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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jessica Simpson | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Clitheroe, Lancashire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Bristol City (on loan from Manchester United) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burnley | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Bristol City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Bristol City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | England U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | England U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:12, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[2] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[1] | |||
Jessica Simpson (born 13 January 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Championship club Bristol City, on loan from Women's Super League club Manchester United, and the England under-23 national team.
Simpson is from Clitheroe, in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire. She is from a sporting family background and her grandad previously played for Accrington Stanley.[3]
A product of the Manchester United Academy,[4] Simpson began playing football aged four, joining Burnley aged ten. She then joined United aged eleven,[3] followed by featuring for the under-16s,[5] under-21s,[6] and the academy team of the Professional Game League.[7] Simpson featured in the under-21 side that won the Academy League and Cup in the 2021–22 season.[8][9]
On 27 January 2023, Simpson signed her first professional contract with WSL side Manchester United. She made her senior debut for United in a friendly match against Birkirkara FC in Malta.[9][10]
In July 2024, she returned to training after her injury on loan to Bristol.[11] Her shirt number was confirmed as 38 for the 2024–25 season.[12] On 20 November, Simpson made her competitive debut for United in the 2024–25 League Cup against Everton, as a 60th minute substitute for a 2–0 victory.[13]
In January 2025, 90min referenced Simpson as one of six players who could be likely looking for a loan spell, having recovering from her ACL injury the previous season, and being "low down in the "pecking order" for her position at United.[14]
On 14 September 2023,[15] on deadline day,[4] Simspon joined newly promoted Women's Super League club Bristol City on loan for the 2023–24 season.[16]
On 21 October 2023, Simpson returned to United having suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the League Cup match against Southampton.[17][18] Simpson was one of three United players to suffer from the injury in the season.[19]
On 7 January 2025, Simpson re-joined Bristol City, now playing in the Women's Championship, on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.[20]
On 11 October 2022, for 2023 U19 Championship qualification, Simpson scored her debut youth international goal for the England under-19s in a 1–1 draw with Denmark.[21] On 2 December 2024, she made her debut for the under-23s in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden as part of a European competition.[22]
In 2022 Simpson was studying sports science for a BTEC, with the intent to move to the United States. In 2023, she officiated the opening of a new multi-million pound facility in Blackpool.[23][24] Simpson is an ambassador for Dan's Trust, a charity that has helped her with a grant towards her football career.[3]