Meghan Archer

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Meghan Archer
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Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-09) 9 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 2
Youth career
Devonport City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Devonport City
2005–2007 Heidelberg United 65 (19)
2005 Victoria Vision 5 (3)
2008 Ashburton 7 (4)
2008 Heidelberg United 15 (1)
2008–2009 Melbourne Victory 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2008

Meghan Archer (born 9 October 1987) is an Australian soccer player who formerly played for Melbourne Victory in the W-League.

Archer was born and raised in Devonport, Tasmania, where she began playing soccer at a young age, notably scoring 25 goals for Devonport City as a 16-year-old in the 2004 Northern Premier League.[ citation needed ] In the same year, Meghan competed for Tasmania in the Under-17 National Championships, where she was identified as one of the players of the tournament, and invited by then NTC coach Harry Chalkitis to train with his squad in Melbourne.[ citation needed ]

After securing an NTC squad position, Archer relocated to Melbourne in 2005, where she played for Heidelberg United in the Victorian Premier League, [1] making a total of 65 appearances and scoring 19 goals in her first three seasons at the club.[ citation needed ] In 2005, she appeared for Victoria Vision in what was the final season of the WNSL, scoring 3 goals in 5 games. In 2006, she won the Jane Oakleigh Award for Outstanding Achievement with the NTC, and was called up for training camps with the Young Matildas in 2005 and 2006 respectively. [2] [3]

Archer scored the second goal in Heidelberg United's 3–2 victory over Box Hill Inter in the Grand Final of the 2007 Victorian Premier League.[ citation needed ] She transferred to Ashburton in 2008, but after 4 goals in 7 appearances, returned to Heidelberg United, helping the club to its third successive grand final appearance.[ citation needed ]

In 2008, Archer was selected by the Melbourne Victory for the inaugural season of the W-League. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ashburton Climbs to Second on WPL Ladder". Ashburton WSC. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Agatyn, Martin (19 February 2009). "Soccer dream still within reach". The Advocate. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Young Matildas to go into camp". The World Game. 8 June 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Victory Women on track for Westfield W-League debut". Melbourne Victory. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2016.


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