![]() Salisbury with Australia in 2009 | |||
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 as of 9 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 of the Australian female national team, the Matildas from 2003 until she retired in 2009. [3] As at February 2025, she is Australia's fourth equal highest female international goalscorer, with 38 goals in representative fixtures. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals[ citation needed ], which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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. [4]
In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category. [5]
In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the Professional Footballers Australia, [6] and in 2019 she became the first women's footballer to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. [7]
Australia
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 October 1994 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ![]() | ?–0 | 7–0 | 1994 OFC Women's Championship |
2. | ?–0 | |||||
3. | 19 October 1994 | ![]() | ?–0 | 4–0 | ||
8. | 24 August 1997 | Tallinn, Estonia | ![]() | 1–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
9. | 4–1 | |||||
10. | 19 November 1997 | Newcastle, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
11. | 9 October 1998 | Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 5–0 | 8–0 | ||
17. | 6–0 | |||||
18. | 7–0 | |||||
19. | 15 October 1998 | ![]() | 17–0 | 17–0 | ||
20. | 8 January 1999 | Sydney, Australia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (3–4 p) | 1999 Australia Cup |
21. | 13 January 1999 | Canberra, Australia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
22. | 26 June 1999 | East Rutherford, United States | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup |
23. | 31 October 1999 | Xiamen, China | ![]() | 2–4 | 2–4 | Friendly |
24. | 16 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
25. | 11 January 2001 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2001 Australia Cup |
26. | 9 April 2003 | Canberra, Australia | ![]() | 3–0 | 13–0 | 2003 OFC Women's Championship |
27. | 12–0 | |||||
28. | 6 September 2003 | Livingston, Scotland | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
29. | 1 February 2005 | Quanzhou, China | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2005 Four Nations Tournament |
30. | 25 May 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
31. | 7 April 2007 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | ![]() | 14–0 | 15–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification |
32. | 15–0 | |||||
33. | 15 April 2007 | Taipei, Taiwan | ![]() | 9–0 | 10–0 | |
34. | 20 September 2007 | Chengdu, China | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
35. | 5 March 2008 | Sunshine Coast, Australia | ![]() | 2–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
36. | 3–2 | |||||
37. | 27 April 2008 | Cary, United States | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
38. | 31 January 2009 | Sydney, Australia | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
She captained the Matildas for seven years from 2003 until she retired in 2009