Archive for January 21, 2025
Verena Hanshaw joins WHU
Austrian defender Verena Hanshaw is the first Austrian to play for West Ham’s women’s team.
The Vienna-born defender started her career at USC Landhaus Wien in 2009, making 15 appearances and scoring her first professional goal in the process.
A year later, she made her first international appearance for Austria’s U17s and would then go on to represent their U19s before breaking into the first team.
She made her maiden appearance on the international stage in 2011 and has gone on to play a further 109 times to date.
She shone at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 as Austria progressed all the way to the semi-finals of the competition. Hanshaw also started all four of Austria’s matches at UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, but they were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Germany.
Verena Hanshaw is now the third Austrian player to have signed for West Ham in the Club’s 130-year history, joining Emanuel Pogatetz and Marko Arnautović.
Hanshaw enjoyed a very special first day at West Ham’s training ground Chadwell Heath, as she celebrated her birthday on 20 January, and was surprised with a birthday cake at the end of her first interview with the Club!
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