.jpg) Carpenter with the Matildas at the 2017 Algarve Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ellie Madison Carpenter | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Canberra United | 21 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | Portland Thorns | 35 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2020– | Lyon | 57 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Australia U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Australia U20 | 14 | (0) |
| 2016– | Australia | 77 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 | |||
Ellie Madison Carpenter (born 28 April 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for French D1 Féminine club Lyon and the Australia national team.[1] She previously played for Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia's W-League and Portland Thorns FC in the United States' National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Carpenter made her debut for the Australia national team at the age of 15, the country's first international soccer player – male or female – to be born in the 2000s (the year 2000 is in the 20th century).[2] She was also the youngest Australian competitor at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games,[3] and the youngest ever female footballer to compete at the Olympics. She made her W-League debut at age 15. In May 2018, she was the youngest player to appear in an NWSL game in league history at age 18.[4]
Carpenter was named the W-League's W-League Young Footballer of the Year three consecutive years from 2018 to 2020.[5]
- ^ Rawsthorne, Sally (11 April 2016). "Back to earth for teenage superstar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Carpenter leads Australia's 21st century brigade". FIFA.com. FIFA. 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Thomson, Warren (4 July 2016). "Ellie Carpenter becomes Australia's youngest Olympian after being named in Matildas. Spouse to Oliver Josipović as of November, 2019 squad". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Thorns FC NWSL Preview : Home stretch arrives with showdown in Orlando". timbers.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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