Linda O'Neill

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Linda O'Neill
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O'Neill playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2012
Personal information
Full name Linda Jane O'Neill
Date of birth (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Katoomba, Australia
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Nepean
Marconi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Sydney FC 24 (2)
2011–2012 Newcastle Jets 10 (2)
2012–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 40 (2)
International career
2008 Australia U17 3 (0)
2008–2011 Australia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Linda Jane O'Neill (born 25 May 1992) is a retired Australian association football player, who last played for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League. [1]

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Personal life

Her profession outside of football is a registered nurse, a role that she has been training for alongside her football career since the age of 16. [2] Since retiring from football at the age of 24, she has been a frontline nurse at Milton Ulladulla Hospital. [3]

Honours

Club

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References

  1. "Wanderers Women Revealed - TheWomensGame". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. Odong, Ann (16 November 2016). "Should I stay or should I go: Linda O'Neill and Grace Gill speak about moving on from football". The Women's Game. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. Seemampillai, Janakan (23 August 2021). "From foundation Wanderer to frontline healthcare worker, Linda O'Neill is a true Wander Woman". The Roar . Retrieved 2 April 2023.