New Zealand international striker Jacqui Hand has signed for second-tier English club Sheffield United.
Hand (25) joins the FA Women’s Championship club from Lewes, who dropped down from the competition at the end of last season.
“We’re really pleased to have brought in Jacqui for a variety of reasons,” Sheffield United head coach Ash Thompson said.
“She is someone who knows this league but also has experience at the very top level, having played at a World Cup and an Olympic Games as recent as this summer.
“She’ll provide attributes we’ve been missing in our front line and we’re looking forward to working together.”
Hand has scored eight goals in her 30 games for New Zealand.
After playing for Eastern Suburbs in Auckland, she went to the United States on a scholarship to play for the Colorado College Tigers.
In 2021, she joined Finnish club Aland United before leaving for the United Kingdom at the end of the 2023 Kansallinen Liiga season.
At Lewes, she was re-united with former Ferns assistant coach Natalie Lawrence who is now the club’s manager.
This story was first published on September 29, 2024.
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