Brianna Westrup (born 22 February 1997) is a

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who plays as a defender for

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in the

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and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Westrup was born in

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and received a scholarship to play soccer for the

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. She first moved to Europe to play for Danish club B.93 in 2019. After a spell with English club

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, she joined Scottish club Rangers in 2020. Westrup won the club's player of the year award in her first season there.

International career

Westrup was eligible to play for

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because her mother was born there. She was first selected for the Scotland squad in June 2021, and she made her international debut that month in a 1–0 win against

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Honours

Rangers *

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: 2021-22

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* 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California Soccer players from Orange County, California American women's soccer players American people of Scottish descent Scottish women's footballers Scotland women's international footballers Newcastle United W.F.C. players Rangers W.F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players Women's association football defenders Sunderland A.F.C. Women players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in England American expatriate sportspeople in England {{Scotland-women-footy-bio-stub