Fishlock is Wales’ record caps winner and goalscorer
She will continue to play for NWSL club Seattle Reign
Jess Fishlock, widely regarded as the Wales women’s national team’s greatest player, has announced she will retire from international football after the home friendly against Australia this month.
The 38-year-old is Wales’s record goalscorer, despite playing predominantly as a midfielder, and their most‑capped player, with 165 international appearances and 48 goals.
Perhaps even more significantly, she has played a talismanic role in the team for nearly two decades, frequently being the standout star, stepping up in their biggest matches and scoring memorable match winners. She was awarded an MBE for services to women’s football and the LGBTQ+ community in 2018. She became Wales’s first footballer to reach a century of caps in 2017.
