Michelle Heyman

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Michelle Heyman
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Heyman playing for Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Full name Michelle Pearl Heyman [1]
Date of birth (1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Canberra United
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Illawarra Stingrays
2008–2009 Sydney FC 3 (0)
2009 Central Coast Mariners 11 (11)
2010–2018 Canberra United 93 (56)
2012 Brøndby IF
2015 Western New York Flash 9 (1)
2016–2018 Illawarra Stingrays 11 (5)
2018–2019 Adelaide United 12 (1)
2020– Canberra United 28 (19)
International career‡
2010–2018 Australia 61 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2018

Michelle Pearl Heyman (born 4 July 1988) is an Australian soccer player and commentator who currently plays for Canberra United in the W-League in Australia. She became the all-time record goalscorer in the W-League in March 2021, after scoring her 73rd goal. She has previously played for W-League teams Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC, and Adelaide United as well as the Western New York Flash in the American National Women's Soccer League. Heyman has represented Australia since 2010, playing at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In May 2019 she retired from international football. [2]

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Club career

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Heyman playing for Canberra United in 2010

Heyman began playing at the age of 11 with the Warilla Wanderers. [3] She later played for Port Kembla FC and Shellharbour City before signing with Illawarra Stingrays in the New South Wales Women's Super League (now NPL NSW Women's). She has returned to play for the Stingrays several times between W-League seasons. [4] [5]

Prior to the beginning of the 2008–09 W-League season, Heyman trialled for Sydney FC. Out of 120 triallists, she was one of only ten to be signed by the club. [3]

Heyman signed from Sydney FC in the off-season to join Central Coast Mariners. [6] On her debut for the Mariners, Heyman scored a double against her old club, Sydney FC. [7]

In 2009, Heyman won the Golden Boot award for most goals scored during the League season along with the Julie Dolan Medal as the 2009 W-League player of the year. [8] [9]

In 2010, Heyman signed with Canberra United. [10] During the 2011–12 W-League season, she was the leading goal-scorer in the league as Canberra United won the W-League premiership/championship double. [11]

Heyman spent five months in 2012 playing in Denmark for Brøndby IF. She returned to Canberra United in time for the start of the 2012–13 W-League season. [12]

On 9 July 2015, Heyman signed with US side Western New York Flash where she played nine matches in the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season. [13]

In 2016, rejoined the Illawarra Stingrays in the NPL NSW Women's competition during the W-League off-season. [14] [15]

On 21 July 2018 it was announced that Heyman was leaving Canberra United after eight seasons. She made 93 appearances for Canberra, and scored 56 goals. She won the Golden Boot twice, and won two Championship Titles and three Premierships. [16]

On 24 August 2018 Adelaide United announced they had signed Heyman to a one-year contract for the 2018–19 W-League Season. [17] At the end of the season, Heyman left Adelaide. [18] After a season not playing soccer, Heyman returned to the W-League, signing with Canberra United. [19]

International career

Heyman made her debut for the national team in 2010. [20] She was part of the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad that finished the tournament as runners-up. [21] Heyman played five matches for Australia at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [1] [22] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Heyman played four matches for the Australian team that was eliminated in the quarter finals. [23]

Heyman was named to the Matildas squad for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, but she did not appear in any matches. Australia finished Runner-up to Japan and qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [24] In May 2019 she announced her retirement from international football. [25]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's score first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 September 2011 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2–05–1 2012 Olympics qualification
23–0
313 September 2012 Carroll Stadium, Indianapolis, United States Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 4–04–0Friendly
413 June 2013 Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–01–0Friendly
55 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2–22–2 2014 Cyprus Cup
610 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–32–4 2014 Cyprus Cup
72–4
89 April 2014 Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Brisbane, Australia Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–12–1Friendly
910 February 2015 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2–12–1Friendly
1012 February 2015 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2–03–2Friendly
1111 March 2015 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4–16–2 2015 Cyprus Cup
1219 May 2015 Valentine Sports Park, Sydney, Australia Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 4–04–0Friendly
1321 May 2015 Jubilee Oval, Sydney, Australia Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2–011–0Friendly
146–0
158–0
1629 February 2016 Kincho Stadium, Osaka, Japan Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2–03–1 2016 Olympics qualifying
172 March 2016 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 8–09–0 2016 Olympics qualifying
187 March 2016 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1–02–1 2016 Olympics qualifying
199 August 2016 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 5–06–1 2016 Summer Olympics
206–0

Honours

International

Australia

Rio Summer Olympics 2016

Club

Canberra United

Individual

Personal life

Heyman is openly lesbian. [27] [28] She was the only openly gay Australian athlete at the 2016 Olympics. [29]

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