Olivia Price (soccer)

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Olivia Price
Price playing for Sydney FC in 2014
Personal information
Full name Olivia Price
Date of birth (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sydney FC
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Sydney FC 20 (1)
International career
2013–2015 Australia U20[1] 19 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2015

Olivia Price (born 17 May 1996) is an Australian association football player, currently playing as a midfielder for Sydney FC and previously captained Australia for the Australian National U20 team.

Club career

Sydney FC

Olivia signed with Sydney FC early in 2014 as an injury replacement for the last few rounds of the 2013–14 W-League Season. Olivia was re-signed by Sydney FC for the 2014 W-League Season. She made her debut for Sydney FC against Adelaide United on 14 September 2014, when she was substituted on in the 80th minute.[2]

Olivia made her first W-League Grand Final appearance in a 4-1 loss to Melbourne City on 31st of January 2016 being subbed on in the 83rd minute. [3]

Still playing for Sydney FC in the 2016-17 season, Olivia made her first starting line up in a 2-0 win over Adelaide United on the 27th of November 2016.

International career

Olivia has represented Australia at both under-17 and under-20 level. She played in the team that finished runner-up to the Japanese under-23 side at the 2013 AFF Women's Championship.[4] She went on to play for the Young Matildas for the AFC U-19 Women's Championship.[5] Olivia played for the Young Matildas again in the qualifiers for the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in Vietnam and scored a brace in Australia's 19-0 win against Singapore.[6] On May the 5th 2015, Olivia was named Captain of the Young Matildas[7] for their 7 - 0 win[8] over Indonesia in the AFF Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Young Matildas Squad Announced for AFC U-19 Womens Championship".
  2. ^ http://www.sydneyfc.com/article/sydney-fc-ease-to-win-over-adelaide-united/y4x1wy88sq7t1fiq5z4ksv5k9
  3. ^ http://www.w-league.com.au/article/four-star-city-outlast-sky-blues-to-collect-glory/4mkmvbo2lbya1quqrj29cwtuh
  4. ^ "Valiant Young Matildas fall at last hurdle". The Women's Game. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Young Matildas squad named for AFC U19 Championships". The Women's Game. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Sunny Franco stars as Australia accounts for Singapore 19-0". The Women's Game. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Congrats #YoungMatildas on a huge #AFFChampionships win v Indonesia!". Sydney FC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Young Matildas top Group A with perfect record". The Women's Game. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.