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Jess
Ziu
Midfielder
Jess Ziu
Shoots
Right
Signed
17/03/2022
Born
06/06/2002
Debut
18/09/2022
Debut Fixture
West Ham United vs Everton (Sun, 18/09/2022 - 15:00)
Nationality
Ireland

West Ham United Women announced that Jess Ziu would be joining the Club from Irish side Shelbourne on St. Patrick's day - 17 March 2022. 

A versatile player that is comfortable at full-back, wing-back or further up the field, Ziu broke into the Red Pandas' first-team squad in June 2018, making her WNL debut just three weeks after her 16th birthday and scoring her first senior goal the following month. Since then, she has gone on to score 19 goals in 56 WNL appearances for the Dublin club. 

Previously capped by her country at youth levels, Ziu was named FAI U16 Women's International Player of the Year in 2018, before making her senior debut in a FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win over Northern Ireland at 16 in August of the same year. She is a now a regular in the senior squad, and has won 12 Ireland caps to date.

After a bright start to the 2022/23 season, Ziu suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a Continental Tyres League Cup fixture against London City Lionesses in early October that ruled her out of the remainder of the campaign.