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Gilly Flaherty

Gilly Flaherty
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Personal information
Full name Gilly Louise Scarlett Flaherty
Date of birth (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth London, England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
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.


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