Clare Polkinghorne

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Clare Polkinghorne
Clare Polkinghorne.jpg
Polking horns in the Brisbane Roar jersey
Personnel
Surname Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne
birthday February 1, 1989
place of birth Brisbane , Queensland ,  Australia
size 178 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
Wynnum Wolves
Capalaba Bulldogs
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2008 Queensland Sting
2008-2014 Queensland Roar / Brisbane Roar 67 (8)
2014 →  INAC Kobe Leonessa  (loan)
2015 Portland Thorns FC 9 (0)
2015-2018 Brisbane Roar 36 (5)
2018– Houston Dash 18 (0)
2018-2019 → Brisbane Roar (loan) 25 (1)
2020– Avaldsnes IL
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2006 Australia U-20 at least 3 (0)
2006– Australia 125 (10)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 1, 2020

2 As of March 11, 2020

Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne (born February 1, 1989 in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia ) is an Australian national soccer player who plays mainly in defense. In 2006 she was first used in the Australian national soccer team for women . She became a leading player in the club at an early age and was also co-captain of the national team. With Australia, she took part in the women's World Cup for the fourth time in 2019 .

Career

societies

In her youth she played for the Brisbane clubs Wynnum Wolves and Capalaba Bulldogs and then moved to Queensland Sting at the age of 14 . In 2008 she then moved to the larger club Queensland Roar and played from then on in the newly founded W-League . At the end of the first season they were number 1 in the table and on January 17, 2009, she won the Grand Final against Canberra United FC with Queensland Roar . In December, the team, now known as Brisbane Roar, reached the Grand Final again with her as captain , but this time lost 3-2 to Sydney FC . In 2011 they were able to return the favor and win 2-1. In 2012 they lost 3-2 to Canberra United. In 2013 they missed the final with a 3-2 semi-final defeat by Sydney FC. In the 2013/14 and 2014 season she played together with the German national goalkeeper Nadine Angerer . Together they reached the Grand Final in February 2014, but lost to Melbourne Victory FC 2-0.

In 2014 she went to Japan for two months during the Australian league break to play for INAC Kobe Leonessa . During the 2015 World Cup, she moved to Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL . Polkinghorne played again in Brisbane from late 2015 to 2018 before switching to the Houston Dash franchise in June 2018 , but returning to Brisbane for the Australian season.

For the 2020 season she will move to the Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL .

National team

On June 19, 2006, she made her first international match for Australia against China . In August she then took part with the U-20 team in the U-20 World Cup for women in Russia in 2006 and was used in the three group matches. However, as third in the group before New Zealand, Australia dropped out prematurely. In 2007 he took part in the 2007 Women's World Cup in China. Here she was only used in the first group game in the 4-1 win against Ghana , the first and to date highest victory for the Australians at a World Cup. In 2010, she and Australia won the 2010 Asian Women's Soccer Championship on penalties against North Korea . Australia had already qualified for the 2011 World Cup by reaching the finals.

She then also took part with Australia in the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany , where she was used in all four games, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals four years earlier.

She was also nominated for the 2014 Asian women's soccer championship , in which Australia was unable to defend the title. In the first group game against world champions Japan , she wore the captain's armband , but when her team scored 2-0, she made an own goal and the Japanese were able to equalize shortly before the end. In the following game against Jordan , she only sat on the bench, but then came back as captain in the remaining games. In March 2015 she took part in the Cyprus Cup 2015 with Australia , where she made three appearances and was also able to enter the scorers list in a 6-2 win against the Czech Republic in the game for fifth place. On May 12, 2015 she was nominated for the 2015 Australian World Cup squad . Six days later, she and Lisa De Vanna were introduced as co-captains for the 2015 World Cup. But it was not used at the World Cup in Canada .

At the 2016 Olympic Games , she was in the starting line-up in the group games, and in the quarter-finals against the hosts she was only substituted on in the 75th minute. The semi-finals were only missed due to a loss on penalties against the Brazilians . In this, however, she was one of the successful shooters of her team.

At the 2018 Asian women's football championship , she was used in the group matches against South Korea and Japan and in the final against Japan, none of which the Australians could win. With a win against Vietnam, however, the Australians reached the semi-finals and thus qualified for the 2019 World Cup. After qualifying, national coach Alen Stajcic was sacked, his successor Ante Milicic appointed Samantha Kerr as the new captain of the national team. She was nominated for the World Cup in France on May 14, 2019. It was used in the first game against Italy . After a mistake on their part, the Italians managed to equalize and in the fifth minute of stoppage time their team had to accept the goal to make the final score 1: 2. In the other group games she was not used. In the round of 16 against former world champions Norway , she was substituted on in the fourth minute of extra time. Since no goals were scored in extra time, there was a penalty shoot-out in which two of their teammates could not convert their penalty, which meant that Australia were eliminated.

successes

Awards

  • 2013: Joined the team for the decade 2000–2013

Web links

Commons : Clare Polkinghorne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In most profiles she is listed as a defender, on the club website as a midfielder
  2. ↑ since 2009
  3. ↑ back-of-the-net.com: "Victory crowned champions in stunning fashion"
  4. ^ Polkinghorne and Gorry sign for Norwegian big-movers Avaldsnes
  5. ^ "Matildas win Asian Cup on penalties"
  6. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Matilda's name Asian Cup squad"
  7. ↑ AUSTRALIA 2-2 JAPAN
  8. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Westfield Matildas hit Czech Republic for six"
  9. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Westfield Matildas name World Cup squad"
  10. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Stajcic names co-captains for World Cup"
  11. ↑ Brazil vs. Australia 0-0
  12. ↑ matildas.com: Ante Milicic confirms Westfield Matildas squad for France 2019
  13. ↑ fourfourtwo.com: "FFA name their Teams of the Decades" ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fourfourtwo.com
personal data
SURNAME Polkinghorne, Clare
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Polkinghorne, Clare Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane , Queensland , Australia