>Khadija Shaw is made for the big stage. She has presence, a big personality and an infectious, radiating smile. That smile could get a little bigger this weekend as Manchester City host rivals Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium. The Jamaica international is one goal away from breaking Manchester City Women’s goalscoring record. She is tied on 64 goals with former City midfielder Georgia Stanway, a tally Shaw has reached in 81 appearances compared to Stanway’s 170.
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>City signed Shaw from French Division 1 side Bordeaux in 2021 for her goalscoring prowess. She was the league’s top scorer with 22 goals in 20 games in her final season there and she is replicating that form in England, leading the Women’s Super League golden boot race on 16 goals from 15 games.
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>Nicknamed ‘Bunny’ by older brother Kentardo because of her love of carrots, Shaw lights up a room as soon as she walks in. As the 6ft Jamaica international enters Manchester City’s indoor football arena, braids hanging down her back, there is a spring in her step. She takes a seat, ready to analyse some of the 64 goals she has scored for City.
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>Khadija Shaw is made for the big stage. She has presence, a big personality and an infectious, radiating smile. That smile could get a little bigger this weekend as Manchester City host rivals Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium. The Jamaica international is one goal away from breaking Manchester City Women’s goalscoring record. She is tied on 64 goals with former City midfielder Georgia Stanway, a tally Shaw has reached in 81 appearances compared to Stanway’s 170.
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>City signed Shaw from French Division 1 side Bordeaux in 2021 for her goalscoring prowess. She was the league’s top scorer with 22 goals in 20 games in her final season there and she is replicating that form in England, leading the Women’s Super League golden boot race on 16 goals from 15 games.
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>Nicknamed ‘Bunny’ by older brother Kentardo because of her love of carrots, Shaw lights up a room as soon as she walks in. As the 6ft Jamaica international enters Manchester City’s indoor football arena, braids hanging down her back, there is a spring in her step. She takes a seat, ready to analyse some of the 64 goals she has scored for City.
Thank for sharing this – massive Bunny fan!
[Her ManCity podcast episode](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qaI7WwfGpx4LAWTkQi3g5?si=rzzYbXeQS52SZO9OabfXdA), free for all on podcast platform of choice, was great!
She talked about:
how her parents didn’t even want her to play football & she had to sneak around to play when she was a kid
how she went to US on athletic scholarship 1000% to get an education to improve her job prospects, no thought whatsoever about playing professionally
how shockingly she only started playing striker her senior year of college bc her team’s striker had graduated