Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rebecca Flaherty | ||
Date of birth | 6 March 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brighouse Town | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Buchan | 16 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Liverpool | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Sheffield United | 12 | (0) |
2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | (0) |
2021-2022 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | (0) |
2022- | Brighouse Town | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Scotland U17 | 9 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Scotland U19 | 17 | (0) |
2019– | Northern Ireland | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC) |
Rebecca "Becky" Flaherty (born 6 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FA Women's National League North club Brighouse Town AFC Women and the Northern Ireland national team.
On 7 February 2018, Flaherty made her full debut for Liverpool, playing the 90 minutes in a 3–0 loss to Arsenal in the 2017–18 season.[1][2]
On 1 August 2019, Flaherty completed a move to FA Women's Championship club Sheffield United.[3]
On 29 July 2021, Huddersfield Town Women announced that Flaherty had joined the club for the 2021–22 season following a trial period against Celtic F.C. Women & Fleetwood Town Wrens.
Flaherty was capped at youth level by Scotland but switched allegiances to Northern Ireland at senior level. In January 2019, Flaherty received her first call up to Northern Ireland's training camp.[4] Flaherty made her senior international debut on 3 March 2019, starting in a 4–0 win over Kazakhstan in the Alanya Gold City Women's Cup.[5]
Flaherty was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[6]