Pearl Slattery (born 11 April 1989) is an Irish

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and player who is a defender for Women's National League club Shelbourne.

Club career

Slattery is from Dublin and grew up in Rialto. She played football with Fatima Boys, Templeogue United, St Catherine's and

Raheny United Raheny United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ráth Éanna Aontaithe) is an Irish association football club based in Raheny, Dublin. Raheny United was founded in 1994 following the amalgamation of Raheny Boys and Dunseedy United. In 2017–18 ...

before moving to play college soccer with

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in 2010. After 29 goals in 42 appearances, Slattery left Hutchinson for the Clayton State Lakers in 2012, where she scored twice in 15 appearances. In 2013 Slattery returned to Raheny United to play in the Women's National League. She remained with the club in their new guise as Shelbourne for the 2015–16 season, while also training as a coach and working for the Football Association of Ireland. When club

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Slattery re-signed for Shelbourne ahead of the

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season, she was one of the Women's National League's all-time most decorated players.

Personal life

In 2020 Slattery was in a relationship with

Siobhán Killeen Siobhán Killeen (born 21 September 1995) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer. She has also played for UCD, Raheny United and Shelbourne Ladies. In 2010, she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that wer ...

. Slattery's mother Patricia McCann is a

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* 1989 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Women's association football defenders Women's National League (Ireland) players Raheny United F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. (women) players St Catherine's L.F.C. players Association footballers from Dublin (city) Irish LGBT footballers Irish lesbians Lesbian sportswomen Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Clayton State Lakers athletes Hutchinson Community College alumni {{Ireland-women-footy-bio-stub