Shameeka Fishley Explained

Shameeka Fishley
Fullname:Shameeka Nikoda Fishley
Birth Date:19 September 1993
Birth Place:Leeds, England
Height:1.75 m
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Bordeaux
Clubnumber:11
Youthclubs1:Leeds United
Youthclubs2:Seacroft Colts
Youthclubs3:Huddersfield Town
Youthclubs4:Leeds City Vixens
Youthyears5:2011–2013
Youthclubs5:Chelsea
Collegeyears1:2013–2016
College1:Davenport Panthers
Collegecaps1:62
Collegegoals1:32
Years1:2016
Clubs1:Detroit Lions
Years2:2017
Clubs2:Sindri
Years3:2017–2018
Clubs3:AGSM Verona
Caps3:22
Goals3:3
Years4:2018
Clubs4:İBV
Caps4:14
Goals4:3
Years5:2018–2019
Clubs5:Sassuolo
Caps5:7
Goals5:1
Years6:2019–2020
Clubs6:Stjarnan
Caps6:22
Goals6:8
Years7:2020–2021
Clubs7:Logroño
Caps7:7
Goals7:0
Years8:2021–2022
Clubs8:Fenerbahçe
Caps8:23
Goals8:23
Years9:2022–2023
Clubs9:Ferencvárosi
Caps9:8
Goals9:9
Years10:2023–2023
Clubs10:Bordeaux
Caps10:10
Goals10:2
Years11:2023–
Clubs11:Beşiktaş
Club-Update:22 October 2023

Shameeka Nikoda Fishley (born 19 September 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward in the Turkish Women's Super League for Beşiktaş in Turkey.

Early life

Shameeka Nikoda Fishley was born to Tracey Fishley in Leeds, England, on 19 September 1993.

She attended St Augustine's Catholic Primary School in Leeds in 2005 and completed her high school education in 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, she studied Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness at Merrist Wood College, England. In May 2011, she obtained an FA Coaching Diploma Level 1 from The Football Association, which is equivalent to a UEFA Pro Licence.

She then went to the United States, where she was educated in Personnel Administration in Human Resources Management at Davenport University in Michigan between 2013 and 2017.

Playing career

Fishley began playing football during her high school years. She was with Leeds United Women F.C. U14, Seacroft Colts AFC U16, Huddersfield Town A.F.C. and Leeds City Vixens before she entered the youth academy team of Chelsea in 2011, where she played until 2013. She was with Davenport Panthers in the United States, She then played for the Icelandic club İB Vestmannaeyja in 2018, with the Italian A.S.D. AGSM Verona in 2017–18, and U.S. Sassuolo Calcio in the 2018–19 season, with UMF Stjarnan in Iceland again between 2019 and 2021, and with the Spanish EdF Logroño in 2021. In November 2021, she moved to Turkey and signed with the newly established team Fenerbahçe.

She scored a hat trick in her first game with Fenerbahçe against archrivals Galatasaray that was the first match of both newly established teams. The friendly match was played under the motto "End Violence Against Women" (Turkish: Kadına Şiddete Son) before the start of the 2021-22 Turkcell Women's Football Super League. It ended 7–0 for Fenerbahçe.