Eilidh Adams

Eilidh Adams (born 6 April 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hibernian of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL),^[1] and for the Scotland women's national team.

Eilidh Adams

Personal information
Date of birth	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [citation needed]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hibernian
Number	9
Youth career
	Boroughmuir Thistle
2017–2019	Hibernian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Hibernian	150	(71)
International career‡
2018–2019	Scotland U16	5	(0)
2019–2020	Scotland U17	5	(0)
2021–2023	Scotland U19	15	(7)
2023–	Scotland U23	3	(2)
2025–	Scotland	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025

Club career

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to Scottish parents^{[citation needed]} and raised in Edinburgh, Adams began her youth career at Boroughmuir Thistle before joining Hibernian (the club her family supported), making her senior debut in 2019, aged 15.^[2][3] The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted her progress initially, but when football resumed she was named as the Scottish Women's Premier League's Youth Player of the Season for 2020–21.^[2][4] She agreed an improved contract with Hibs in May 2022,^[5] and featured on the losing side against Rangers in the 2022 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final at the end of the year.^[6]

After signing further contract extensions in January 2023^[7] and October 2023^[8] to keep her at Hibernian until June 2026, Adams missed the latter part of the 2023–24 season with a broken bone in her foot.^[9]

Upon her return at the start of 2024–25 her performances were consistently strong,^[10] scoring at the rate of a goal per game as Hibs made a challenge for the title; she was named the SWPL's Player of the Month for January 2025.^[11] A month later she appeared in a second SWPL Cup final, but Hibs were unable to overcome Rangers who this time won by a 5–0 scoreline.^[12][13] They recovered to successfully hold off the challenges of Glasgow City and Rangers and clinched the title on 18 May with a 1–0 victory at Ibrox Stadium, winning the club's first SWPL championship in 17 years.^[14] Adams won both the Hibernian Women Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year awards for 2024–25.^[15] She was also nominated for both the PFA Scotland Women's Players' Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year^[16] and was named in the SWPL Team of the Year.^[17]

International career

Adams featured for Scotland at Schoolgirl,^[18] under-15,^[8] under-16, under-17 and under-19 youth levels.^[19] In 2023 and 2024 she was selected for the under-23 team, which plays only friendly matches.^[20]

She received her first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in February 2025,^[21] making her debut as a substitute in a 1–0 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League defeat away to Austria.^[22]