Shannon Lynn (born 22 October 1985) is a Canadian-born Scottish female international football goalkeeper who plays in the Swedish

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

for

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. She has previously played in the North American W-League for

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and F.C. Indiana, in the

Scottish Women's Premier League The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of the Scottish Women's Football League ...

for Hibernian and in the

FA WSL The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

for

Chelsea Ladies Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies Football Club, are an English women's football club based in Norbiton that competes in the Women's Super League, the top flight of women's football in England. Since 2004, the clu ...

. Lynn made her senior

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debut against

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in June 2010. Lynn's first start for

was a 2–0 win over

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

at the

2011 Cyprus Cup The 2011 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fourth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. ...

; the Scots' first win over the Auld Enemy for 34 years. Lynn won the Scottish Players' Player of the Year award for 2011. Lynn joined

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in an emergency deal in April 2013, after the club's only fit keeper Nicola Davies was posted to

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with the

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. She continued to train with Hibs while flying down for matches for the duration of the short-term contract. With

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recovered from a broken hand, Lynn was allowed to rejoin Hibernian in July 2013. Lynn joined Swedish side

in April 2014 on a three-month contract.

Personal life

Lynn has spoken about suffering from depression due to the sudden death of her girlfriend when she was 22 and how football rescued her.

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* 1985 births Living people Soccer players from Brampton Scottish women's footballers Scotland women's international footballers Canadian women's soccer players Canadian people of Scottish descent Hibernian W.F.C. players Chelsea F.C. Women players Women's Super League players Damallsvenskan players Scottish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Vittsjö GIK players Women's association football goalkeepers Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England F.C. Indiana players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players LGBT association football players Lesbian sportswomen Canadian LGBT sportspeople Scottish LGBT sportspeople Scottish lesbians Canadian lesbians UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Fort Wayne Fever (W-League) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub