Shanade Hopcroft
Blessed with superb vision and a wonderful range of passing, midfielder Hopcroft was instrumental in Palace's promotion-winning 2023/24 season.
Blessed with superb vision and a wonderful range of passing, midfielder Hopcroft was instrumental in Palace's promotion-winning 2023/24 season.
Hopcroft joined Palace in July 2023 from London City Lionesses, where she had scored four times in 32 Women’s Championship appearances after signing in January 2022.
Born in Aylesbury, Hopcroft began her career with Chelsea’s Academy, also representing the reserve teams of London Bees and Reading.
She then moved on a scholarship to the United States in 2017, where she became a regular goalscorer for Daytona State College – scoring eight times and recording 15 assists in 28 games in her final season – before going on to play a starring role for the Colorado Buffaloes and, subsequently, returning to London.
In her first season in South London, Hopcroft scored six times in 21 Championship appearances, earning rave reviews for her displays as Palace reached the Women's Super League for the first time in the club's history.