Player Biography

The 30-year-old defender became the third signing of the summer transfer window for 2024/25, joining on an additional two-year deal from English club Southampton.

Rafferty arrived in Glasgow boasting significant international experience, making over 20 appearances for Northern Ireland while also sporting the captain’s armband on occasion.

The defender’s senior career began at Chelsea a decade ago, before she spent part of 2016 on loan at Oxford United.

Rafferty then enjoyed four years on the books of Brighton and Hove Albion, making the loan switch to Women’s Super League side, Bristol City, throughout the 2020/21 campaign.

She would return to where her youth career began at Southampton the following campaign, helping the Saints into the second tier of English football as a regular fixture in the side.

In her first season in Scottish football, Rafferty featured on 28 occasions, which included 20 starts. Battling with spells on the sidelines through injury throughout, she scored her first goal for the club in a victory over Montrose in September 2024, before going on to be part of the side that won a domestic cup double for the second campaign running.

A persistent groin issue saw her minutes limited during the first half of last season. Before overcoming the problem, she racked up 15 appearances during the second half of the campaign before agreeing terms on a new two-year deal.

Unfortunately, during pre-season ahead of the new campaign getting underway, Rafferty suffered an ACL injury which would rule her out for a significant period of time.