Becky Flaherty

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Becky Flaherty
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Flaherty
Date of birth (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)
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.

Club career[edit]

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.

International career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Liverpool Ladies 0–3 Arsenal Ladies". 7 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Scotland – R. Flaherty – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Becky Flaherty - Goalkeeper - First Team - Sheffield United". www.sufc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Six new faces for Northern Ireland Women's training camp squad". SheKicks. 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ "WATCH | All the goals from Northern Ireland Senior Women's 4-0 win over Kazakhstan". IFA.

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