Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw OD (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Jamaica women's national team. She is Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer.

Early life

Shaw was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica to George Shaw, a shoemaker, and mother Monica, a chicken farmer. She was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters. Shaw was nicknamed 'Bunny' by her brother Kentardo because of a fondness for carrots at an early age. She attended high school at St Jago High School. Shaw begun playing football with her older brothers before being taught by her brother Kentardo at age 10. At age 13, Shaw was called up for the Jamaica U15s team for the first time. While representing Jamaica, she begun received scholarships offer from Navarro College in Texas and Eastern Florida State College. She was then scouted by the University of Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in communication.

College career

Shaw played her first two years of junior college at

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, earning NSCAA first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors in 2016. In 2017, Shaw transferred to the

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. During her time with the

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, she was converted from a midfielder to a striker by her coach Brian Pensky. She was named to the All-SEC first team in both her seasons with Tennessee and was awarded SEC Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2018. She decided against entering into the

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after college in order to look at overseas options in Europe and Asia.

Club career

Florida Krush

In 2018, Shaw played for WPSL semi-pro team Florida Krush.

Bordeaux

On 7 June 2019, D1 Féminine team

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announced they had signed Shaw on a two-year contract. Khadija made her professional debut on 25 August 2019 with

against FC Fleury 91. On her debut game, she scored a brace that led to a 4–1 victory for the home team. She repeated her performance, at an away game this time against

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, on her second game. In her first season, she scored 10 goals and made five assists in 15 league matches. Shaw scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over FC Fleury 91 on 10 October 2020. She went on and scored hat-tricks against Dijon FCO and

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during the season, with the former happening on 31 October 2020 to help earn them a 5–1 home victory and the later on 23 January 2021 to help Bordeaux to a massive 7–1 victory. Her goal scoring run and general performance earned her the

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twice in the months of October 2020 and January 2021. She ended her second league season with 22 goals and seven assists in 20 matches winning the as the top goal scorer, beating

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by a goal and also earning a place on the Trophées FFF D1 Féminine 2020–2021 Team of the Year. She was nominated for the best player of the season awards for both

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and Trophées FFF D1 Féminine, however she was beaten by

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for both.

Manchester City

On 17 June 2021,

announced that they had signed Shaw from Bordeaux on a three-year deal. Shaw scored her first hat-trick for the club in a 6–0

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win against

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. She also featured as the joint topscorer of the 2021–22 FA Women's League Cup. Shaw went on to claim a winners medal as Man City triumphed, defeating Chelsea 3–1 in the

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. She later scored four goals in Man City's 7–2 win over

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in the WSL.

International career

Shaw has played internationally at the U-15, U-17, U-20 and senior levels for Jamaica, debuting for the former aged 14. Shaw made her

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international debut on 23 August 2015,scoring twice in a 6–0 victory over the Dominican Republic in an Olympic qualifying game. In 2019, Shaw was part of the Jamaica team that qualified for the

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. In doing so, they became the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shaw goal.''

Honours

Manchester City *

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: 2021–22 *

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runners-up: 2021–22 Jamaica *

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third place:

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Individual * Trophées FFF D1 Féminine – Team of the Year: 2020–2021 *

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top scorer: 2020–2021 *

: October 2020,

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Best XI:

* CONCACAF Women's Best XI:

* CONCACAF Player of the Year runner-up:

Player of the Month: October 2022 * PFA WSL Fans' Player of the Month: January 2022 Orders * Baton Order of Distinction Jamaica

rank of Commander (CD):

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: 2020

Awards and recognition

In 2018, Shaw was named ''

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'' Footballer of the Year, an award given to a footballer "who has done something truly remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty."

References

External links

Player profile
at

University of Tennessee player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Khadija 1997 births Living people People from Spanish Town Jamaican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women) players Manchester City W.F.C. players Division 1 Féminine players Jamaica women's international footballers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Jamaican expatriate women's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in France