Maria McAneny creates history with world record goal | OneFootball

In what has already been a special season for Maria McAneny, the Celtic Academy graduate has delivered big performances time and again, contributing 13 goals and five assists, including a Goal of the Month award for December.

However, Maria can now boast of also being a world-record holder, with her stunning halfway-line strike against Hibernian back in December being recognised by Guinness World Records as the fastest ever goal scored in women's professional football.

The moment came during the final SWPL game of 2025, as Celtic rounded off the year with a 2-1 victory over Hibernian in Edinburgh.

Almost unbelievably, Maria needed just 4.10 seconds to find the net, latching on to the ball kicked-off by Saoirse Noonan, with her wonderful strike beating the Hibernian keeper from over 50 yards - before most inside the ground even had time to catch their breath.

Speaking about her world-record goal, Maria McAneny: "There was no practice or anything like that, it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing.

"There was a Plan B, but I said to Saoirse that I'm going to go for it and thankfully it went in. It's a great feeling, and it's definitely not an achievement I ever thought I'd have. It hasn't really set in, to be fair."

Maria's club form hasn't gone unnoticed at international level either. A first Scotland call-up arrived in November, along with a debut goal against Ukraine, before she marked her first home appearance in March with a memorable strike against Luxembourg at Hampden.

The recognition has continued, with the midfielder named in Melissa Andreatta's senior Scotland National Team squad for next month's FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Belgium.