Leticia McKenna

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Leticia McKenna
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Personal information
Full name Leticia Lee McKenna
Date of birth (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Perth, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 6
Youth career
2017–2019 FW NTC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Perth Glory 25 (3)
2020 FW NTC
2020–2021 Brisbane Roar 12 (0)
2021– Melbourne City 79 (9)
2023 South Melbourne 8 (0)
International career‡
2022 Australia U20 3 (0)
2025 Australia U23 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2025

Leticia Lee McKenna (born 7 August 2002) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Melbourne City. She has previously played for Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar. McKenna represented Australia in the Australia U20s and Australia U23s.

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Early years

McKenna grew up in the Perth suburb of Cockburn, [1] with a younger sister, Tijan, who is also a soccer player. [2] At six-years old she joined Cockburn City SC juniors. [3] [4] She represented Football West National Training Centre (FW NTC), which competes in the National Premier Leagues WA Women (NPL WA Women) at under-13, under-15 and under-19 before joining their seniors in 2017. [2] [4] [5]

Club career

As a 16-year-old McKenna debuted in the W-League (later known as A-League Women) 2018–19 season, for Perth Glory. [3] [4] She scored a goal on debut in November 2024: a 4–4 draw with Canberra United in round 2. Overall she played 12 matches and scored two goals in her first season. [6] McKenna was also a member of Perth's 2–4 winning semi-final team against league premiers, Melbourne Victory in February 2019, where she provided an assist for their star striker, Sam Kerr's third goal. [1] McKenna was one of the teens in the team, who received praise from Kerr for her abilities and maturity. [7] [8] The team finished runners-up to champions Sydney FC; [3] McKenna was named Western Australia's Female Footballer of the Year in February 2019. [4]

McKenna was also an ambassador for the 2019 Smarter than Smoking Kicking Off Healthy Clubs initiative. [9]

In McKenna's second season (2019–20) at Perth Glory, she scored one goal across 12 games. [6] In November 2020, the midfielder signed with Brisbane Roar for the 2020–21 W-League season, [3] [10] where she played 12 games and helped Brisbane reach runners-up in the league. [6] [3]

In September 2021, McKenna joined Melbourne City, for the 2021–22 season [3] initially on a two-year contract. [11] By the start of 2024–25 season, she had kicked three goals across 55 appearances for City, and a total of six goals from 92 appearences for A-League Women teams since 2018. [3]

International career

McKenna played two games for the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team (Young Matildas) during the first round of qualifiers in Lebanon in for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. [12] She was named to the Young Matildas for two friendlies against New Zealand and then a training camp in mid-May 2022. [13] [14] However, she was dropped from the final squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Costa Rica in August of that year. [15]

McKenna joined the 23-player squad for the Australia women's national under-23 soccer team (U23 Matildas), which competed at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship in Vietnam from 6 to 19 August. [16] She scored in her team's 9–0 defeat of Timor Leste to reach the semi-finals. [17] McKenna kicked the second goal in the 2–1 win against Vietnam in that match on 16 August, [18] and helped Australia U23 win the final against Myanmar and become ASEAN Champions. [19]

Honours

Regional

Club

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Bennett, Neil (15 February 2019). "McKenna set to crown dream season - FTBL". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 Burke, Emma (26 April 2024). "The A-League double is in sight for Melbourne's McKenna sisters". impetusfootball.org. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ninja A-League 2024/25 Season Guide" (PDF). A-Leagues Media Centre. November 2024. pp. 42, 80, 82, 85, 89–92, 139, 141, 226, 236, 258, 268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Female Footballer of the Year: Leticia McKenna". Football West. 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Sutton, Kane (22 May 2017). "NTC win big over East Fremantle". WomenSoccer.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  6. 1 2 3 "Summary - Leticia McKenna - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "The 'amazing' Perth young guns who drew big plaudits from Kerr". Westfield W-League. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "McKenna's Westfield W-League Semi Final assists earn Kerr's praise". Matildas. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Leticia's healthy lead good for clubs". Football West. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Young Matildas duo McKenna & Aquino sign on". Brisbane Roar. 6 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "City sign midfielder Leticia McKenna on two-year deal". Melbourne City . 30 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Glory star set to shine". The Women's Game. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Three WA players named for Young Matildas camp". Football West. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ Woods, Julia (11 April 2024). "CommBank Young Matildas end two-match series with draw against New Zealand". Matildas. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Australia confirm 21-Player Final Squad for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022". Matildas . Football Australia. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "JANČEVSKI, FURPHY and SAKALIS named in U23 National Squad". Melbourne Victory. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "MSIG SERENITY CUP™ 2025: Australia vs Timor-Leste - Group B". ASEAN United Football Confederation. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "MSIG SERENITY CUP™ – REPORT: VIETNAM 1-2 AUSTRALIA". ASEAN United FC. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  19. 1 2 Tan, Gabriel (20 August 2025). "How Australia U23 overcame slow start to be worthy ASEAN Women's Championship winners". ESPN. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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