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Biography
Jane Ross (born 18 September 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Manchester City in the English FA WSL and the Scotland women's national team.
Club career
Ross grew up on the Isle of Bute and after attending local coaching clinics, began her career at youth level with Paisley Saints Ladies. By the age of 16, she had already been called into the Scotland Women's under-19 squad. She joined Glasgow City in July 2006, winning players' player of the year in her first season and was part of the City squad that has won five consecutive Scottish Women's Premier League titles and reached the last 16 of the UEFA Women's Champions League.
At the end of the 2012 season, Ross had a trial period in Denmark with earlier Champions League opponents Fortuna Hjørring, before heading for further trials with several clubs in Sweden.
She agreed a professional contract with Vittsjö GIK at the end of December 2012, joining fellow Scotland international Ifeoma Dieke at the club. Ross scored on her debut for Vittsjö in a pre-season friendly match against Danish side B93/HIK/Skjold in February 2013. After 11 goals in her debut season, Ross was linked with a transfer to English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies. Both Ross and Dieke extended their contracts with Vittsjö for another season in December 2013. Ross left Vittsjö after the 2015 season, having scored 51 goals in 82 appearances for the club.
Ross signed a two-year contract with Manchester City in November 2015.
International career
Ross won her first full international cap for Scotland against England in March 2009, and scored her first international goal in August the same year against Denmark. She made her fiftieth international appearance against the Netherlands in the 2013 Cyprus Cup tournament.
June 2012 saw Ross named one of four reserves to the 18-player Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
Ross studied at the University of Stirling on a scholarship as part of the SFA National Women's Football Academy. She has deferred her M.Phil. degree while she pursues her professional career.
International goals
- Results list Scotland's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | Scored |
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1 | 14 Aug 2009 | Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg | ![]() | 2–5 | Friendly | 1 |
2 | 15 Oct 2009 | The Oval, Belfast | ![]() | 3–0 | Friendly | 1 |
3 | 13 Feb 2011 | Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest | ![]() | 4–2 | Friendly | 1 |
4 | 18 May 2011 | Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest | ![]() | 1–1 | Friendly | 1 |
6 | 21 Aug 2011 | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk | ![]() | 5–0 | Friendly | 2 |
8 | 21 Sep 2011 | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh | ![]() | 7–2 | Friendly | 2 |
9 | 12 Oct 2011 | Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona | ![]() | 6–1 | 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 1 |
10 | 27 Oct 2011 | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh | ![]() | 2–2 | 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 1 |
11 | 28 Feb 2012 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca | ![]() | 1–5 | 2012 Cyprus Cup | 1 |
12 | 9 May 2012 | Stadion Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański | ![]() | 3–1 | Friendly | 1 |
13 | 16 Jun 2012 | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh | ![]() | 8–0 | 2013 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 1 |
14 | 8 Mar 2013 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca | ![]() | 4–4 | 2013 Cyprus Cup | 1 |
15 | 11 Mar 2013 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca | ![]() | 2–1 | 2013 Cyprus Cup | 1 |
16 | 7 Apr 2013 | East End Park, Dunfermline | ![]() | 2–1 | Friendly | 1 |
17 | 22 Sep 2013 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn | ![]() | 7–2 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 1 |
18 | 26 Sep 2013 | Fir Park, Motherwell | ![]() | 7–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 1 |
19 | 26 Oct 2013 | Fir Park, Motherwell | ![]() | 2–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 1 |
22 | 31 Oct 2013 | Dyskobolia Stadium, Grodzisk Wielkopolski | ![]() | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 3 |
23 | 18 Dec 2013 | Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasilia | ![]() | 3–4 | 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasília de Futebol Feminino | 1 |
26 | 10 Mar 2014 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca | ![]() | 4–2 | 2014 Cyprus Cup | 3 |
29 | 10 Apr 2014 | Bilino Polje, Zenica | ![]() | 3–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 3 |
30 | 19 Jun 2014 | Solitude, Belfast | ![]() | 2–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 1 |
33 | 13 Sep 2014 | Fir Park, Motherwell | ![]() | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual. | 3 |
35 | 8 Feb 2015 | Solitude, Belfast | ![]() | 4–0 | Friendly | 2 |
36 | 9 Apr 2015 | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk | ![]() | 1–1 | Friendly | 1 |
38 | 23 Oct 2015 | Fir Park, Motherwell | ![]() | 7–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 2 |
42 | 29 Nov 2015 | St Mirren Park, Paisley | ![]() | 10–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 4 |
44 | 8 Apr 2016 | St Mirren Park, Paisley | ![]() | 3–1 | 2017 UEFA Women's Championship qual. | 2 |