Chairman honours Houghton with mosaic at City Football Academy | OneFootball

Manchester City Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has unveiled a mosaic to former captain and Club legend Steph Houghton.

Our Women’s First Team’s record appearance holder, Houghton was the leader and driving force behind a decade of success for the Blues from our professional relaunch until retirement in 2024.

The final member of our original professional squad, the defender won eight major honours across a ten-year spell, including one WSL title, three FA Cups and four League Cups.

Alongside Jill Scott, that makes her the most decorated player in our history with a record 242 appearances and 21 goals to her name, as well as two PFA WSL Team of the Year inclusions.

Her dedication to City has continued in retirement, with Houghton becoming the Club’s first female ambassador, as well as a brief spell on Nick Cushing’s coaching setup during his interim spell in charge from March–May 2025.

Steph remains an iconic and transformational figure for City, with the chairman confirming a mosaic had been commissioned in honour of her service in June 2024.

And that special tribute has now been unveiled at our state-of-the-art Women’s First Team facility, with the chairman joined by Manchester City Women’s Managing Director Charlotte Brough in unveiling the mosaic to Steph and her family.

Created by local Manchester artist and City fan Mark Kennedy, the mosaic is the latest in a series of tributes to City legends, including Yaya Toure, Joe Hart, David Silva, Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and John Stones.