Keira Flannery

Keira Flannery (born 24 September 2005) is an English women's footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Women's Super League club Charlton Athletic. She has represented England at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels.

Club career Flannery spent several years with Arsenal Women's youth team.

West Ham United Flannery joined West Ham on 22 July 2022 at age 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. She chose squad number 41, the same as her idol, Declan Rice.

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. impressing in the West Ham side and being named Player of the Match.

Loan to Reading On 31 January 2024, she joined Championship side Reading on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season, making her debut on 4 February in a 1–0 win over Sunderland.

Loan to Charlton Athletic On 4 September 2025, Flannery joined Women's Super League 2 club Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan. In June 2026, Charlton confirmed that Flannery would return to parent club West Ham following the conclusion of her loan.

Charlton Athletic On 24 August 2026, Flannery signed a permanent three year deal with Charlton, which was the longest contract ever given to a Charlton Athletic Women's player.

International career In October 2021, Flannery was named in the England under-17 squad for 2022 U-17 Championship qualification fixtures, captaining the team in their opening match defeat against Russia. She played in the remaining first round matches against Poland and Belgium, setting up the winning goal in the latter to help England reach the second round of qualification. In March 2022, Flannery featured as part of the starting eleven in the qualification matches against France and Poland.

On 9 November 2022, with England U18, she scored the only goal in the 5–1 defeat to Portugal.

Flannery was named as part of the England U19 squad for Algarve Cup fixtures, playing in matches against Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands in November and December 2023.

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