Rebecca McKenna

Rebecca McKenna
McKenna with Lewes in 2021
Personal information
Full name Rebecca McKenna
Date of birth (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001
Place of birth Bangor, Northern Ireland
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glentoran 0 (0)
2017–2021 Linfield 0 (0)
2021–2023 Lewes 28 (0)
2023–2024 Charlton Athletic 11 (0)
2024– Birmingham City 4 (0)
International career‡
2018– Northern Ireland 21 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 September 2022

Rebecca McKenna (born 13 April 2001) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Birmingham City and the Northern Ireland national team. She has appeared for Lewes in the FA Women's Championship.

Career

On 6 July 2021 McKenna joined FA Women's Championship team Lewes.[1]

In September 2022 she scored the winning goal for Northern Ireland when they played Luxembourg. McKenna said that she advised any other Northern Irish players to take a spell with a mainland British team if offered.[2] McKenna appeared in every match for Lewes in the 2022–2023 season. She left the club at the end of that season[3] and joined Charlton Athletic on a one-year contract.[4] Upon the expiry of her contract she left Charlton Athletic and joined Birmingham City on a two-year deal.[5]

International career

McKenna has been capped for the Northern Ireland national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[6]

McKenna was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[7]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 November 2021Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia North Macedonia2–011–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.2 September 2022Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–12–1

Honours

Birmingham City

References

  1. ↑ Bunting, Josh (6 July 2021). "Rebecca McKenna makes move from Linfield to Lewes". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "'Grasp' cross-channel opportunities urges McKenna". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ireland international defender McKenna to leave Lewes". FAWSL Full-Time. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Charlton Athletic sign former Lewes defender McKenna". FAWSL Full-Time. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Birmingham sign Northern Ireland defender McKenna". BBC. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Northern Ireland)". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland UEFA Women's Euro squad announced". Irish FA. 27 June 2022.
  8. ↑ VAVEL.com (2 May 2026). "WSL2 Final Day Report: Birmingham champions, Palace promoted as Charlton crumble into third". VAVEL. Retrieved 2 May 2026.


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