Grace Maher
Personal information
Full name Grace Maher
Date of birth (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Western United
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Canberra United 28 (5)
2018–2019 Melbourne Victory 8 (1)
2019 KR 17 (2)
2019–2020 Melbourne Victory 9 (0)
2020–2023 Canberra United 42 (8)
2023– Western United 6 (0)
International career‡
2016– Australia U20 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2017

Grace Maher (born 18 April 1999) is an Australian football player who currently plays for Western United in the Australian A-League Women.[1] She previously played for Melbourne Victory and Canberra United in the A-League Women and for KR in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[2][3][4]

Club career

In 2014, at the age of 15 Maher signed with Canberra United in the Australian W-League . At the time she was the youngest player to ever sign with a W-League team.[2] She was in the starting lineup for the 2014 Grand Final, helping Canberra defeat Perth 3–1.[5] In four seasons at Canberra, Maher made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals.[6]

Maher signed with Melbourne Victory for the 2018–19 W-League season.[5]

In September 2020, after two seasons with Melbourne Victory, Maher returned to Canberra United.[7]

In August 2023, Maher returned to Melbourne, joining Western United.[8]

International

Maher has played for the Young Matildas, and was called up to the Australia women's national team for a training camp in Australia ahead of the 2017 Algarve Cup.[9]

Honors

Canberra United

References

  1. ^ Windon, Jacob (23 April 2019). "Talented Australian midfielder heading to Iceland". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Gaskin, Lee (4 September 2014). "Canberra United signs 15-year-old Grace Maher as its youngest ever player in the W-League". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ^ Gaskin, Lee (16 October 2014). "Canberra United's youngest-ever player Grace Maher set to make her W-League debut". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ^ Gaskin, Lee (21 December 2014). "Canberra United's teen debutant Grace Maher grabs W-League championship glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Grace Maher makes Victory switch". 23 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. ^ "G.Maher". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. ^ Bertoldo, Lucie (10 September 2020). "Grace Maher returns to Canberra United for W-League 2020-21". The Canberra Times.
  8. ^ Hughes, Nick (4 August 2023). "Western United snaps up top A-League Women talent Grace Maher". Western United.
  9. ^ "Canberra United's Grace Maher on the cusp of Matildas dream after Australian selection". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

External links

Western United FC (A-League Women) – current squad
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