"I'M SUPER EXCITED TO START HERE" | Jill Roord signs for Manchester City

Manchester City Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Netherlands international Jill Roord from VfL Wolfsburg on a three-year deal.

The midfielder makes the move to Manchester fresh from a UEFA Women’s Champions League Final appearance against Barcelona and returns to England after a two-year stay in the Frauen Bundesliga.

Formerly on the books of Arsenal between 2019 and 2021 – where she helped the Gunners to the final of the Continental Tyres League Cup and back-to-back top three finishes – the 26- year-old boasts an impressive pedigree in the game.

Having risen through the ranks at FC Twente in her homeland of Holland, she made her senior debut at the age of 16 and in four seasons there, helped the team to four Eredivisie league titles and the KNVB Women’s Cup, also securing the title of the league top scorer in 2015/16.

A seasoned international with the Netherlands meanwhile with 86 caps to her name since 2015, Roord helped her country to UEFA Women’s European Championships success in 2017, as well as reaching the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019.

Playing 69 times for Wolfsburg in all competitions and scoring 31 goals, she will join up with City following this summer’s World Cup and will wear the number 20 shirt for the upcoming 2023/24 campaign.

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