Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victoria Balomenos | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Ashford, South Australia | ||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
West Adelaide | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Adelaide City | |||
2002–2008 | Adelaide Sensation | ||
2008–2009 | Adelaide United | 9 | (3) |
2010–2011 | Adelaide United | 9 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Sydney FC | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–08 | Australia | 9 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2011 |
Victoria Balomenos (born 14 February 1988 in Ashford, South Australia [1] ) is an Australian soccer player who played for Australian W-League teams Adelaide United and Sydney FC. [2] Balomenos played nine times for the Australia women's national soccer team.
Balomenos sat out the second season of the W-League due to a knee re-construction. [3] She re-signed with Adelaide United the following season, [4] and on 7 November 2010 she returned to W-League football against Newcastle Jets. [5] [6]
Balomenos played nine matches for the Australian national team, the Matildas, in 2007 and 2008. [7]
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