Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheryl Ann Salisbury [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
Youth career | |||
Lambton | |||
AIS | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Panasonic Bambina | ||
1997 | Takarazuka Bunnys | ||
2002 | Memphis Mercury | ||
2003 | New York Power | 13 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Newcastle Jets | 7 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
1994–2009 | Australia [2] | 151 | (38) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2011 |
Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974) is an Australian former association football player. She represented Australia internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151 caps.
She most recently played as a defender for the New York Power in the WUSA and for the Newcastle United Jets in the W-League. She went on to become coach of the Broadmeadow Magic team in the Northern NSW Herald Women's Premier League competition.[ citation needed ]
Salisbury was captain[ when? ] of the Australian female national team, the Matildas. She is Australia's 3rd highest female international goalscorer of all time with 38 goals in representative fixtures, behind Lisa De Vanna on 47 and Kate Gill 41. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals[ citation needed ], which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics – in the 1–1 draw against USA. In 1999, Salisbury and 12 teammates posed for a nude calendar photoshoot to raise money for the national women's football team.[ citation needed ]
On 27 January 2009, she announced she would retire after the game against Italy at Parramatta Stadium. The game finished as a 2–2 draw, with Salisbury scoring a penalty. The veteran of 151 international appearances received a standing ovation as she was substituted with six minutes remaining. [3]
In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category. [4]
In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the PFA. [5]
In 2019, it was announced that she would become the first women's footballer to be inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame. [6]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 October 1994 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | ?–0 | 7–0 | 1994 OFC Women's Championship |
2. | ?–0 | |||||
3. | 19 October 1994 | Papua New Guinea | ?–0 | 4–0 | ||
8. | 24 August 1997 | Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
9. | 4–1 | |||||
10. | 19 November 1997 | Newcastle, Australia | China | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
11. | 9 October 1998 | Auckland, New Zealand | American Samoa | 4–0 | 21–0 | 1998 OFC Women's Championship |
12. | 10–0 | |||||
13. | 14–0 | |||||
14. | 17–0 | |||||
15. | 19–0 | |||||
16. | 11 October 1998 | Papua New Guinea | 5–0 | 8–0 | ||
17. | 6–0 | |||||
18. | 7–0 | |||||
19. | 15 October 1998 | Fiji | 17–0 | 17–0 | ||
20. | 8 January 1999 | Sydney, Australia | Italy | 1–1 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (3–4 p) | 1999 Australia Cup |
21. | 13 January 1999 | Canberra, Australia | Italy | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
22. | 26 June 1999 | East Rutherford, United States | China | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup |
23. | 31 October 1999 | Xiamen, China | China | 2–4 | 2–4 | Friendly |
24. | 16 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia | Sweden | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
25. | 11 January 2001 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | France | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2001 Australia Cup |
26. | 9 April 2003 | Canberra, Australia | Papua New Guinea | 3–0 | 13–0 | 2003 OFC Women's Championship |
27. | 12–0 | |||||
28. | 6 September 2003 | Livingston, Scotland | Scotland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
29. | 1 February 2005 | Quanzhou, China | Russia | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2005 Four Nations Tournament |
30. | 25 May 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | Mexico | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
31. | 7 April 2007 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | Hong Kong | 14–0 | 15–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
32. | 15–0 | |||||
33. | 15 April 2007 | Taipei, Taiwan | Chinese Taipei | 9–0 | 10–0 | |
34. | 20 September 2007 | Chengdu, China | Canada | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
35. | 5 March 2008 | Sunshine Coast, Australia | New Zealand | 2–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
36. | 3–2 | |||||
37. | 27 April 2008 | Cary, United States | United States | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
38. | 31 January 2009 | Sydney, Australia | Italy | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
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