Name: Verena Hanshaw
Nationality: Austria
Date of Birth: January 20, 1994
Position: Defender
Current club: West Ham United
Women's Super League clubs played for: West Ham United

Verena Hanshaw is a defender at West Ham United who has appeared in the majority of the side's Women's Super League matches in 2025/2026, making 11 appearances overall and playing 828 minutes. She has been selected in the starting XI in 10 of these appearances across their 15 fixtures and been used as a substitute on one occasion.

Hanshaw last featured in a league game on February 8, playing 90 minutes for West Ham United versus Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-2 success. In total, she has notched one Women's Super League goal this term.

Her opening goal of the campaign came in the 2-1 victory against Leicester City on January 25.

A trip to Everton on February 15 is the next Women's Super League game for West Ham United.

Last season, Hanshaw played a combined 21 Women's Super League and Serie A Women games between West Ham United (11) and Roma (10) and created four assists.

Hanshaw linked up with West Ham United in January 2025 from Roma, for whom she made 10 league appearances in total, providing one assist.