Allira Toby

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Allira Toby
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Ipswich, Australia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
NSW NPLW Sydney Olympic FC
Number 10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Olympic FC 18 (7)
2015–2016 Adelaide United 12 (0)
2016–2020 Brisbane Roar 40 (14)
2019–2020 Moreton Bay United 7 (3)
2020–2021 Sydney FC 14 (0)
2021– Canberra United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2021

Allira Toby (born 15 August 1994) is an Australian soccer player, who currently plays for Sydney Olympic FC in the NSW NPLW.

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Club career

Junior football

Toby grew up in Ipswich, Queensland and began her junior career with Ipswich City Bulls. At 16 she joined Annerley FC followed by Olympic FC. [2]

Adelaide United

Toby was recruited to Adelaide United in the W-League for the 2015–16 season. [3] She subsequently moved back to Queensland to play with the Roar. [4]

Brisbane Roar

Toby would go on to win Roar's Golden Boot award with 5 goals in their W-League Premiership winning campaign in 2017/18. [5] She would win the club's Golden Boot award again in the following season after another 5 goal haul. [6]

Moreton Bay United

Famalicão

In October 2020, Toby was offered a one-year contract by Portuguese club Famalicão. She flew over and was involved in a pre-season friendly in Spain. A few weeks later the club contacted her to tell her they terminated her contract. [7]

Sydney FC

In December 2020, Toby returned to Australia, joining Sydney FC. [8]

Canberra United

In September 2021, Toby joined Canberra United. [9]

Personal life

Toby is Aboriginal Australian, and works as a counsellor assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students. [10] [11]

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References

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  2. Lems, David. "From Ipswich to joining the best in the world". Queensland Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. "Allira Toby: 5 things you need to know about the Roar star". Westfield W-League. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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  7. Lewis, Samantha (4 December 2020). "Meet the new Sydney FC striker who was stuck in Portuguese limbo". The World Game . SBS.
  8. "Sydney FC Complete Westfield W-League Squad". Sydney FC. 4 December 2020.
  9. "Allira Toby joins Canberra United". Canberra United . 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  10. "Ramone lines up new soccer league". National Indigenous Times. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  11. Simmons, Lisa (8 November 2018). "From Marsden school counsellor to ambassador for Indigenous football championships". Jimboomba Times. Retrieved 1 June 2019.