Jess Fishlock

Jess Fishlock
MBE
Fishlock with the Seattle Reign in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jessica Anne Fishlock
Date of birth (1987-01-14) 14 January 1987
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Seattle Reign FC
Number 10
Youth career
Cardiff City
Newport Strikers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Cardiff City
2007–2008 Bristol Academy
2008–2010 AZ 31 (6)
2011–2012 Bristol Academy 26 (7)
2012–2013 Melbourne Victory 18 (5)
2013– Seattle Reign FC 217 (43)
2013Dundee United (loan) 6 (2)
2013–2014Melbourne Victory (loan) 17 (5)
2014–2015FFC Frankfurt (loan) 17 (2)
2015–2018Melbourne City (loan) 38 (17)
2018–2019Olympique Lyonnais (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2021Reading (loan) 19 (2)
International career
Wales U19
2006– Wales 161 (47)
Managerial career
2012 Cardiff City Ladies (player-coach)
2015–2016 Melbourne City (player-assistant coach)
2017 Melbourne City (player-head coach)
2017–2018 Melbourne City (player-assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2025

Jessica Anne Fishlock MBE (born 14 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC and the Wales national team. She is Wales’s all-time record goal scorer. She previously played for Bristol Academy in England's FA Women's Super League (FA WSL), AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie, Rangers Ladies in the Scottish Women's Premier League, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in Australia's W-League, as well as Bundesliga club FFC Frankfurt in Germany.

Fishlock was named Welsh Footballer of the Year 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, Scottish Women's Premier League and Scottish Women's Cup titles, and two consecutive NWSL Shield 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 UEFA Women's Champions League 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.