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Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974) is a former association football player who represented Australia internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151 caps.

Cheryl Salisbury

Salisbury with Australia in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Cheryl Ann Salisbury
Date of birth	(1974-03-08) 8 March 1974 (age 48)
Place of birth	Newcastle, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Youth career
	Lambton
	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Panasonic Bambina
1997	Takarazuka Bunnys
2002	Memphis Mercury
2003	New York Power	13	(3)
2008–2010	Newcastle Jets	7	(1)
National team‡
1994–2009	Australia[1]	151	(38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2011

Biography

She most recently played as a defender for the New York Power in the WUSA and for the Newcastle United Jets in the W-League. She went on to become coach of the Broadmeadow Magic team in the Northern NSW Herald Women's Premier League competition.

Salisbury was captain of the Australian female national team, the Matildas. She is Australia's 3rd highest female international goalscorer of all time with 38 goals in representative fixtures, behind Lisa De Vanna on 47 and Kate Gill 41. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals, which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics – in the 1–1 draw against USA. In 1999, Salisbury and 12 teammates posed for a nude calendar photoshoot to raise money for the national women's football team.

On 27 January 2009, she announced she would retire after the game against Italy at Parramatta Stadium. The game finished as a 2–2 draw, with Salisbury scoring a penalty. The veteran of 151 international appearances received a standing ovation as she was substituted with six minutes remaining.[2]

In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category.[3]

In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the PFA.[4]

In 2019, it was announced that she would become the first women's footballer to be inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[5]

Honours

Country

Australia

• OFC Women's Nations Cup: 1994, 1998, 2003

References

External links

• Cheryl Salisbury – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Cheryl Salisbury at Aussie Footballers
• Profile at Women's United Soccer Association

На других языках

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[de] Cheryl Salisbury

Cheryl Ann Salisbury (* 8. März 1974 in Newcastle, New South Wales) ist eine ehemalige australische Fußballnationalspielerin. Sie spielte von 1994 bis 2009 für die Australische Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen, deren Mannschaftskapitänin sie von 2003 bis zu ihrem Karriereende war. Sie hat die meisten Länderspiele aller australischen Fußballspieler bestritten und konnte auf allen Positionen spielen, gab ihrer Mannschaft aber als Außenverteidigerin die meisten Impulse.[1] Salisbury nahm mit Australien an den Weltmeisterschaften 1995, 1999, 2003 und 2007 sowie den Olympischen Spielen 2000 und 2004 teil.

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- [en] Cheryl Salisbury

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[it] Cheryl Salisbury

Cheryl Ann Salisbury (Newcastle, 8 marzo 1974) è un'ex calciatrice australiana, già capitano della nazionale di calcio femminile dell'Australia, della quale detiene, al novembre 2014, i record per presenze e reti siglate.

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