{"id":79837,"date":"2026-08-25T06:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79837\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T06:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:27:10","slug":"matildas-defender-signs-with-melbourne-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/79837\/","title":{"rendered":"Matildas defender signs with Melbourne City\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne City FC is delighted to announce the signing of Matildas defender Jessika Nash on a two-year deal, with the 21-year-old joining the Club from Italian side U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of Australia\u2019s most promising young defenders, Nash arrives in Melbourne with\u00a0significant experience\u00a0both domestically and abroad, as well as four senior international caps to her name.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nash made her professional debut with Canberra United in 2020 before going on to make 85 Ninja A-League appearances across five seasons in the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Over that time, she\u00a0established\u00a0herself as one of the league\u2019s most consistent young defenders, culminating in a Championship-winning campaign with Central Coast Mariners in 2024\/25 before earning a move to Italy\u2019s Serie A\u00a0Femminile\u00a0with U.S. Sassuolo Calcio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her performances at domestic level have also earned international recognition, with Nash capped four times by the Matildas, making her debut as a 17-year-old against the United States in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nash now returns to Australia with valuable overseas experience and further strengthens City\u2019s defensive unit as the reigning Premiers and Champions prepare to defend their domestic titles and compete in a third consecutive AFC Women\u2019s Champions League campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Melbourne City FC Director of Football Michael Petrillo said Nash\u2019s experience and potential made her an exciting addition to the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJessika is a player we\u2019ve admired for a long\u00a0time,\u00a0and we\u2019re delighted to bring her to Melbourne City,\u201d Petrillo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite only being 21,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0already built an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 with significant A-League experience, a Championship, senior international\u00a0football\u00a0and a season competing in Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJessika still has plenty of room to grow, and we believe our environment is the perfect place for her to continue developing while making an immediate contribution to our team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nash said she was excited to join Melbourne City and continue her development in a successful environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMelbourne City is a Club that has consistently set high standards and competed for trophies, so I\u2019m really excited to be joining this group,\u201d Nash said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambition of the Club, the quality within the squad and the opportunity to compete for silverware both in Australia and Asia were all big reasons why I wanted to come here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot from my experience overseas and I\u2019m looking forward to bringing that back with me, continuing to develop my game and doing everything I can to help the Club achieve more success.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss a moment of the 2026\/27 season \u2013 click here to become a City Member!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne City FC is delighted to announce the signing of Matildas defender Jessika Nash on a two-year deal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[342,260,16288],"class_list":["post-79837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-a-league-women","tag-melbourne","tag-signing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}