Leah Davidson

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Leah Davidson
Personal information
Full name Leah Davidson
Date of birth (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Melbourne City
Number 18
Youth career
2013–2016 Palm Beach
2016–2017 Brisbane Roar QAS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Brisbane Roar 11 (1)
2020– Melbourne City 58 (0)
International career
2022– Australia U23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2023

Leah Davidson (born 28 March 2001) is an Australian professional women's footballer who plays as a defender for Melbourne City.

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Club career

Youth career

In 2013, Davidson started her youth career playing for the U-13's Palm Beach Girls. She scored 13 goals in 18 matches in the 2013 season and finished 5th on the ladder.

Throughout her entire Brisbane Roar career, she played 23 matches and scored 6 goals when playing for the U13s and U14s. [1]

Davidson was also selected to play for the Australian under-20 team during the qualification process for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. [2]

Brisbane Roar

At the age of 17, she competed in the women's NPL in Queensland. [3] She was part of the Championship winning side with Roar/NTC during the 2018 season and scored seven goals in 16 matches.

On 28 October 2018, Leah Davidson played her first professional career game in a 1–1 draw against Perth Glory coming on as a substitute for Allira Toby.[ citation needed ]

Melbourne City

In November 2020, Davidson joined Melbourne City. [4]

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References

  1. "Young Roar prove too strong". Gold Coast United. 17 August 2018.
  2. "Westfield Young Matildas set for Myanmar mission". 20 April 2019.
  3. Bacic, Angela (24 October 2018). "Season 11 Preview: Brisbane Roar". The Women's Game.
  4. "Melbourne City FC signs midfielder Leah Davidson". Melbourne City. 26 November 2020.