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

Heather Payne is a defender at Leicester City who has not taken part in a great number of the side's Women's Super League games in 2025/2026, making nine appearances overall and accumulating 344 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in three of these appearances across their 22 fixtures and been mostly used off the bench as a substitute on six occasions.

Payne last appeared in a competition game on May 16, playing 23 minutes for Leicester City against Everton in a 1-0 loss. She has been booked once.

Payne played 17 Women's Super League games last season for Everton and created one assist.

Payne linked up with Leicester City in August 2025 from Everton, for whom she made 34 league appearances in total, providing one assist.