Keira Flannery

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Keira Flannery
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Flannery playing for West Ham in 2023
Personal information
Full name Keira Flannery
Date of birth (2005-09-24) 24 September 2005 (age 19) [1]
Place of birth England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
(on loan from West Ham United)
Number 41
Youth career
Arsenal
West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– West Ham United 5 (0)
2023 → Gillingham (loan)
2023–2024 → Reading (loan) 10 (1)
2024– → Sunderland (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 England U17 5 (0)
2022 England U18 1 (1)
2023 England U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:05, 13 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 1 December, 2023 [2]

Keira Flannery (born 24 September 2005) is an English women's footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club Sunderland on loan from West Ham United. She has represented England at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels.

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Club career

After several years with Arsenal Women's youth team, Flannery joined West Ham on 22 July 2022 at aged 16 feeling there was more opportunity for first-team football. West Ham were also the club she had supported all her life having once walked out with West Ham captain, Kevin Nolan as a mascot before a game at Upton Park. [1] [3] She chose squad number 41, the same as her idol, Declan Rice. [4]

Flannery made her Women's Super League debut for West Ham on 28 September 2022 against Chelsea coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Lisa Evans in a 3–1 defeat. [5] [1]

On 29 January 2023, she provided an assist in the 2–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2022–23 FA Cup, [6] impressing in the West Ham side and being named Player of the Match. [7]

In February 2023, Flannery joined National League South side Gillingham on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season. [7]

On 31 January 2024, she joined Championship side Reading on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season, [8] making her debut on 4 February in a 1–0 win over Sunderland. [9] [10]

International career

In October 2021, Flannery was named in the England under-17 squad for 2022 U-17 Championship qualification fixtures, [11] captaining the team in their opening match defeat against Russia. [12] She played in the remaining first round matches against Poland and Belgium, [13] setting up the winning goal in the latter to help England reach the second round of qualification. [14] In March 2022, Flannery featured as part of the starting eleven in the qualification matches against France and Poland. [15]

On 9 November 2022, with England U18, she scored the only goal in the 5–1 defeat to Portugal. [16]

Flannery was named as part of the England U19 squad for Algarve Cup fixtures, [17] playing in matches against Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands in November and December 2023. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2023–24 Women's Championship 1010000——101
Career total1010000----101

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