Larissa Crummer

Larissa Crummer

Crummer playing for Melbourne City in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Larissa Rose Crummer [1]
Date of birth	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Brann
Number	24
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Sydney FC	13	(0)
2013–2015	Brisbane Roar	24	(1)
2015–2018	Melbourne City	23	(14)
2017	Seattle Reign FC	4	(1)
2018–2019	Newcastle Jets	8	(0)
2021–2023	Brisbane Roar	34	(13)
2023–2024	Brann	23	(3)
International career‡
2013	Australia U-20	9	(1)
2015–2023	Australia	33	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07 April 2023

Larissa Rose Crummer (born 10 January 1996) is a retired Australian professional soccer player who last played as a forward for Brann in the Toppserien. She also played for Australia women's national team, also known as the Matildas. She previously played for W-League clubs Melbourne City, Brisbane Roar FC, Sydney FC, and Newcastle Jets. ^[2]

Early life

Raised in Tewantin, Queensland a suburb located in Australia's Sunshine Coast Region, Crummer began playing football at the age of 5. ^[3]

Crummer scored 12 goals at the national titles in 2011 ^[4] and was a member of the Brisbane Premier League-winning team Peninsula Power FC the same year. ^[4] She was a student at the Kawana Waters State College Football School of Excellence. ^[5]

Club career

Crummer (left) playing for Brisbane Roar in 2014

Sydney FC

At the age of 16, Crummer made her professional debut for Sydney FC during the 2012–13 season helping the team win the league championship playing primarily as a defender. ^[4]

Brisbane Roar

The following season she returned to Queensland to play for Brisbane Roar for the 2013–14 season. ^[6] She made 13 appearances for the club and scored one goal. ^[7] The Roar finished fourth during the regular season with a 7–3–2 record. ^[7] The team advanced to the semi-finals where they defeated Canberra United 2–1 ^[8] but were defeated 2–0 by Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final. ^[9]

Crummer returned to the Roar for the 2014 season and made ten appearances for the club. ^[7] The team finished in sixth place during the regular season. ^[7]

Melbourne City

In September 2015, Crummer signed with Melbourne City. ^[10] During the team's first match of the season against Sydney FC, she scored the team's first-ever goal in the 11th minute and followed with another in the last six minutes of the first half for a 6–0 win. ^[11] On 21 November, she scored a brace to help defeat her former team Brisbane Roar 4–0. ^[12] On 6 December, she scored a brace against Melbourne Victory contributing to City's 4–0 win over the rival team and extending City's regular season record to 8–0–0. ^[13]

In May 2016 Crummer signed on loan at Victorian NPLW club Alamein FC. ^[14]

She returned to Melbourne City for the 2016–17 W-League campaign, but after making only three appearances her season was cut short by a foot injury in January 2017. ^[15]

Crummer returned to Melbourne City for the 2017–18 W-League season. She appeared in 8 games and scored 3 goals as Melbourne City won their third consecutive W-League Championship. ^[16]

Seattle Reign FC

In January 2017, Crummer signed with Seattle Reign FC, effective upon the conclusion of the 2016–17 W-League season. ^[17] Due to injury she only appeared in four games for Seattle, scoring one goal. She was released by the club in February 2018. ^[18]

Newcastle Jets

On 20 August 2018 Crummer signed a one-year contract to join the Newcastle Jets for the 2018-19 W-League season. ^[19] Despite deciding in October 2019, to rehabilitate from a leg break with Newcastle Jets, ^[20] a month later, it was announced she would miss the 2019–20 W-League season. ^[21]

Return to Brisbane Roar

In February 2021, Crummer returned to Brisbane Roar. ^[22]

Brann

In March 2023, Crummer transferred to Norwegian club Brann. ^[23] In March 2024, Following Brann's elimination against Barcelona in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals, she announced her retirement from professional football. ^[24]

International career

At the age of 14, Crummer was called up to the Young Matildas. ^[5] She made her debut for the Matildas and scored her first international goal against the Netherlands in March 2015. ^[25] The same year, she was the youngest player on the team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada where she made two appearances for Australia. ^{[26] [27]}

Crummer was again called in to the Matildas for the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, but she suffered a knee injury during a training match prior to the competition and was replaced on the squad by Ashleigh Sykes. ^[28] She recovered in time to be named to the Matildas' Olympic squad, ^[29] where she made two appearances as a substitute.

Crummer was named to the Australian squad for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, but she did not appear in any games. Australia finished Runner-up to Japan, and qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[30]

Career statistics

International goals

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time ( c ) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 March 2015	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Netherlands	5350.03005 1–0	5650.06005 1–0	2015 Cyprus Cup
2.	23 July 2016	Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza, Brazil	Brazil	5350.03005 1–0	5650.06005 1–3	Friendly
3.	28 February 2018	Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal	Norway	5350.03005 4–3	5650.06005 4–3	2018 Algarve Cup
4.	26 March 2018	nib Stadium, Perth, Australia	Thailand	5350.03005 5–0	5650.06005 5–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Sydney FC

• W-League Championship: 2012–13

Melbourne City

• W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17
• W-League Premiership: 2015–16

Individual

• W-League Golden Boot: 2015–16
• W-League Young Player of the Year: 2015–16

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA . 6 July 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
2. "Larissa Crummer". Football Australia. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
3. Ogle, Jolene. "Larissa wants to be a Matilda". Noosa Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
4. Roberts, Matt (19 May 2015). "Tewantin's Crummer confident for FIFA World Cup". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
5. "Larissa keeps striking gold". Noosa News. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
6. "Brisbane Roar name their Season 6 W-League squad". The Women's Game. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
7. "Larissa Crummer". Soccer Way. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
8. "Brisbane upset Canberra to book place in W-League Grand Final". Brisbane Roar. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
9. "Victory crowned champions in stunning fashion". Back of the Net. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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11. "Melbourne City thumps Sydney FC 6–0 to underline W-League favouritism". ABC. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
12. "Melbourne City continues perfect W-League start with 4–0 win over Brisbane Roar". ABC. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
13. "Melbourne City continue dominance of W-League with derby win over Victory". The Guardian. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
14. "2016 National Premier Leagues squads" (PDF). FootballFedVic.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
15. "Friday Roundup: Canada to play friendly in Germany". Equalizer Soccer. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
16. "Player Compare" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
17. "Reign FC Sign Australian International Larissa Crummer". 26 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
18. "Seattle Reign FC Waive Forward Larissa Crummer". 19 February 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
19. "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
20. "W-League: Familiar faces return for Westfield W-League 2019/20 season". Newcastle Jets . 9 October 2019.
21. "W-League: Crummer to miss 2019/20 season". Newcastle Jets. 28 November 2019.
22. "Larissa Crummer returns to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 1 February 2021.
23. "Larissa Crummer departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar . 28 March 2023.
24. "Tårevått farvel for Larissa. Nå legger hun opp" [Tearful goodbye for Larissa. Now she hangs up]. Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 29 March 2024.
25. "Crummer strike secures Matildas win over the Netherlands". The World Game. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
26. "Ten Women's World Cup debutants in Matildas squad, veteran Hudson back in". The Guardian. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
27. "Crummer's golden year gets even better". A-League. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
28. "Crummer injured ahead of Rio qualifiers". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
29. "Rio 2016: Matildas' Olympics squad named, led by Lisa de Vanna and Clare Polkinghorne". ABC News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
30. "L.Crummer" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.

External links

• Larissa Crummer – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Larissa Crummer at Soccerway
• Matildas player profile
• Melbourne City player profile Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Brisbane Roar player profile Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine