Rianna Jarrett
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rianna Lauren Jarrett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Wexford, Ireland[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wexford Youths | ||
| Youth career | |||
| North End United | |||
| Curracloe United | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | UT Martin Skyhawks | 20 | (17) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2020 | Wexford Youths | (71) | |
| 2020–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | London City Lionesses | 12 | (4) |
| 2023– | Wexford Youths | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2016– | Republic of Ireland | 16 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 November 2021 | |||
Rianna Lauren Jarrett (born 5 July 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Wexford Youths of the Irish Women's National League, and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. A prolific forward, Jarrett was the Women's National League (WNL) Player of the Season in 2018 and 2019.
UT Martin Skyhawks
Jarrett's mother Doreen is from Wexford and had met her Jamaican father David while living in England. The family returned to Wexford and Jarrett began playing football for North End United's boys' team alongside her twin brother Jordan and their cousin Robin Dempsey. She was forced to leave the boys' team and briefly played for Curracloe, as well as for a Wexford League select team that entered the FAI Women's Cup.[4]
Jarrett received an athletic scholarship from the University of Tennessee at Martin to play college soccer for their UT Martin Skyhawks in 2014. Her 17 goals set a new school record and she won the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Season.[5] After suffering a serious knee injury in January 2015 Jarrett quit her American studies, switching to the Institute of Technology, Carlow and taking a job with Equifax in Wexford.[6]
Club career
Wexford Youths
Jarrett joined Wexford Youths for the inaugural Women's National League season in 2011–12.
In 2018 Jarrett scored 27 goals for Wexford Youths and was named WNL Player of the Season as the club won a Treble.[7] In June 2019 she scored five times in Wexford Youths' 6–2 win at Galway WFC, amidst reports that her "sensational form" had brought her to "the verge of a step up in level".[8] She finished the 2019 WNL season as Top Goalscorer and retained her Player of the Season award.[9]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 23 January 2020, Jarrett signed a six-month contract with English FA WSL club Brighton & Hove Albion.[10] In her debut for Brighton she scored two goals against Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Cup. The season was ended shortly afterwards due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Jarrett signed an extension to her Brighton contract in July 2020.[11]
London City Lionesses
Rianna Jarrett signed for London City Lionesses ahead of the 2021–22 FA Women's Championship.[12] She went on to score on her debut for the club against Liverpool in August 2021.[13] In January 2023, she left London City Lionesses via mutual consent.[14]
Return to Wexford Youths
Following her departure from England, Jarrett returned to Ireland, re-joining her hometown club Wexford Youths.[15]