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
Vittsjö GIK
Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of Swed ...
. She has previously played in the North American
W-League for
Fort Wayne Fever
Fort Wayne Fever was an American soccer team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Founded in 2003, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the ...
and
F.C. Indiana
F.C. Indiana, also known as F.C. Indiana Lionesses, is an American women's soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2003, the team is currently a member of the United Women's Soccer league. They play their home games at Newton Park ...
, in the
Scottish Women's Premier League
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for
Hibernian and in the
FA WSL
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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
Scotland
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debut against
Switzerland in June 2010.
Lynn's first start for
Scotland
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was a 2–0 win over
England
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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
Chelsea
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Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
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* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
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** Chelsea (UK Parliament const ...
in an emergency deal in April 2013, after the club's only fit keeper
Nicola Davies was posted to
Oman
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with the
Royal Air Force
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. She continued to train with Hibs while flying down for matches for the duration of the short-term contract. With
Carly Telford
Carly Mitchell Telford (born 7 July 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Diego Wave and the England national team.
Club career
Telford joined Leeds United Ladies in 2007 from relegated club Sunderland. In May of th ...
recovered from a broken hand, Lynn was allowed to rejoin Hibernian in July 2013.
Lynn joined Swedish side
Vittsjö GIK
Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of Swed ...
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.
References
External links
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archive
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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
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