Heather Garriock

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Heather Garriock
Personal information
Full name Heather Ann Garriock [1]
Date of birth (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Leppington Lions Soccer Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Marconi Stallions
1996–2002 NSW Sapphires
2002–2003 Queensland Sting
2005–2006 NSW Sapphires
2007 Adirondack Lynx 11 (10)
2007–2008 Fortuna Hjørring
2008–2009 Sydney FC 4 (1)
2009 Chicago Red Stars 5 (0)
2009–2011 Sydney FC 19 (5)
2011 LdB FC Malmö 8 (0)
2011–2012 Sydney FC 6 (2)
2013 Marconi Stallions
2013–2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 8 (2)
International career
1999–2011 Australia 130 (20)
Managerial career
2014–2017 Sydney Uni women
2017 Australia (Assistant)
2017–2020 Canberra United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heather Ann Garriock (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian former soccer player and coach. Garriock played as a midfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was for Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian W-League. Garriock played 130 matches for the Australian women's national team, appearing at two Olympic football tournaments and three FIFA Women's World Cups.

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Playing career

Club career

Garriock began her career playing football in Australia. She played for Marconi Stallions, NSW Sapphires, and Queensland Sting before moving overseas.

She signed with Adirondack Lynx of Women's Premier Soccer League in 2006. She made six appearances in 2006 before returning to the Australian National Team. In 2007, she made a further five appearances. In total, she made 11 appearances for Adirondack Lynx, while scoring 10 goals and chipping in eight assists. [2]

Garriock was on the move once again in 2008, playing for Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark, before moving back to Australia to play for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. [3]

In 2009, Garriock was selected for the Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States. In the 2008 WPS International Draft, she was picked 12th overall by Chicago Red Stars. For the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, she appeared for Chicago in 5 games (0 starts, 89 total minutes) and recorded an assist. It was announced on 30 September 2009 that Chicago had waived their option for a second year, thus making Garriock a free agent. [4]

She returned to her previous team, Sydney FC, following her release from Chicago.

In October 2013, Garriock joined Western Sydney Wanderers. [5]

Garriock retired from national league football after the 2013–14 W-League season. [6]

International career

Garriock playing for Australia Heather Garriock.jpg
Garriock playing for Australia

Garriock first represented the Australia in October 1999 in a friendly against China at 16 years old. She has represented her country in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [7] [8]

She has also appeared for Australia in the 2003 and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. She scored two goals in 2003 and one in 2007. [9]

In 2013, Garriock was selected for a national team tour that included a match against the United States, though did not play in the match. After the tour, Football Federation Australia denied a claim from Garriock to cover childcare expenses for her young daughter. A subsequent appeal to the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal was unsuccessful. [10] [11]

Coaching career

Garriock was appointed senior head coach of the Sydney Uni SFC women's first team in 2014. [12] [13]

In 2017, Garriock was appointed an assistant coach of Australia for the 2017 Algarve Cup. [14]

On 22 May 2017, Garriock was appointed head coach of Canberra United. [15] She was let go in February 2020.

Personal

Garriock was born in Campbelltown in the western suburbs of Sydney. She attended Westfields Sports High School. [16] [17]

Garriock started the Macarthur Youth Football Academy, based in the southwestern Sydney area of Camden. [18]

In 2003, Garriock's brother, Nathan, died from injuries sustained during an altercation at a party he attended in Camden, NSW. [19] [20]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 2000 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–11–1Friendly
219 January 2002 Tom Flood Sports Centre, Bendigo, AustraliaFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4–14–1Friendly
35 April 2003 Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, AustraliaFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 15–019–0 2003 OFC Women's Championship
49 April 2003 Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, AustraliaFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 9–013–0 2003 OFC Women's Championship
511–0
613–0
725 September 2003 Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United StatesFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–01–1 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
828 September 2003 Providence Park, Portland, United StatesFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–21–2 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
914 August 2004 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, GreeceFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–01–0 2004 Olympics
101 February 2005 Quanzhou Sports Center, Quanzhou, ChinaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–05–0 2005 Four Nations Tournament
1123 February 2007 Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 6–010–0 2008 Olympics qualifying
1212 August 2007 BCU International Stadium Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 3–07–0 2008 Olympics qualifying
1319 August 2007 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, ChinaFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–03–1Friendly
1412 September 2007 Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, ChinaFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 4–04–1 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1529 May 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 1–04–0 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
162–0
1715 June 2008 Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1–11–2 2008 Peace Queen Cup
1817 June 2008 Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–03–0 2008 Peace Queen Cup
192–0
2020 February 2010 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Playing

Club

NSW Sapphires
Fortuna Hjørring
Sydney FC
LdB FC Malmö

Country

Australia

Individual

Coaching

Sydney Uni SFC

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