Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 May 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Adelaide United | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Fulham United | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | ETSU Buccaneers | 78 | (11) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Fulham United | 51 | (45) |
2013–2015 | Adelaide United | 15 | (0) |
2018 | Adelaide City | ||
2019– | Adelaide United | 72 | (6) |
International career | |||
2014 | Australia U19 | 3 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024 |
Isabel Hodgson (born 12 May 1996) is an Australian soccer player, who is a defender and currently serves as captain for A-League Women team Adelaide United. [1] [2] She also plays in the Women's National Premier League. [1]
Hodgson played for Fulham United for 10 seasons. [3] From 2011, she scored 65 career goals for the club, including 35 goals in her breakout 2013 season. [3]
She represented South Australia on the state soccer team from under-12s to under-15s, [3] and featured in the under-15s national soccer championship in 2011. [4] She was then on the National Training Centre (NTC) South Australia under-18 squad, competing at the NTC nationals in 2012, 2013, and 2014. [3] In 2014, she led the South Australia under-18s as captain, finishing with a 6–0–2 record and the team's first-ever championship. [3]
Hodgson was selected for the under-19 Young Matildas squad and started in two of the three matches she played at the AFC Qualifiers Championship in Hanoi. [3] [5] She was a striker. [5]
Hodgson has played for the Adelaide United Lady Reds for her entire senior career. [6] She made 15 appearances between 2013 and 2015, before leaving Australia to play in the U.S. [7] Hodgson returned to Adelaide United in 2018, [7] and was named captain in 2021. [8]
Although she now mainly plays in the position of defender, Impetus has described Hodgson as "a skilful and tenacious fullback who is also capable of driving upfield and setting up goals". [6] In the final match of the 2020–21 season, she was moved forward into an attacking role, and scored a goal in front of a crowd of 5,159 at Hindmarsh Stadium. [9] [6]
During her seventh season with Adelaide, Hodgson became only the fifth player in Adelaide United history to reach 50 A-League Women's matches. [10] In 2023, she injured her ankle during the pre-season and missed the first two matches of the season. [11]
Hodgson played for the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers, an NCAA Division I soccer team in the United States on scholarship, [10] [7] [12] and served as captain for all four years. [12] During her freshman season, she was mainly a defender, occasionally moving to right wing and back to left defense. [13]
While at ETSU, she returned to play for Adelaide United twice "on loan". [10] She was offered a contract with United during her July 2018 summer break, when she was back in Australia playing for Adelaide City in the SA Women's National Premier League. [7]
Hodgson juggled her interests in football and musical theatre from a young age, with training and rehearsals often happening on the same day. [12] At the age of six, Hodgson appeared in an Australian theatre production of The Sound of Music , playing Gretl von Trapp. [13] [12] She also starred in the title role in Annie at Annesley College. [12] As a freshman studying theatre in the US, she starred in the role of Maureen Johnson in an ETSU production of Rent . [13]
Hodgson is active on TikTok, offering commentary on women's soccer, guest appearances from teammates, and her own spin on viral trends. [14] She has also spoken openly about her own experience coming as a gay player in her late teens. [15] [16]
In 2022, she was named as an ambassador for Football South Australia FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Legacy Plan and Committee. [17]
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