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Jen Beattie (right) scored for Scotland astatine the 2019 World CupArsenal defender Jen Beattie has announced her status from the Scotland nationalist team.
The centre-back is retiring aft a 15-year planetary vocation successful which she earned 143 caps for her state aft making her elder debut astatine 16.
The 31-year-old scored 24 goals for Scotland, who person failed to suffice for this summer's World Cup.
Beattie, who was awarded an MBE successful December, is presently successful her 2nd spell with the Gunners.
The defender, who has besides played successful the Women's Super League for Manchester City, made her debut for Scotland Under-19s aged 14, earlier making her debut for the elder squad successful March 2008.
In 2011 she scored successful a 2-0 triumph implicit England, Scotland's archetypal triumph implicit their neighbours successful a women's planetary since 1977.
She helped Scotland scope their archetypal large women's tourney astatine the 2017 European Championships, nevertheless missed it done injury.
Beattie did play astatine the 2019 World Cup successful France, scoring successful the 3-3 gully with Argentina arsenic Scotland were eliminated astatine the radical stage.
She helped Scotland scope the European play-offs to suffice for the 2023 tourney successful Australia and New Zealand, wherever they were beaten by Ireland.
The defender continued her vocation for nine and state contempt being diagnosed with bosom crab successful October 2020 and undergoing radiotherapy.
Beattie was fixed the Helen Rollason Award astatine the 2021 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremonial for her enactment pursuing her crab diagnosis.
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