Sally Shipard
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Sally Jean Shipard is an Australian international football (soccer) midfielder
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and played her junior football with Wagga PCYC. Shipard is currently playing for the Canberra United in the W-League
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She was a member of the Australia women's national football team competing in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and is currently a member of Australia's squad at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She recently captained the Young Matildas
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Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
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Biography
Shipard grew up in Wagga WaggaWagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
and played her junior football with Wagga PCYC. Shipard is currently playing for the Canberra United in the W-League
W-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
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She was a member of the Australia women's national football team competing in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and is currently a member of Australia's squad at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She recently captained the Young Matildas
Australia women's national under-20 football team
The Australian women's national under-20 football team, more commonly known as the Young Matildas, represents Australia in international women's Under 20 football competition.-Current squad:GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards...
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Honours
With AustraliaAustralia women's national association football team
The Australia women's national association football team, nicknamed the Matildas , represents Australia in international women's association football and is governed by Football Federation Australia . The team has regularly qualified for both the Women's World Cup and the Olympics although has won...
- AFC Women's Asian Cup Winners: 20102010 AFC Women's Asian Cup-Semi finals:-----Third place playoff:-Final:- Awards :-Goalscorers:3 goals Yoo Young-A Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-Mi2 goals Zhang Rui Mami Yamaguchi Samantha Kerr...
External links
- Profile at AIS
- Weekly blog at Football in the Capital