Personal information | |||
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Full name | Caitlin Friend | ||
Date of birth | 10 November 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | 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 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2014 |
Caitlin Friend (born 10 November 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) striker who plays for Melbourne Victory. [1]
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]
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]
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]
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