Republic of Ireland international defender Jessie Stapleton joined West Ham United in July 2023.

Dublin-born Stapleton played junior football for Cherry Orchard, Peamount United and Shamrock Rovers before joining Shelbourne in 2021 and enjoying great success individually and with the club.

Capped regularly by Republic of Ireland at age-group level, Stapleton won her first senior international cap in a friendly win over the Philippines in Turkey in June 2022, aged 17.

Career

2025/26

Joined Barclays Women's Super League 2 side Nottingham Forest on loan for the season after penning a two-year contract extension at West Ham United.

2024/25

Spent the 2024/25 season on loan at Barclays Women's Championship side Sunderland... Made 23 appearances in all competitions for Sunderland.

2023/24

Joined West Ham United on 28 July 2023...Made her West Ham United debut in a 3-1 FA Women's League Cup group-stage defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 November 2023...Made her Women's Super League debut for West Ham United as a late substitute in a 1-1 draw at Leicester City on 17 December 2023...Joined Women's Championship club Reading on loan for the second half of the 2023/24 season on 26 January 2024...Made eleven Women's Championship starts for Reading, scoring her first league goal in English football in a 1-0 win over Durham City on 21 April 2024.

Before West Ham

Born in Ballyfermot, County Dublin on 7 February 2005...Joined local junior club Cherry Orchard at the age of eight...Became the first girl to be selected to represented the Dublin and District Schoolboys League, aged eleven...Spent the 2019 season with Peamount United...Joined Shamrock Rovers in 2020 and captained the club to the Women's U17 National League final, where they were beaten by Cork City...Joined Shelbourne in 2021 and excelled, winning the Women's National League title, being named in the Women's National League Team of the Season and nominated for Player of the Year...Regained the Women's National League title with Shelbourne in 2022...Was named Women's National League Young Player of The Year and named in the Team of the Season in 2022...Opened the scoring for Shelbourne in their 2022 FAI Women's Cup final win over Athlone Town...Represented Republic of Ireland at all age-group levels...First trained with the senior Republic of Ireland national team as a 13-year-old...Officially called up to the Republic of Ireland squad for the first time in November 2021, aged 16...Made her senior Republic of Ireland debut in a friendly win over the Philippines in Turkey in June 2022, aged 17.