Karen Farley (born 2 September 1970) is an English former women's international

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. Her married name is Karen Livermore-Farley.

Club career

She won the

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WFA Cup final with

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when they defeated

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1-0 at

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. In 1995 and 1996 Farley was playing her club football in

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. In 2000, she was still playing for Hammarby.

International career

Farley represented

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at senior level, playing in England's first ever

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finals appearance in 1995 which ended with a 3–0 quarter final defeat against

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. She played in all four games in the tournament held in

and scored two goals in a game versus

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. She scored eight goals in eleven games for England but successive ACL injuries prevented her from potentially achieving more caps. She was allotted 103 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.

International goals

:''Scores and results list England's goal tally first.''

References

1970 births Living people English women's footballers England women's international footballers Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players English expatriate women's footballers Tyresö FF players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Women's association football forwards Damallsvenskan players Lindsdals IF players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English sportswomen {{England-footy-forward-1970s-stub