Rose Reilly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rose Reilly | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stewarton United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1972 | Stewarton & Thistle L.F.C. | ||
| 1972–1973 | Westthorn Utd L.F.C. | ||
| 1973–1975 | Reims | ||
| 1973–1977 | A.C.F. Milan | ||
| 1978–1979 | C.F. Jolly Cutispoti Catania | ||
| 1980–1983 | A.C.F. Alaska Lecce | ||
| 1984–1986 | A.C.F. Alaska Trani 80 | ||
| 1986–1988 | A.C.F. Napoli Select | ||
| 1988–1989 | A.C.F. Firenze Casa '77 | ||
| 1989–1990 | A.C.F. Oltrarno Firenze | ||
| 1990–1991 | A.C.F. Prato Sport | ||
| Bari | |||
| 1994–1995 | A.C.F. Agliana | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Scotland | 10 | ||
| Italy | 22 | (13) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 11 January 2011 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:47, 11 January 2011 (UTC) |
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Rose Reilly (born 2 January 1955), whose married name is Rose Peralta, is a Scottish former women's association football player, who represented both the Scottish women's football team and Italian women's football team.
Brought up in Stewarton in East Ayrshire, Scotland, Reilly began her footballing career at age seven with local boys' club Stewarton United and at one point attracted the interest of scouts from Glasgow side Celtic. She made her debut for the women's side Stewarton Thistle Ladies in 1965 against the Johnston Red & White Rockets. She also competed in Hughie Green's Women's Football Tournament reaching the regional final, she was also part of the Stewarton side which lifted the inaugural Scottish Cup in 1971 and reached the first WFA Cup final the same year. In 1972 she moved to Westthorn Utd where she won the treble of Scottish Cup League Cup and the first League championship. Westthorn also reached the WFA Cup final losing 2–0 to Southampton. A desire to play football professionally saw Reilly to move to French professional ladies' side Reims in 1974.
The Scottish Women's FA had reacted to criticism from Reilly and two other players, Edna Neillis and Elsie Cook, by banning them sine die.
After a six-month spell with Reims, Reilly was bought by A.C.F. Milan and played for the women's professional team for four years, winning two league titles in the process (of an eventual eight she was to win with a variety of Italian sides). Following on from her initial spell with Milan, Reilly continued to play in Italian football until the age of 40, including spells with the ladies' sides of Catania and Lecce. Reilly twice won the Serie A Golden Boot during seasons 1978 and 1981, scoring 43 and 45 goals respectively (including Italian Cup). In the 1978–79 season she won championship titles in both Italy and France, playing for Lecce on a Saturday night and then flying to France to play for Reims on Sunday afternoons.
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