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Allira Toby
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Ipswich, Australia
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Moreton Bay United
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Olympic FC 18 (7)
2015–2016 Adelaide United 12 (0)
2016– Brisbane Roar 31 (11)
2019– Moreton Bay United 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2019

Allira Toby is an Australian soccer player, who currently plays for Brisbane Roar in the W-League and Moreton Bay United FC in the National Premier Leagues Queensland Women's competition.[1]

Toby grew up in Ipswich, Queensland and began her junior career with Ipswich City Bulls. At 16 she joined Annerley FC followed by Olympic FC.[2]

She was then recruited to Adelaide United in the W-League for the 2015–16 season.[3] She subsequently moved back to Queensland to play with the Roar.[4]

Toby would go on to win Roar's Golden Boot award with 5 goals in their W-League Premiership winning campaign in 2017/18.[5] She would win the club's Golden Boot award again in the following season after another 5 goal haul.[6]

In February 2019, Toby selected as a train-on player for the Australia women's national soccer team training camp.[7]

Toby is Aboriginal Australian, and works as a councellor assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Allira Toby - Player Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ Lems, David. "From Ipswich to joining the best in the world". Queensland Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Allira Toby: 5 things you need to know about the Roar star". Westfield W-League. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Lems, David. "From Ipswich to joining the best in the world". Queensland Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Young rated Roar's best". www.couriermail.com.au. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Polkinghorne takes top honours at Roar awards". The Women's Game. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Matildas lift the intensity ahead of Cup of Nations opener". The World Game. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Ramone lines up new soccer league". National Indigenous Times. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. ^ Simmons, Lisa (8 November 2018). "From Marsden school counsellor to ambassador for Indigenous football championships". Jimboomba Times. Retrieved 1 June 2019.