Caitlin Friend
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File:Caitlin Friend Melbourne Victory.jpg Friend with Melbourne Victory in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Caitlin Friend | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Melbourne Victory | 43 | (15) |
| 2014 | Notts County | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Bulleen Lions | ||
| 2016– | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Australia U17 | (9) | ||
| Australia U20 | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 March 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 January 2014 | |||
Caitlin Friend (born 10 November 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) striker who plays for Melbourne Victory.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Friend started playing football from the age of seven. At the age of 12, she was removed from her club after they banned girls from playing. After playing tennis for a year, she returned to local football club Brunswick Zebras.[2]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]In January 2014, Friend agreed to join English FA WSL club Notts County after the Australian season had concluded, a season in which she had overtaken Jodie Taylor as Melbourne Victory's all-time top goalscorer.[3][4]
After the WSL 2014 season, the Australian striker returned to Australia to play for Melbourne Victory after a year with Notts County. In January 2015 it was confirmed she would not be returning to Notts County for the 2015 season.
In October 2016, Friend returned to Melbourne Victory.[5]
Post-playing career
[edit | edit source]Following Friend's retirement, she set up a training company called Elite Female Football, which works on training young female footballers. She was joined in this venture by Ashley Brown, Brianna Davey and Steph Catley.[2]
References
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
- Notts County L.F.C. players
- Australian women's soccer players
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Soccer players from Melbourne
- Women's association football midfielders
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Australian expatriate women's soccer players
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- A-League Women championship–winning players
- Australian women's soccer biography stubs