Spurs Women Secure the Signature of Kirsty Hanson

Spurs Women have signed Scotland international and Aston Villa’s top scorer from last season, Kirsty Hanson.

She helped Villa to their highest ever finish in the WSL, aided Manchester United rise into the top tier, and has 48 caps plus six goals for Scotland.

Head Coach Martin Ho told tottenhamhotspur.com: “Kirsty is a player with proven quality in the WSL and someone who has consistently shown she can affect games at this level. She brings pace, energy, directness and real threat in the final third, but also the work ethic and intensity we want in our attacking players. She played a lot of her football last season as a centre forward, while also having the ability to play wide, and that versatility is really important for us in how we want to attack.

“We want players in the front line who can rotate, threaten different spaces, press with intensity and give us different solutions during games. Kirsty can stretch teams in behind, attack one-v-one, arrive in goal-scoring areas and also help connect the game when playing more centrally. That flexibility gives us more ways to hurt teams and allows us to be less predictable as an attacking team.“

Hanson said: “I’m absolutely delighted, it’s an exciting time to be a part of this club. I’m ready for a new challenge, and I’m always wanting to be better every single day. Martin (Ho), the Club, the staff, the players are at such an exciting point – and I want to be a part of that.”