Former professional player for Chelsea FC, West Ham United and England
Sports Pundit
Chelsea FC: Partnership Sales Manager
2012 Team GB Olympian
Former Deutsche Bank Financial Analyst
Media appearances: BBC, BT Sport, Sky Sports News, talkSPORT, TRT World, BBC 5Live, ITV News, Yahoo Sports and Chelsea TV
Transfer Room: Agency Success Manager
Honours
Chelsea
FA WSL: 2015, 2017-18
FA Women’s Cup: 2014-15, 2017-18
England
Cyprus Cup: 2015
FIFA Women’s World Cup third place: 2015
Claire Rafferty was a hugely experienced defender in the Women’s Super League, having retired from West Ham United in 2019. She is Chelsea’s longest-serving player and has played at the World Cup and Olympic Games for England and Team GB respectively.
Claire joined Chelsea in 2007 and in her final season won her second domestic double before announcing her transfer to WSL side West Ham, in June 2018. She was part of both the Team GB squad which reached the quarter-finals at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 FA Cup winning Chelsea squad.
Claire represented England from Under-15s level, making her senior debut against Austria in March 2010. In 2015 she was the first-choice left back in the England side which won Bronze at the World Cup in Canada.
Since retiring from football, Claire has appeared on BBC, BT Sport, Sky Sports News, talkSPORT, TRT World, BBC 5Live, Yahoo Sports and Chelsea TV, and has covered major sporting events such as the 2019 Women’s Word Cup in France.
Alongside her playing career, she held down a part-time job as a financial analyst for Deutsche Bank from 2012. Claire retired from football at the end of the 2019 season, and took up the role of Partnership Sales Manager at former home club Chelsea FC.
Outside of football, Claire has an economics degree which she graduated with from Loughborough University in 2011. She also now works for Transfer Room as an Agency Success Manager working to create successful transfers throughout their global network.
“Tongue Tied Media have helped me considerably in the last few years
by supporting my goals and enhancing my skills to achieve them.
In hand, my self-confidence and belief has increased dramatically
allowing me to broaden my aspirations.”
“Just because it makes you weak, doesn’t mean that you aren’t strong.”
Contact Claire’s agent: info@ttmanagement.co.uk