Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 24 September 2005||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Reading (on loan from West Ham United) | ||
Number | 14, 41 | ||
Youth career | |||
Arsenal | |||
West Ham United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | West Ham United | 5 | (0) |
2023 | → Gillingham (loan) | ||
2023– | → Reading (loan) | 1 | (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 February 11, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 11, 2024 |
Keira Flannery (born 24 September 2005) is an English women's footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club Reading, on loan from Women's Super League club West Ham United. She has represented England at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels.
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][2] She chose squad number 41, the same as her idol, Declan Rice.[3]
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.[4][1]
On 29 January 2023, she provided an assist in the 2–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2022–23 FA Cup,[5] impressing in the West Ham side and being named Player of the Match.[6]
In February 2023, Flannery joined National League South side Gillingham on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season.[6]
On 31 January 2024, she joined Championship side Reading on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season,[7] making her debut on 4 February in a 1–0 win over Sunderland.[8][9]
In October 2021, Flannery was named in the England under-17 squad for 2022 U-17 Championship qualification fixtures,[10] captaining the team in their opening match defeat against Russia.[11] She played in the remaining first round matches against Poland and Belgium,[12] setting up the winning goal in the latter to help England reach the second round of qualification.[13] In March 2022, Flannery featured as part of the starting eleven in the qualification matches against France and Poland.[14]
On 9 November 2022, with England U18, she scored the only goal in the 5–1 defeat to Portugal.[15]
Flannery was named as part of the England U19 squad for Algarve Cup fixtures,[16] playing in matches against Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands in November and December 2023.[17]