Sharla Louise Passariello (born 14 January 1992) 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 le ...

who plays for the

Welsh national team ) , Association = Football Association of Wales (FAW) , Confederation = UEFA (Europe) , Coach = Rob Page , Captain = Gareth Bale , Most caps = Gareth Bale (111) , Top scorer = Gareth ...

and UMF Selfoss. Passariello plays as a striker and came through the youth system at Bristol Academy.

Club career

Passariello played for Mardy FC while attending

King Henry VIII School Abergavenny (Previously: ''Ut Prosim''Latin: That I might be of service) , established = , closed = , type = State school , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Head Teacher , head = Elspeth Lewis , r ...

. She then helped Filton College win seven national titles and also featured for the Bristol Academy senior team in the

FA Women's Premier League National Division The FA Women's Premier League National Division (originally WFA National League Premier Division) was a football division in England. From 1991 until 2010, the National Division functioned as the top league in English women's football. Durin ...

. She won a scholarship to the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is ...

in 2010. In 2015 Passariello was resigned by Bristol. In 2016 Passariello signed for

UMF Selfoss Ungmennafélag Selfoss, commonly known as Selfoss or UMF Selfoss, is an Icelandic multisport club, located in the town of Selfoss in the Southern Region. In May 2019, the Selfoss men's handball team won the national handball championship for ...

for the second half of the season, competing in the Icelandic Women's Pepsi League.

International career

Passariello played for

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

U17s aged just 14 and also became a regular with the U19s. She made her senior debut, aged 17, in a 3–0 win over

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

in August 2009.

References

External links

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Sharla Passariello
at FAW 1992 births Living people Bristol Academy W.F.C. players Wales women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Women's Super League players Welsh women's footballers Sharla Passariello South Florida Bulls women's soccer players Women's association football forwards {{Wales-footy-forward-stub