Taylor Ray

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.