Ruesha Littlejohn (born 3 July 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Republic of Ireland national team and is currently a free agent at club level.

In January 2010 Littlejohn signed for English champions Arsenal and made an immediate debut in the Gunners' 2–1 home win over Chelsea.

[7] Shortly afterwards Tony Gervaise, who had also been Littlejohn's coach in Scotland's youth national teams, stood down as Arsenal manager.

With Littlejohn then out of favour she returned to Scotland on loan with Rangers, where she featured in the first women's match to be staged at Ibrox Stadium.

[9] Along with Megan Sneddon and Suzanne Lappin, Littlejohn signed for Liverpool Ladies ahead of the 2011 FA WSL season.

[10] On her competitive debut against Charlton Athletic in the FA Women's Cup, Littlejohn marked the occasion by scoring a hat-trick.

[13] In May 2012, the Football Association (FA) gave Littlejohn a six-match ban and charged her £500 costs for comments made on Twitter.

"[29][30][31] After three years of not playing internationally, Littlejohn's situation caught the eye of Arsenal teammates Emma Byrne, Yvonne Tracy and Niamh Fahey.

[35] Ruesha's twin sister Shebahn was a travel reporter on Glasgow radio station 102.5 Clyde 1 and now works for Talksport.

In June 2019, fellow player and captain Katie McCabe revealed that they are in a relationship and that women's association football is very accepting of LGBT people.