Aneesa Ashante O'Brien (born 27 April 2002) is a

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 lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club Karmiotissa. Born in Canada, she represents

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

at international level.

College career

O'Brien committed to the

Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University (JSU or Jax State) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's degree, bachelor's, mas ...

in the United States. She made her college debut for the

Jacksonville State Gamecocks The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Jacksonville State University located in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. In January 2023, the university began phasing in a new identity, Jax State, for marketing a ...

on March 5, 2021, against the

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are the athletic teams of Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. The Redhawks athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and com ...

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. At senior level, 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

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

and

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

. 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 association football, football championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams ...

References

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Jacksonville State Gamecocks profile
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Aneesa O'Brien
Cyprus stats {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Aneesa 2002 births Living people Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's soccer players Guyana women's international footballers Guyanese expatriate women's footballers Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Soccer players from Richmond, British Columbia Canadian women's soccer players FC Oshawa players Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-century Guyanese sportswomen 21st-century Canadian sportswomen

College career

International career

See also

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