| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rose Reilly | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1955 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stewarton United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –1972 | Stewarton & Thistle | ||
| 1972 | Reims | ||
| 1973–1977 | A.C.F. Milan | ||
| 1978–1979 | C.F. Jolly Cutispoti Catania | ||
| 1980–1983 | A.C.F. Alaska Lecce | ||
| 1984–1986 | A.C.F. Alaska Trani 80 | ||
| 1986–1988 | A.C.F. Napoli Select | ||
| 1988–1989 | A.C.F. Firenze Casa '77 | ||
| 1989–1990 | A.C.F. Oltrarno Firenze | ||
| 1990–1991 | A.C.F. Prato Sport | ||
| Bari | |||
| 1994–1995 | A.C.F. Agliana | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Scotland | 10 | ||
| Italy | 22 | (13) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 11 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Rose Reilly (born 2 January 1955), whose married name is Rose Peralta, is a Scottish-born former women's association football player, who represented both the Scottish women's football team and Italian women's football team.
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Brought up in Stewarton in East Ayrshire, Scotland, Reilly began her footballing career at age seven with local boys' club Stewarton United. Despite impressing from an early age and attracting the interest of scouts from Glasgow side Celtic,[2] rules prohibiting female players from playing in professional football in the United Kingdom encouraged Reilly to move to French professional ladies' side Reims in 1972.[2]
The Scottish Women's FA had reacted to criticism from Reilly and two other players, Edna Neillis and Elsie Cook, by banning them sine die.[3]
After a six month spell with Reims, Reilly was bought by A.C.F. Milan[4] and played for the ladies professional team for four years, winning two league titles in the process (of an eventual 8 she was to win with a variety of Italian sides). Following on from her initial spell with Milan, Reilly continued to play in Italian football until the age of 40, including spells with the ladies' sides of Catania[5][6][7] and Lecce.[2] Reilly twice won the Serie A Golden Boot during seasons 1978 and 1981, scoring 43 and 45 goals respectively (including Italian Cup).[1] In the 1978-79 season she actually won championship titles in both Italy and France, playing for Lecce on a Saturday night and then flying to France to play for Reims on Sunday afternoons.[2]
She eventually retired aged 40,[8] having won eight Serie A titles, a French title and four Italian Cups.[1]
Despite having played ten times for her native Scotland and having no formal links to Italy prior to her move to A.C.F. Milan, Reilly was selected for the Italian women's national team and was voted the best player in the Italian team which won the (then unofficial) women's world cup in 1983.[9] Team captain Reilly scored in the 3-1 final win over the United States in front of 90,000 fans in Beijing.[8]
On the 12th March 2007, Reilly was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, with a place in the SFA's Football Hall of Fame following in November of that year.[10]
Since 2001, Reilly lives in Stewarton with her Argentinian husband Norberto Peralta and daughter Meghan.[8]