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Clare Wheeler (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian association football player who currently plays for Everton in the English FA WSL on loan from Fortuna Hjørring of the Danish Elitedivisionen. She has represented Australia on the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team.[1]

Clare Wheeler

Personal information
Full name	Clare Wheeler
Date of birth	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Coffs Harbour, Australia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Everton (on loan from Fortuna Hjørring)
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2020	Newcastle Jets	67	(0)
2020–2021	Sydney FC	12	(4)
2021–	Fortuna Hjørring	26	(2)
2022–	→ Everton (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2015–	Australia U20	10	(1)
2021–	Australia	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022

Early life

Wheeler began playing soccer at age ten for a local club, the Adamstown Rosebud.[2] At the age of 13, she was selected for the state youth league, Northern NSW.[2] She was later selected for the Emerging Jets Program.[2]

Club

Newcastle Jets

In 2013 at the age of 15, Wheeler was selected to play for the Newcastle Jets for the 2013–14 Newcastle Jets W-League season.[2][3] She made six appearances for the club playing primarily as a defender.[4] The Jets finished in last place during the regular season with a 0–11–1 record.[5] During the 2014 season, Wheeler made five appearances.[4] The Jets finished in fifth place with a 5–5–2 record.[6][7]

During the 2015-16 season, Wheeler made 11 appearances for the Jets.[4] The club finished in sixth place with a 3–5–4 record.[8] Returning to the Jets for the 2016-17 season, Wheeler made appearances in 11 of the 12 regular season matches.[4] The Jets finished the season in fifth place with a 4–5–3 record.[9]

Sydney FC

Wheeler left Newcastle Jets to join Sydney FC ahead of the 2020–21 W-League season.[10]

Fortuna Hjørring

In June 2021, Wheeler left Australia to join Danish champions Fortuna Hjørring.[11]

Loan to Everton

In August 2022, Wheeler was loaned to English club Everton.[12]

International career

In 2015, Wheeler was selected for the Young Matildas (under-20 national team) to compete at the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship tournament in China.[13][14]

In 2021, Wheeler made her debut for the senior team in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 October 2021[16]

Club	Season	League			Cup1		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle Jets	2013–14	A-League Women	6	0	—		—		6	0
	2014–15		5	0	—		—		5	0
	2015–16		11	0	—		—		11	0
	2016–17		11	0	—		—		11	0
	2017–18		11	0	—		—		11	0
	2018–19		12	0	—		—		12	0
	2019–20		11	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		67	0	—		—		67	0
Sydney FC	2020–21	A-League Women	12	4	—		—		12	4
Fortuna Hjørring	2021–22	Elitedivisionen	21	2	5	0	—		26	2
Career total			100	6	5	0	0	0	105	6

¹Danish Cup.

International

As of match played 23 October 2021[16]

Australia
Year	Apps	Goals
2021	2	0
Total	2	0

References

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