Despite having no formal links to the country, she was selected to play for Italy, and in 1984, she was part of the Italian national team which won the Mundialito, the unofficial precursor to today's women's World Cup. She was also voted the team's best player. In 2007, she was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.
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The Rose Reilly pub in Govanhill in Glasgow. There has been a pub on this site since 1892, but it only got its current name in the 2020s. It's named after Rose Reilly, the only Scottish football player, male or female, to win the World Cup (albeit while playing for Italy). Born in Kilmarnock in 1955, she played in Scotland between 1963 and 1973, at which point she moved to A.C.F. Milan.
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“They did everything to stop us playing football. Our changing rooms were behind a tree in some random park, but we insisted, we persevered, and such was the love for the game that we went on with it.” ~ #rosereilly,the only Scottish person to win the #worldcup
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