Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gilly Louise Scarlett Flaherty | ||
Date of birth | 24 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Chelsea Ladies | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2003 | Millwall Lionesses | ||
2003–2006 | Arsenal Ladies | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2013 | Arsenal Ladies | 76 | (4) |
2014– | Chelsea Ladies | 26 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | England | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 9 January 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:33, 24 January 2017 (UTC) |
Gilly Louise Scarlett Flaherty (born 24 August 1991) is an English footballer who plays for FA WSL club Chelsea Ladies. Flaherty is a former Arsenal Ladies player who began her career in Millwall Lionesses' youth teams. She usually plays in the centre back position and represented England at youth level before making her senior debut in October 2015.
Born in Rotherhithe / Bermondsey, Flaherty grew up in the London Borough of Southwark, located directly south of the River Thames. She was educated at Addey and Stanhope School, a secondary school located in New Cross, London, where she was a Head Girl.
In September 2007, Flaherty joined the Arsenal Ladies Academy, which combines academic studies with football coaching. The Academy is based at Oaklands Colleges Smallford Campus, St Albans, Hertfordshire. She gained a BTEC National Sport and Exercise Science qualification on successfully attaining a pass in the course.
Flaherty took part in a white collar boxing match in August 2013, to raise money for Millwall FC's Girls' Centre of Excellence. She was stopped half way through the second round.