Sunderland forward Keira Ramshaw has been forced into retiring from the professional game at the age of 29.
The Lady Black Cats announced the news via a post on their official club website this morning.
Ramshaw has spent the last 14 months battling ankle injuries. The player initially sustained a fracture ahead of the start of the 2022/2023 season before later damaging ligaments. Ramshaw has had to undergo surgery and a lengthy period of rehabilitation and it has now been determined that she will be unable to return to playing professional football in the future.
The forward has made 244 senior appearances for Sunderland in all competitions with her final outing coming as a substitute in a 1-0 defeat to Bristol City in September 2022. She was a member of the side which won the old FAWSL2 in 2014 and she represented the club at the top level. Ramshaw is also a former Sunderland Player of the Year.
Speaking following today’s announcement, Ramshaw said “If I look back to where I started at 16, I remember the feeling of getting the call-up to the first-team and it was an amazing achievement. I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the team ever since.
“Fourteen years later, we’ve had two promotions, we’ve won League Cups, lots of things that we’ve achieved and I’ve done a full circle with the Club, but it’s been a journey and a half.”
Sunderland will look to work with Ramshaw in an off-field capacity going forward while she will be given a testimonial by the Club.
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