External links
- Emilia Murray at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Emilia Murray | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Wodonga, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midifielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Adelaide United | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | FSA NTC | ||
| 2021–2024 | Adelaide United | 29 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Melbourne City | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | Adelaide United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023–2024 | Australia U20 | 6 | (4) |
| 2025– | Australia U23 | 3 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2025 | |||
Emilia Makris (born Emilia Murray, 9 November 2004) is an Australian soccer player, who has played as a forward or midfielder for Adelaide United and Melbourne City in the A-League Women. Internationally, Makris has represented the Australia Under-20s (Young Matildas) and Australia Under-23s. The latter squad won the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship, competing against senior national teams.
Makris was born in Wodonga, [1] : 82 [2] [3] : 15 to Derek Murray, a Dhudhuroa and Yorta Yorta man and Lena Makris, who has Greek heritage. [4] Her father is a former Port Adelaide player in the AFL, while her uncle Allan Murray is a former Port Adelaide and St Kilda AFL player. [4] Makris was raised with older siblings and participated in "ballroom dancing, cricket, AFL, basketball, swimming, athletics" and soccer. [4] The family moved to Adelaide in 2014, where Makris later attended Henley High School. [5] In late 2025 she changed her last name from Murray to Makris. [3]
Makris played for Football South Australia National Training Centre (FSA NTC) from 2018 to 2022, which competed in the National Premier Leagues South Australia (NPL SA) Womens. [1] : 82 [6] In 2019 she won a 70-metre sprint against fellow NPL SA women, which provided AU$10,000 for her club and AU$2,500 for herself. [5] She signed with Adelaide United for the 2021–22 A-League Women season. [1] : 82, 22 [2] [7] During Adelaide's 2021-22 season, she made all ten of her appearances from the substitution bench. [2] Her debut goal occurred during the following season, in November 2022, securing Adelaide's 1–0 win against Sydney. [1] : 22 During 2023–24 season she played as a midfielder, appearing three times (all as a substitute), providing one goal. [1] : 25–6 Her season was interrupted by an ankle injury. [8] Over her first three seasons (2021–24) for Adelaide, Makris appeared 29 times and provided three goals. [1] : 24
Makris transferred to Melbourne City in July 2024 for their 2024–25 season. [9] [10] After winning the Premiership, Melbourne City qualified for the Championship finals but lost their semi-finals to Central Coast Mariners. [3] : 89, 93–94 Her team also qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League, where they finished second to Wuhan Jiangda. [3] : 269–270 In September 2025, the club announced her departure by mutual termination after making nine appearances in all competitions. [11] Makris returned to Adelaide United in September 2025, ahead of the 2025–26 A-League Women season, on a three-year contract. [12] [13]
Makris was named as a midfielder to the Australia women's national under-20s (Young Matildas) team's training camp in March 2022. [14] As a forward she was appointed captain of the team for the 2022 Pacific Women's Four Nations Tournament, held in Canberra in November. [15] Due to illness affecting six players, Papua New Guinea withdrew from Australia U20's third match and the Young Matildas fielded two teams for a substitue game. [16] With two victories against the previous opponents, her team won the tournament.
She scored a brace in the team's first 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup round 1 qualifier match against Guam, which resulted in a 13-0 victory, held in Kyrgyzstan in March 2023. [17] Makris provided an additional goal in their 7–0 victory against the host team. [18] In June of that year she helped the team defeat Vietnam 0–2 in the second round qualifiers held in Vietnam. [19] She made the Young Matildas final squad in August 2024 for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Bogotá, Columbia. [20] However, in the following week, coach Leah Blayney announced that she had been withdrawn due to an injury and was replaced by Avaani Prakash. [21]
As a forward, Makris was selected for Australia women's national under-23 soccer team (U23 Matildas) by coach Joe Palatsides to compete at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship held in August in Vietnam. [22] [23] [24] Her team faced seniors from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). She scored a goal in her team's 9–0 win against Timor Leste to reach the semi-finals. [25] [26] U23 Matildas won the tournament final. [27] [28]
International
Club
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