Keira Flannery
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.jpg) Flannery playing for West Ham in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keira Flannery | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Charlton Athletic (on loan from West Ham United) | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| West Ham United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | West Ham United | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Gillingham (loan) | ||
| 2023–2024 | → Reading (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Sunderland (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2025- | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | England U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | England U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2023 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:05, 13 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Super League 2 club Charlton Athletic on loan from 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][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]
On 4 September 2025, Flannery joined Women's Super League 2 club Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan.[11]
International career
In October 2021, Flannery was named in the England under-17 squad for 2022 U-17 Championship qualification fixtures,[12] captaining the team in their opening match defeat against Russia.[13] She played in the remaining first round matches against Poland and Belgium,[14] setting up the winning goal in the latter to help England reach the second round of qualification.[15] In March 2022, Flannery featured as part of the starting eleven in the qualification matches against France and Poland.[16]
On 9 November 2022, with England U18, she scored the only goal in the 5–1 defeat to Portugal.[17]
Flannery was named as part of the England U19 squad for Algarve Cup fixtures,[18] playing in matches against Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands in November and December 2023.[19]
