Taylor Ray

Taylor Ray

Personal information
Full name	Taylor Ray
Date of birth	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2024	Sydney FC	61	(2)
2022–2023	Sydney Olympic	20	(1)
2024–2025	Central Coast Mariners	9	(0)
2025–	Melbourne Victory	0	(0)
International career‡
2017	Australia U-17	3	(0)
2017–2019	Australia U-20	3	(2)
2022–	Australia	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2022

Taylor Ray (born 22 April 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League Women club Melbourne Victory.

Club career

Ray was born in 2001 in Townsville and played for local team, Townsville Warriors as a junior. ^{[2] : 69} She made her senior debut in the A-League Women, at age 16, for Sydney FC on 9 December 2017, ^[2] in a 3–1 win against Western Sydney Wanderers. ^[3]

In May 2024, Ray departed Sydney FC, after seven seasons at the club. ^{[2] : 69  [4]} Over her 61 appearances she kicked two goals for her team. ^{[2] : 69} During her time at Sydney in the A-League Women off-seasons, Ray also appeared for National Premier Leagues Women's clubs Football NSW Institute (2017–2018) and Sydney Olympic (2020–2024). ^{[2] [5]}

In August 2024, Ray was signed by Central Coast Mariners. ^[6]

International career

In June 2022, after an impressive season with Sydney FC, Ray was called up to Australia's senior national team for their upcoming friendlies against Spain and Portugal. ^[7]

References

1. "Taylor Ray". sydneyfc.com. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
2. "Ninja A-League 2024/25 Season Guide" (PDF). A-Leagues Media Centre. November 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
3. "Ray debuts for Sky Blues". Soccerway. 9 December 2017.
4. "Long Serving Midfielder One Of Six Released". Sydney FC . 17 May 2024.
5. "Taylor Ray loving her Sydney Olympic journey". National Premier Leagues NSW . Football NSW. 12 May 2022.
6. "Central Coast Mariners sign Championship winning midfielder Taylor Ray". Central Coast Mariners . 15 August 2024.
7. "Matildas Squad for June Friendlies Announced". 14 June 2022.