Shekiera Martinez will join Tottenham Hotspur from West Ham United this summer after signing a long-term contract with the north London club. The 24-year-old Germany international will become a Spurs player when the summer transfer window opens next month.
Martinez arrives with a record that has moved quickly from promise to production. She scored on her first start in England’s top flight and finished the 2024/25 campaign with 10 goals in 12 league appearances, the second top goalscorer in the competition. Her form brought back-to-back WSL Player of the Month awards in March and April, along with the league’s Rising Star award at the Women’s Professional Game Awards.
Tottenham did not have to gamble on her trajectory. Martinez began her career with SV Glaserzell and FV Horas before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2016, where she made more than 100 appearances and played in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. She then joined West Ham in July 2024, spent the first half of that campaign on loan with SC Freiburg and returned to West Ham in January 2025.
By then, her scoring touch had already turned heads. Her 10 goals in 12 league appearances across the 2024/25 season made her one of the most productive forwards in the division, and she carried that level into the following campaign with six goals across all competitions in 2025/26. One of those finishes, a bicycle kick against Manchester United in December, won the league’s Goal of the Month award.
Martinez said she was delighted to be a Spurs player and called the move the perfect next step for her career and her development. She said Tottenham’s squad and the way the club wants to play made the move appealing, and added that speaking with Martin gave her confidence because he wants to help improve her game, use her strengths and help her score goals. Ho said Spurs had admired Martinez for some time and were pleased she chose the club despite the significant interest in her, adding that her arrival showed both the quality she already has and the belief in what she can become. He described her as a forward with real presence, intelligent movement and a strong instinct in the box.
The move also comes after her international breakthrough. Martinez received her maiden senior call-up to the Germany squad in October 2025 and made her debut in November 2025 in the UEFA Women’s Nations League final against Spain. For Tottenham, the signing adds a forward who has already done the hard part: she has shown she can score in Germany, in the Women’s Super League and on the biggest stages in front of her.
The next step is simple enough. When the window opens next month, Spurs will add a striker in form and still only 24, with a long-term deal behind a transfer that has already been shaped by both demand and evidence.
