Chloe O'Brien
Personal information
Full name Chloe O'Brien
Date of birth (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Western Sydney Wanderers 25 (1)
2015–2020 Manly United
2020–2021 Newcastle Jets 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 February 2018

Chloe O'Brien (born 22 August 1997) is an Australian soccer player, who last played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.

Playing career

Western Sydney Wanderers

O'Brien signed with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2015.[1] During the 2014–15 W-League season, she made four appearances.[2] The team finished the regular season in eighth place with a 2–8–2 record.[2] During the 2015–16 W-League, she made 12 appearances and scored an equaliser during the team's 2–1 win over Newcastle Jets on 6 November 2015.[2][3][4]

Manly United

Newcastle Jets

O'Brien returned to the W-League in December 2020, joining Newcastle Jets[5] She departed Newcastle Jets ahead of the 2021–22 A-League Women season.[6]

International

O'Brien has represented Australia on the under-20 national team.[7][8] During the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, she scored a stoppage time goal during the team's 2–0 win over Uzbekistan.[9] Australia finished in third place during the group stage of the tournament.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prentice, Andrew (20 January 2016). "O'Brien promises to return to Cromer Park in 2016". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chloe O'Brien". Soccer Way. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Prentice, Andrew (10 November 2015). "Chloe leads her Wanderers to win". Manly Daily. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Jarrett, Blake (6 November 2015). "Eleventh-hour Wanderers shoot down Jets". W-League. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Newcastle Jets [@NewcastleJetsFC] (18 December 2020). "Both Chloe O'Brien and Sunny Franco come to the Hunter with plenty of W-League experience and will be vital cogs in the Jets 2020/21 campaign" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Samantha (2 December 2021). "All you need to know about each club ahead of the 2021/22 A-League Women season". ABC News.
  7. ↑ "Young Matildas squad named for AFC U19 Championship". Four Four Two. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Young guns O'Brien and Prior are Vietnam-bound". Manly Daily. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Young Matildas prove too strong for Uzbekistan". Football Federation Australia. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

Further reading

  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Stewart, Barbara (2012), Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, Greystone Books, ISBN 1926812603


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