Charlize Rule

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Charlize Rule
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Rule with Sydney FC in 2021
Personal information
Full name Charlize Jayde Rule
Date of birth (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 33
Youth career
FNSW Institute
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Sydney FC 42 (3)
2022 Sydney Olympic FC Women 6 (8)
2023– Brighton & Hove Albion 9 (0)
International career
2019 Australia U17 5 (0)
2022 Australia U20 3 (0)
2023 Australia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023

Charlize Rule (born 16 February 2003) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion. [1]

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Club career

Sydney FC

On 13 August 2020, Rule signed for Sydney FC for the 2020–21 W-League season. On 8 January 2021, Rule made her W-League debut against the Newcastle Jets in a 2–1 victory for the Sky Blues. Rule was substituted into the match in the 88th minute. [2]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 26 July 2023, Rule signed for Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Women's Super League on a long-term deal. [3] [4] [5] She scored her first goal for the club on 11 October 2023, against Birmingham City in the FA Women's League Cup. [6] On 10 August 2024 she signed a new contract with Brighton. [7]

International career

Rule was a major part of the Junior Matildas team during the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification and final tournament. She featured during five matches of qualification and she featured in all five games in the final tournament, playing 381 minutes, starting four out of five games and coming off the bench against Bangladesh. [8] [9]

On 21 November 2020, Rule was called up for the first ever Women's Talent Identification Camp which was held in Canberra from 22–26 November 2020. [10] [11]

Rule made her senior international debut playing in the 5–0 defeat to Canada on 1 December 2023. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 January 2024. [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sydney FC 2020–21 W-League 9090
2021–22 A-League Women 123123
2022–23 210210
Total423423
Sydney Olympic FC Women2022National Premier Leagues NSW Women6868
Brighton & Hove Albion 2023–24 WSL 900021111
2024–25 00000000
Total900021111
Career total571100215912

International

As of match played 1 December 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Australia 202310
Total10

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