The Germany international will join upon the opening of the summer transfer window from West Ham United and has signed a long-term contract with the Club.
Learning her trade in her homeland with Frankfurt and SC Freiburg, the forward has taken the Women’s Super League by storm since making her debut in January, 2025, scoring 16 goals in 32 appearances.
Now she embarks on a new chapter in her footballing career as she makes the move to north London.
Get to know our newest arrival below with 10 interesting facts about her...
WSL Accolades
Shekiera might have only been in England for 18 months, but she has certainly made her mark.
Although she joined West Ham United in August, 2024, the forward spent the first half of the 2024/25 campaign at German side SC Freiburg before returning to the England in January, 2025.
After that, there was no stopping her. Just nine minutes into her first start, she opened her account in the WSL with a goal against Everton. She then followed that up with a brace away at Chelsea before netting four in a thumping 7-1 win at Crystal Palace, ending the season with 10 goals in 12 league games.
Her relentless first few months in the competition saw her claim the league’s Player of the Month awards in both March and April – the first West Ham player to do so – and was named the WSL Rising Star for 2024/25.
Sweet 16
Following spells at SV Glaserzell and FV Hores in her youth career, Shekiera joined Eintracht at the age of 16.
Having spent time with their Under-17s squad in her first year, she then stepped up to the senior squad for 2017/18 campaign, featuring regularly for their reserve side in the 2. Bundesliga in the first half of that season.
Then, at just 17 years old, she made her Bundesliga debut in February, 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3-0 win over FC Koln.
Frankfurt Centurion
Since joining the Hesse-based side in 2016, the 24-year-old spent a remarkable eight seasons on the Main.
Helping them end a six-year absence from the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2022, Shekiera went on to surpass 100 appearances for the German team.
Before departing the club in the summer of 2024, she had made 135 appearances in total, scoring 32 goals.
Fulfilling a promise
At the age of eight, Shekiera told her family that she wanted to play football.
Growing up in Floura, Germany, she was one of four girls and a boy in her family – in which, by then, one of her older sisters had given up persuading the opportunity in the game.
Speaking in an interview with The Guardian back in August, 2025, she revealed that her mum told her: “‘No, you won’t play for long. You’ll be like your sister,’” she recalls. “And so then I gave her a promise that I would play for longer than my sister.”
Nearly 16 years later, her journey in the game continues at pace.
She loves her dogs!
Away from the pitch, Shekiera has two dogs at home that she loves very much!
Both are puppies, Ruby is 10 months old and Ivy is one-and-a-half years old.
Playing on the biggest stage
When asked for one of her standout moments in her career to date, she replied with playing in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
Shekiera competed in Europe’s elite competition while at Eintracht, making her debut in the tournament in September, 2022, in a qualifying match against Fortuna Hjorring.
Having helped her side to progress to the group phase in the following term, she netted her first goal in the competition in a 5-0 win over FC Rosengard – who fielded current Spur, Olivia Holdt - in January, 2024, while she also registered two assists.
Slam dunk
While taking the WSL by storm on the pitch, Shekiera also plays a number of other sports in her downtime.
Having played tennis a couple of times before and enjoying it, she has recently brought some rackets to continue having a go and have it as a hobby.
Alongside tennis, she also really likes playing basketball.
Into the history books
Representing Germany at the UEFA Women’s Under-17 European Championships, Shekiera wrote her name into the UEFA’s record books.
Scoring an impressive nine goals in the tournament to help her nation finish as runner ups, she equalled a record number of goals scored in a UEFA football final tournament – jointly held by Michel Platini at Euro 84 and Elena Danilova at 2005 Women’s Under-19 Euro.
Having netted six in the group stage, only one off the record for any UEFA final tournament, she then scored a hat-trick in the semi-final against England to take her tally to nine.
Favourite meal
Shekiera revealed that her favourite meal is a lasagne!
But not any lasagne, specifically the one that her girlfriend makes as ‘she knows how to make it the best’.
A proud moment on the international stage
Having progressed through the youth set-up with Germany, representing from the age groups of Under-15 to Under-19, she received her maiden call-up to the senior squad in October, 2025.
Her debut came the following month as she was a second-half substitute for Germany in the first leg of the UEFA Women’s Nations League Final as they faced Spain.
A proud moment for Shekiera and her family.