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Full name | Mikaela Patterson | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Blackbutt, New South Wales | 28 October 1996||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current club | NSW Arrows | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Australia U21 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Australia | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikaela Patterson (born 28 October 1996) [1] is an Australian field hockey player. [2]
Patterson was part of the Australian junior national team, the 'Jillaroos', at the 2016 Junior World Cup where the team won bronze. [3]
In 2017, Patterson made her senior international debut for Australia in a test series against Japan in Adelaide, South Australia. [4]
As of May 2018, Patterson is a member of the Australian women's national development squad. [5]
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