Shania Caroline Robba (born 19 December 2001) is a Gibraltarian

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who plays for Loughborough Lightning the Gibraltar women's national team as a

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Club career

Robba began her career at the women's team of Lincoln Red Imps, playing with the boys' team at first until she stepped up to senior football at the age of 14. In 2018 and 2019, she attended trials at Everton,

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and

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alongside Red Imps teammate Tiffany Viagas. When Lincoln folded their women's team in 2020, Robba signed for Lions Gibraltar for the 2020–21 season, before heading off to

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that summer. In 2021 she appeared in the second season of the

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series ''Ultimate Goal''. She remained registered with Lions, making her first appearance of the 2021–22 season on 15 December 2021.

International career

Having represented the Gibraltar U16s in two development tournaments in

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in 2018 and 2019, Robba made her senior debut for Gibraltar on 24 June 2021 in a 1–4 friendly away loss to

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, scoring Gibraltar's first ever goal in a

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-sanctioned match in the process.

Personal life

Shania Robba is the twin sister of Gibraltar netball and

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international Caitlin Robba, who has also played as a goalkeeper in association football and studies with her at

. She is also a futsal player, representing Loughborough's women's team with her sister while also earning caps for Gibraltar's national futsal team, scoring twice on her debut against Belgium in a

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Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Gibraltar score listed first, score column indicates score after each Robba goal.

References

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