| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shania Caroline Robba | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Gibraltar | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Loughborough Lightning | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lincoln Red Imps | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Loughborough University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2020 | Lincoln Red Imps | 64 | (39) |
| 2020–2022 | Lions Gibraltar | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Loughborough Lightning | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Gibraltar U16 | ||
| 2021– | Gibraltar | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 February 2024 | |||
Shania Caroline Robba (born 19 December 2001) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Loughborough Lightning the Gibraltar women's national team as a striker.
Robba began her career at the women's team of Lincoln Red Imps, playing with the boys' team at first until she stepped up to senior football at the age of 14. [1] In 2018 and 2019, she attended trials at Everton, [2] FC Twente [3] and Liverpool [4] alongside Red Imps teammate Tiffany Viagas. When Lincoln folded their women's team in 2020, Robba signed for Lions Gibraltar for the 2020–21 season, before heading off to Loughborough University that summer. In 2021 she appeared in the second season of the BT Sport series Ultimate Goal. [5] She remained registered with Lions, making her first appearance of the 2021–22 season on 15 December 2021. [6]
Having represented the Gibraltar U16s in two development tournaments in Malta in 2018 and 2019, [7] [8] Robba made her senior debut for Gibraltar on 24 June 2021 in a 1–4 friendly away loss to Liechtenstein, scoring Gibraltar's first ever goal in a FIFA-sanctioned match in the process. [9]
Shania Robba is the twin sister of Gibraltar netball and futsal international Caitlin Robba, who has also played as a goalkeeper in association football and studies with her at Loughborough University. She is also a futsal player, representing Loughborough's women's team with her sister while also earning caps for Gibraltar's national futsal team, scoring twice on her debut against Belgium in a UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2022 qualifier which ended 3–3. [10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 June 2021 | Freizeitpark Widau, Ruggell, Liechtenstein | 1 |  Liechtenstein | 1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2 | 29 November 2021 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | 4 | Liechtenstein | 1–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
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