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Aneesa O'Brien (born 27 April 2002) is an
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
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. Born in Canada, she represents the Guyana women's national team.


College career

O'Brien committed to the
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in the United States. She made her college debut for the
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on March 5, 2021, against the
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recording five saves in a 3–1 loss. She was named to the 2021 FTF All-Freshman Second Team.


International career

Internationally, O'Brien represents Guyana, the nation of her mother's birth, after having been introduced to the program by her friend and Guyana international player
Nailah Rowe Nailah Rowe (born 10 September 2001) is a footballer who plays as a forward for the Centennial Colts. Born in Canada, she represents the Guyana women's national team. College career In 2019, she began attending Centennial College playing for t ...
. At
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, she made her debut in 2018 at the
2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series The 2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series was a football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst the women's national teams whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF ...
, at the age of 15, playing against
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and
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. In 2019, O'Brien first represented Guyana U20 at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification tournament, appearing in four games, recording three clean sheet. She later represent them at the
2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Centra ...
.


See also

*
List of Guyana women's international footballers This is a non-exhaustive list of Guyana women's international footballers – association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use th ...


References


External links


Jacksonville State Gamecocks profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Aneesa 2002 births Living people Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Guyana women's international footballers FC Oshawa players Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's soccer players