Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw OD (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Jamaica women's national team. She is Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer.[2]
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Full name | Khadija Monifa Shaw[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Spanish Town, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester City | |||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | |||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | EFSC Titans | 21 | (24) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Tennessee Volunteers | 35 | (27) | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2018 | Florida Krush | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Bordeaux | 35 | (32) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Manchester City | 18 | (10) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Jamaica U17 | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Jamaica U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015– | Jamaica | 38 | (56) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2021 |
Shaw is predominantly referred to by the nickname Bunny, which was given to her by her brother Kentardo as a child because of her love of carrots, instead of her actual name.
Shaw attended St Jago High School.[3]
Shaw played her first two years of junior college at Eastern Florida State College, earning NSCAA first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors in 2016.
In 2017, Shaw transferred to the University of Tennessee.[4] 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.[5] She decided against entering into the NWSL Draft after college in order to look at overseas options in Europe and Asia.[6]
In 2018, Shaw also played for WPSL semi-pro team Florida Krush.[7]
On 7 June 2019, D1 Féminine team Bordeaux announced they had signed Shaw on a two-year contract.[8][9]
Khadija made her professional debut on 25 August 2019 with Bordeaux 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 Dijon FCO, on her second game. In her first season, she scored 10 goals and made 5 assists in 15 league matches.[1] Shaw scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over FC Fleury 91 on 10 October 2020.[10] She went on and scored hat-tricks against Dijon FCO and Stade de Reims during the season, with the former happening on 31 October 2020 to help earn them a 5–1 home victory[11] and the later on 23 January 2021 to help Bordeaux to a massive 7–1 victory.[12][13] Her goal scoring run and general performance earned her the Division 1 Féminine Player of the Month twice in the months of October 2020 and January 2021.[14][15] She ended her second league season with 22 goals and 7 assists in 20 matches winning the as the top goal scorer, beating Marie-Antoinette Katoto by a goal[16] and also earning a place on the Trophées FFF D1 Féminine 2020–2021 Team of the Year.[16] She was nominated for the best player of the season awards for both Trophées UNFP du football and Trophées FFF D1 Féminine, however she was beaten by Kadidiatou Diani for both.[17][18][19]
On 17 June 2021, Manchester City announced that they had signed Shaw from Bordeaux on a three-year deal.[20][21] Shaw scored her first hat-trick for the club in a 6–0 FA Cup win against Leicester City.[22][23] 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 League Cup final.[24]
She later scored four goals in Man City's 7–2 win over Brighton and Hove in the WSL.[25]
Shaw has played internationally at the U-15, U-17, U-20 and senior levels for Jamaica,[26] debuting for the former aged 14.[27]
Shaw made her senior international debut on 23 August 2015,scoring twice in a 6–0 victory over the Dominican Republic in an Olympic qualifying game.[28] In 2019, Shaw was part of the Jamaica team that qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In doing so, they became the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup.[29]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux | 2019–20 | D1 Féminine | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 10 | ||
2020–21 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 21 | 24 | ||||
Total | 35 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 34 | ||
Manchester City | 2020–21 | FA WSL | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | |||
2021–22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 16 | ||
2022–23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 22 | ||
Career total | 53 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 56 |
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 23 August 2015 | Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification |
2 | 3–0 | |||||
3 | 25 August 2015 | ![]() | 3–0 | 12–0 | ||
4 | 9 May 2018 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | ![]() | 1–0 | 13–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
5 | 4–0 | |||||
6 | 5–0 | |||||
7 | 7–0 | |||||
8 | 9–0 | |||||
9 | 11–0 | |||||
10 | 11 May 2018 | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
11 | 13 May 2018 | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–2 | ||
12 | 19 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
13 | 21 July 2018 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
14 | 25 August 2018 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() | 3–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
15 | 5–0 | |||||
16 | 6–0 | |||||
17 | 27 August 2018 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
18 | 31 August 2018 | ![]() | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
19 | 3–1 | |||||
20 | 2 September 2018 | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–1 | ||
21 | 5–0 | |||||
22 | 8 October 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
23 | 11 October 2018 | ![]() | 1–0 | 9–0 | ||
24 | 17 October 2018 | Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
25 | 3 March 2019 | Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
26 | 2–1 | |||||
27 | 7 April 2019 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
28 | 19 May 2019 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
29 | 2–0 | |||||
30 | 28 May 2019 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
31 | 2–2 | |||||
32 | 4 October 2019 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification |
33 | 6 October 2019 | ![]() | 1–0 | 11–0 | ||
34 | 3–0 | |||||
35 | 6–0 | |||||
36 | 8 October 2019 | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | ||
37 | 3–0 | |||||
38 | 4–0 | |||||
39 | 5–0 | |||||
40 | 7–0 | |||||
41 | 4 February 2020 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
42 | 4–0 | |||||
43 | 17 February 2022 | National Stadium, Kinston, Jamaica | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
44 | 4–0 | |||||
45 | 20 February 2022 | Kirani James Stadium, St. George's, Grenada | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
46 | 6–1 | |||||
47 | 9 April 2022 | Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town, Cayman Islands | ![]() | 6–0 | 9–0 | |
48 | 7–0 | |||||
49 | 8–0 | |||||
50 | 12 April 2022 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | ![]() | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
51 | 5–1 | |||||
52 | 4 July 2022 | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
53 | 11 July 2022 | Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
54 | 3–0 | |||||
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In 2018, Shaw was named Guardian 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."[37]
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