Gaby Garton

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Personal information
Full name Gabriela Nicole Garton [1] [2]
Date of birth (1990-05-27) May 27, 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Rochester, Minnesota, United States [2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper [1]
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 South Florida Bulls 0 (0)
2010–2011 Rice Owls 1 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 River Plate
2015–2018 UAI Urquiza
2018–2019 Sol de Mayo (SL)
2019–2020 Essendon Royals
2020–2021 Melbourne Victory 14 (0)
2022 Bulleen Lions 5 (0)
2022-2023 Melbourne Victory 1 (0)
2023 Bulleen Lions 7 (0)
International career
2018 Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2021

Gabriela Nicole Garton (born 27 May 1990), known as Gaby Garton, is a footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory. Born in the United States, she represented the Argentina national team. [4]

Contents

Her father is American and her mother is Argentine. She was raised in Sarasota, Florida. [1] [2]

College career

Garton attended the University of South Florida [1] and Rice University. [2]

Club career

Essendon Royals

In November 2019, Garton joined Australian club Essendon Royals. [5]

Melbourne Victory

In December 2020, Garton joined Australian W-League club Melbourne Victory. [6]

Following the season, Garton stepped away from the playing squad as an expectant mother, and was appointed as a development coach by the club. [7] [8]

International career

Garton was selected by Argentina for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gaby Garton – Women's Soccer". USF Athletics.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gaby Garton – Women's Soccer". Rice University Athletics.
  3. "Nómina de jugadoras" (PDF). CONMEBOL (in Spanish). p. 2.
  4. The Washington Post
  5. "Argentina international Gaby Garton signs for Essendon Royals". Essendon Royals. 16 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. "Melbourne Victory signs Garton & Maizels". Melbourne Victory. 9 December 2020.
  7. "Melbourne Victory welcomes Club legends to Development Coaching roles". Melbourne Victory . 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021. ...Garton - who stepped away from her A-League Women's commitments this season as an expectant mother...
  8. "Gabriela was playing at the top of her sport. Then she fell pregnant". SBS News. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  9. FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Gabriela GARTON - Gabriela Garton". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019.