Experienced Scotland international defender Kirsty Smith joined West Ham United from Manchester United on 15 July 2022.
Born in Dalkeith in Midlothian, Smith started her career with Scottish Women’s Premier League club Hibernian, with whom she lifted five domestic cups between 2016-18, before winning the FA Women’s Championship with Manchester United in 2018/19.
A senior Scotland international since 2014, Smith has represented her country at two major tournaments, including their first-ever appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019.
Career
Scored her first goal for West Ham United in a 2-0 WSL win at Brighton & Hove Albion on 8 October 2023…Missed her first West Ham match when she was an unused substitute in a 3-1 FA Women’s League Cup group-stage defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on 22 November 2023, ending a run of 37 consecutive appearances since signing in July 2022…Was an ever-present in the WSL for the second consecutive season. starting all 22 fixtures and missing just 22 minutes of action when substituted during the 2-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion in October 2023...Totaled 25 appearances in all competitions, including two in the FA Women’s League Cup group-stage and the Women's FA Cup fourth-round defeat by Arsenal...Appeared in four UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying ties for Scotland as they made an unbeaten start to Group B2 ahead of Serbia, Slovakia and Israel in April-June 2024, taking her past the 50-cap mark for her country.
Joined West Ham United on 15 July 2022…Made her West Ham United debut in a 1-3 WSL defeat at Chelsea on 28 September 2022…Appeared in all 22 WSL fixtures, making 19 starts…Appeared in all five FA Women’s League Cup ties, making four starts…Appeared in both Women’s FA Cup ties, starting the fifth-round penalty shootout defeat at Aston Villa in February 2023…Appeared in all 29 competitive matches, starting 24 of them.
Born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, on 6 January 1994…Started her career as a schoolgirl with junior club Musselburgh Windsor FC…Joined Hibernian in July 2007 at the age of 13…Started Hibernian’s 2016 Scottish Women’s Cup final penalty shootout win over Glasgow City in Hamilton, and the 3-0 victory over the same opposition in the 2017 final in Livingston…Started Hibernian’s 2016 Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup final 2-1 win over Glasgow City in Edinburgh, the 4-1 victory over Celtic in Cumbernauld in the 2017 final and the 9-0 victory over Celtic in Falkirk in the 2018 final of the same competition, to make it five domestic cup wins in three seasons…Started Scotland’s 1-2 group-stage defeat by Portugal at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 in the Netherlands in July of that year…Joined newly formed FA Women’s Championship club Manchester United in June 2018 alongside former Hibernian teammate Lizzie Arnot…Made 16 appearances as Manchester United won the Championship title and promotion to the WSL in their first season in 2018/19…Appeared in all three group-stage ties for Scotland at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, appearing as a substitute in a 1-2 defeat by England and starting a 1-2 defeat by Japan and 3-3 draw with Argentina…Made 53 appearances across four seasons for Manchester United in all competitions between 2018-22…Continued with her studies alongside her football career and graduated with a degree in Accountancy and Finance from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 2017.