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Rhiannon
Roberts
WAL
Wales
Sunderland
Sunderland
image: Rhiannon Roberts
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Position:
Defender
Age:
35
Height:
1.71m

Name: Rhiannon Roberts
Nationality: Wales
Date of Birth: August 30, 1990
Position: Defender
Current club: Sunderland
WSL 2 clubs played for: Doncaster Belles, Liverpool, Sunderland

Rhiannon Roberts is a defender at Sunderland who has taken part in the vast majority of the side's WSL 2 games in 2025/2026, making nine appearances overall and accumulating 802 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in all nine of these appearances across their 10 fixtures.

The last time that Roberts featured in the league came on December 7 for Sunderland against Nottingham Forest; a meeting that she played 90 minutes in during a 3-1 defeat. In total, she has scored one WSL 2 goal this term. She has been booked once.

Her opening goal of the campaign came in the 4-0 victory against Sheffield United on September 5.

In the team's next WSL 2 game on December 21, Sunderland face a home match against Ipswich Town.

Roberts played 24 Primera División Femenina games last season for Real Betis and scored one goal.

Roberts moved to Sunderland in July 2025 from Real Betis, for whom she made 49 league appearances in total, scoring three goals.