Name: Heather Payne
Nationality: Republic of Ireland
Date of Birth: January 26, 2000
Position: Defender
Current club: Leicester City
Women's Super League clubs played for: Bristol City, Everton, Leicester City

Leicester City's Heather Payne has not played in a great number of their Women's Super League matches in 2025/2026, making seven appearances overall and accumulating 315 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in three of these appearances across their 17 fixtures and been used in a substitute role on four occasions.

The last Women's Super League appearance that Payne made came on February 13 for Leicester City against Manchester City; a match that she played 31 minutes in during a 6-0 loss. She has been booked once.

In the team's next Women's Super League match on March 29, Leicester City face a home match against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Last season for Everton, Payne made 17 Women's Super League appearances and created one assist.

Before joining Leicester City in August 2025, Payne made 34 league appearances in total at Everton, providing one assist.