Jess Fishlock

Fishlock served an assist to Lisa De Vanna in the 38th minute for the game-winning goal.

She was named Most Valuable Player of the Match.

The win marked the Victory's first Grand Final title in the history of the team.

Jessica Anne Fishlock (born 14 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for OL Reign and the Wales national team.

She previously played for Bristol Academy in England's FA Women's Super League (FA WSL), AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie, Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in Australia's W-League, as well as Bundesliga club FFC Frankfurt in Germany.

During the 94th minute of a match against former champions, Canberra United, she scored the game-winning goal boosting Melbourne to the top of the league table.

During her six games with Melbourne, she became a favourite with the fans and was also nominated as one of four players for the league-wide Player of the Year Award.

Fishlock made her debut against Reading Royals on 29 September 2002 and scored 19 times in 23 appearances in her first season at the club.

Laura McAllister, who was captain of Cardiff City when Fishlock joined the squad said, "Jess joined the junior team but she was so good we fast-tracked her. Jess is just a fabulous player. She is technically superb with fabulous skills and among the 2 or 3% in Britain. She's ambitious and adventurous and to be a top, top sports-player you've got to be like that."

At age 16, she was a member of the senior side that won the 2004–05 SW Combination League Championship without losing a point.

The team later beat Everton en route to the last eight of the FA Cup and won the Welsh Cup to move on to the UEFA Women's Cup.

In 2008, the Dutch Champions AZ Alkmaar approached Jess to join them and become the first overseas player in the Eredivisie.

Jess won back to back league titles during the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons, and were on track to defend a third title during the 2010/2011 season when she left to come back to the UK.

She was named Welsh Footballer of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2019.

She has won multiple championships and regular season titles with the teams she has played for including the two consecutive Eredivisie championships, two W-League regular season titles, two W-League Grand Final championships, Scottish Women's Premier League and Scottish Women's Cup titles, and two consecutive NWSL Shield wins.

In 2011, Fishlock joined Bristol in England's FA Women's Super League (FA WSL).

During the 2011 season, Bristol achieved a higher-than-expected final league position, and also reached the FA Cup Final where they were defeated by Arsenal 2–0.

Fishlock was awarded the 2011 Club Player of the Year, 2011 Fans Player of the Year, and was named to the league's All-Star Team.

She was named Welsh Women's Footballer of the Year the same year.

During the 2012 season, Bristol achieved their highest final league position, reached the semi-final of the FA Cup and Continental Cup.

Jess was awarded the 2012 Club Players Player of Year, 2012 Fans Player of the Year and 2012 FA WSL Players Player of Year, voted on by managers and players of the FA WSL.

In November 2012, Fishlock joined W-League side Melbourne Victory for six weeks on a guest player contract helping the team reach their first ever grand final.

As of February 2013, Fishlock remained the club's record goalscorer.

In September 2013, it was announced that Fishlock would return to the Victory for the 2013/14 season on loan from the Seattle Reign FC.

During her 11 appearances for the team, she scored three goals and helped lead the team to the Grand Final where the Victory defeated Brisbane Roar 2–0.

In February 2013, Fishlock joined NWSL side, Reign FC for the league's inaugural season.

During their second league match against the Portland Thorns FC, Fishlock scored her first goal in front of a record-setting 16,479 fans at Jeld-Wen Field, establishing herself as a powerful force for the Reign.

The media named her NWSL Player of the Week for Week 2 of the 2013 season.

Fishlock started in all 21 games that she played during the regular season, missing only one game due to Wales national team commitments.

She was a leading scorer on the team with four goals and tallied a total of 1,879 minutes.

Fishlock returned to the Reign for the 2014 season.

Although Fishlock returned to Seattle prior to the 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final after playing on loan for FFC Frankfurt, her contributions to the team's journey to the title subsequently earned her a UEFA Women's Champions League medal.

Fishlock was born in Cardiff, Wales to Kevyn and Sharon Fishlock.

She has two brothers and three sisters.

As a child, she began playing football with her sister before joining Cardiff City Ladies F.C. at age 7.

She later played for Newport Strikers.

Fishlock started her career playing for Cardiff City Ladies F.C. and made her debut for the senior side at age 16.

In February 2017, Fishlock coached Melbourne City to its second consecutive W-League Grand Final title.

She previously coached Cardiff City Ladies F.C.

On 5 April 2017, Fishlock became the first Welsh player to earn 100 caps for the national team.