After an impressive 2025/26 season with Aston Villa, Kirsty Hanson completed a move to Spurs in June, 2026, and reunite with Head Coach Martin Ho.
A direct and powerful forward, the Scotland international finished as the Women’s Super League’s third top goalscorer last term, netting 12 goals overall, and won the league’s Goal of the Season award for her strike against West Ham United in October.
Previously at Manchester United, Kirsty worked under Martin while he was an assistant coach there and the duo will be back working together for the 2026/27 campaign.
Life before Spurs
Kirsty began her senior career at Sheffield FC before moving to Doncaster Rovers Belles and, after a season competing in the FA WSL Spring Series in 2017, she joined the newly-formed Manchester United side in the FA Women’s Championship.
Having helped United to promotion to the top flight, she became a regular member of their squad in the WSL, scoring her first goal in the competition in October, 2019, where she was also named the league’s Player of the Month.
Following two more seasons with the Red Devils, scoring six goals in the WSL, she joined Aston Villa on loan for the 2022/23 campaign, producing 18 goal contributions (eight goals and 10 assists) in 28 appearances, helping them achieve their best-ever finish in the competition to date and made the move permanent in the summer of 2023.
A prominent figure for Villa, Kirsty recorded one of the best goalscoring seasons in her career to date in 2025/26, netting an impressive 12 goals in the WSL.
International
She has represented Scotland across numerous age groups, and received her first call-up to the senior national team in November, 2019. Making her debut in a 5-0 victory over Albania that month, Kirsty started and was named Player of the Match, and opened her international account in a win at Cyprus in February, 2021.
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