Marianna Tabain

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Marianna Tabain
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Tabain playing for Perth Glory in 2010
Personal information
Full name Marianna Tabain
Date of birth (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Right winger / Striker
Youth career
FW NTC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2015 Perth Glory 63 (17)
2015–2017 Melbourne City 27 (10)
2017–2018 Perth Glory 12 (0)
2019–2020 Split
2020–2021 Perth Glory 12 (0)
International career
2008 Australia U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2018

Marianna Tabain (born 19 October 1992) [1] is an Australian professional footballer who last played for Australian W-League team Perth Glory. [2]

Contents

Personal life

Tabain was born in Sydney, New South Wales. Tabain's family derives from the island of Korčula, Croatia.

Club career

Cockburn City

Tabain started her junior playing career at Cockburn City in Spearwood.

Western Knights

In 2005, Tabain moved from Cockburn City to play for Croatian club Western Knights, in Mosman Park. After a few seasons at Western Knights, Tabain was identified to be a part of the Football West National Training Centre, the Western Australian State Team and the Western Australian Institute of Sport program before moving to Perth Glory.

Perth Glory, 2008–2014

Tabain debuted for Perth Glory at the age of 15 in the inaugural season of the Australian Westfield W-League. Tabain won the 2009 W-League Goal of the Year Award for a goal in Round 9 against Adelaide United. [3]

On the 15th of November 2014, Perth Glory became Minor Premiers at Ashfield Reserve. Tabain spent eight seasons at Perth Glory before moving to play for Melbourne City. During her time at Perth, Tabain was nominated for W-League Goal of the Year Award on numerous occasions. Tabain also took out the Golden Boot award for Perth in 2009. [4]

Melbourne City, 2015–2017

Marianna Tabain represented Melbourne City in The Australian Westfield W-League. Founded in 2015, the club became W-League Premiers in 2015–16 and W-League Champions in 2015–16 and 2016–17. Tabain played an integral part in the teams immediate success. During her second season at Melbourne City, Tabain made her 100th W-League appearance against Melbourne Victory at Epping Stadium on 15 January 2017. She was the second player in the W-League to reach the 100 game milestone. [5]

Return to Perth Glory

In August 2017, Tabain returned to Perth Glory. [6]

ŽNK Split

Tabain played for Croatian League and Cup Champions ŽNK Split, [7] and represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifiers in Ukraine in August 2019. [8]

Second return to Perth Glory

In December 2020, Tabain returned to the Australian W-League, signing once again with Perth Glory. [9] Tabain departed Perth Glory ahead of the 2021–22 A-League Women season. [10]

International career

Tabain has represented The Australian National team at U/17 and U/20 level in Europe and Asia.

Honours and awards

Perth Glory FC

• Goal of the year: 2009

• Golden Boot award: 2009

• W-League Premiership: 2014

• W-League Grand finalist: 2017

Melbourne City FC

• W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

• W-League Premiership: 2015–16

ŽNK Split

• Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

W-league

• Over 100 games in the W-League

Professional Footballers Australia

• W-League Team of The Decade (2010–2020)

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References

  1. ↑ "Player profile – Marianna Tabain". Perth Glory . Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "W-League team commences training". Melbourne City. 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Glory girl scores 'Goal of the Year' - Perth Glory".
  4. ↑ "Oxtoby the most Glorious - Perth Glory".
  5. ↑ "Tabain reaches Westfield W-League milestone - Melbourne City".
  6. ↑ "Tabain loving "special" return to Glory - Perth Glory".
  7. ↑ Davidson, John (29 August 2020). "Aussie W-League great Tabain out to represent Croatia". The World Game . SBS.
  8. ↑ "Slobodna Dalmacija - 'Nismo bez šansi': ždrijeb Lige prvaka baš i nije mazio Splićanke, utakmicu možete pratiti u izravnom TV prijenosu". 7 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (9 December 2020). "Former favourite returns to Glory". Perth Glory.
  10. ↑ Lewis, Samantha (2 December 2021). "All you need to know about each club ahead of the 2021/22 A-League Women season". ABC News .
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