock was appointed a
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(MBE) "for services to women's football and the LGBT community." Fishlock officially received her MBE from
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in a ceremony at
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in December 2018. In December 2020, she was named to the Stonewall Sports Champion Team. In October 2022, she and fellow Seattle Reign FC player Tziarra King announced their engagement. On 12 December 2023, they married in
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.


Career statistics


International goals


Honours


Player

AZ Alkmaar *
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: 2008–09, 2009–10 Bristol Academy *
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runner-up:
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Melbourne Victory *W-League Championship: 2013–14; runner-up: 2012–13 *W-League Premiership: 2013–14 Seattle Reign FC *
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runner-up: 2014, 2015, 2023 * The Women's Cup:
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FFC Frankfurt *
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: 2014–15 Melbourne City * W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 * W-League Premiership: 2015–16 Lyon *
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: 2018–19 *
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: 2018–19 *UEFA Women's Champions League: 2018–19 Individual *FA WSL Club Player of the Year: 2011 *FA WSL Fans Player of the Year: 2011, 2012 *FA WSL Club Players' Player of the Year: 2012 *FA WSL Players' Player of the Year: 2012 * NWSL Most Valuable Player: 2021 * NWSL Best XI: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 * NWSL Second XI: 2016 * NWSL Team of the Month: 2x 2017 *
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: 2013, 2015, 2x 2017) *W-League Best XI: 2012 *W-League Grand Final: Player of the Match: 2013 & 2017 *W-League League Players Player of the Year: 2013 *W-League Club Players Player of the Year: 2013 *
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: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018


Manager

Melbourne City * W-League Championship: 2016–17


See also

* List of footballers with 100 or more caps * List of Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players * List of foreign W-League (Australia) players *
W-League records and statistics This is a list of A-League Women records and statistics. Club honours Champions This is a list of the clubs that have won the finals series (play-offs), where the winning team is crowned as the A-League Women (previously W-League) champions. ...
* List of foreign NWSL players * List of sportswomen


References


Further reading

* Fan Hong, J. A. Mangan (2004), ''Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era'', Taylor & Francis, * Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Stead, Phil (2013), ''Red Dragons: The Story of Welsh Football'', Y Lolfa, * Stewart, Barbara (2012), ''Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game'', D&M Publishers Incorporated,


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