Mary Fowler (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mary Boio Fowler | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Cairns, Australia, | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Saints FC | |||
Leichhardt FC | |||
BVV Barendrecht | |||
ESA | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Illawarra Stingrays | 9 | (3) |
2019 | Bankstown City (W) | 4 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Adelaide United | 7 | (3) |
2020–2022 | Montpellier | 40 | (10) |
2022– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Australia U-20 | 10 | (17) |
2018– | Australia | 26 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2022[1] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022 |
Mary Boio Fowler (born 14 February 2003) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Manchester City and the Australian national team. Mainly a forward, she has also been used as a midfielder recently.
Early life
Mary Boio Fowler was born on 14 February 2003 in Cairns, Queensland.[2]
Club career
Adelaide United
Fowler made her W-League debut for Adelaide United in the first game of the 2019–20 season. She scored her first goal in that game in a 2–1 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers.[3]
Montpellier
In January 2020, Fowler signed for French Ligue 1 club Montpellier HSC on a 3-year contract after an undisclosed transfer fee was paid.[4] She made her debut against Olympique Lyonnais in February 2020. The French league was subsequently abandoned after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[citation needed]
The 2020–21 season saw the young striker received significant playing time. As of 1 June 2021 she had made 22 appearances for her club, starting 15 of them and scoring 5 goals.[citation needed]
She was named to ESPN's 21 under 21, an international list of footballers representing the next generation of talent, in May 2021.[4]
Manchester City
In June 2022, Fowler signed a four-year contract with English FA WSL club Manchester City.[5][6]
International career
2018 Tournament of Nations
In 2018, Fowler was added to the Australian squad for the Tournament of Nations.[7] She made her debut late in the game against Brazil, thus becoming the fifth youngest player for the Matildas at 15 years and 162 days.[8] She was again used as a substitute in Australia's friendlies against England and France later in the year,[9] but was unavailable for the matches against Chile to attend trials with the first teams of Chelsea, West Ham and Manchester City, who all wanted to sign her. She also attended sprint and power training sessions in Manchester with coach Mick Clegg.[10]
Fowler has received wide praise for her abilities as a player, with coach Alen Stajcic said that she has "probably got the most weapons I've seen from a young player her age in women's football".[7]
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Fowler was called up to the Australian squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]
2020 Summer Olympics
Fowler was selected to the Australian squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] She made her Olympic debut as a substitute in a Group G match against New Zealand. The Matildas advanced to the quarter-finals with one victory and a draw in the group stage. In the quarter-finals against Great Britain, which ended in a 4–3 win for Australia after extra time, Fowler scored a goal in the 104th minute. However, they lost 1–0 to Sweden in the semi-finals and lost 4–3 in the bronze medal match to the United States.[13]
Personal life
Fowler's father is originally from the Republic of Ireland and her mother is from Papua New Guinea. Her siblings are also talented soccer players, with her brother Caoimhin and sister Ciara both having played for Irish youth teams. Ciara has also played for the Australian under-20 team.[14]
Fowler began her professional career together with Ciara when they were both signed by Adelaide United in the same year.[15] They played together professionally for the first time in the first match of the 2019–20 season when Ciara came on as an 85th-minute substitute. This was the debut for both sisters.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of June 1, 2021[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2019–20 | W-League | 7 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 3 | ||
Montpellier HSC | 2019–20 | Division 1 Féminine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 5 | |||
2021–22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 5 | |||
Career total | 47 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 13 |
2UEFA Women's Champions League
International
- As of match played 23 October 2021[16]
Australia | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 16 | 5 |
2022 | 6 | 2 |
Total | 26 | 7 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 June 2021 | CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark | Denmark | 1–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
2. | 30 July 2021 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan | Great Britain | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
3. | 21 September 2021 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
4. | 2–2 | |||||
5. | 23 October 2021 | Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia | Brazil | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
6. | 21 January 2022 | Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India | Indonesia | 4–0 | 18–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
7. | 24 January 2022 | Philippines | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
8. | 6 September 2022 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | Canada | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
9. | 12 November 2022 | AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia | Sweden | 3–0 | 4–0 |
References
- ^ Mary Fowler – SportsTG
- ^ >"M. Fowler". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Western Sydney Wanderers FC Women vs Adelaide United Women, Westfield W-League, Round 1, 14th Nov 2019". Westfield W-League. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ a b Rugari, Vince (29 January 2020). "Teenage Matildas star Mary Fowler set for French club move". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "'Excited and proud': Australia forward Mary Fowler joins Manchester City". The Guardian. 29 June 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Samantha (8 July 2022). "How Matildas and Manchester City star Mary Fowler is finding her Zen". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Australia adds second wonderkid to Tournament of Nations squad". ESPN.com. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Australia's Mary Fowler makes international football debut at age 15". The Guardian. 27 July 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Matildas salvage draw against England with late Polkinghorne header". ABC News. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Warren, Adrian (5 November 2018). "Matildas hope talented teenager Fowler not lost to Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Kyah Simon fitness concerns open door to Mary Fowler in Matildas' World Cup squad". The Guardian. 13 May 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 a childhood goal ticked off for Mary Fowler". Matildas. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ Paquette, Catherine (1 June 2021). "'Magnifique' Matildas continue to win global recognition". The Women's Game. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Signing news: Adelaide United secure Mary and Ciara Fowler". Matildas. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Mary Fowler". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
External links
- Mary Fowler at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Australian women's soccer players
- Australia women's international soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players
- Montpellier HSC (women) players
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Australian expatriate women's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent
- Sportspeople from Cairns
- Soccer players from Queensland
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Women's Super League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands