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.
![]() Fowler playing for the Matildas against England | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mary Boio Fowler | ||
Date of birth | (2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Cairns, Australia | ||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
Club 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) |
National team‡ | |||
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 was born on 14 February 2003 in Cairns, Queensland.[2]
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]
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]
In June 2022, Fowler signed a four-year contract with English FA WSL club Manchester City.[5][6]
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]
Fowler was called up to the Australian squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]
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]
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]
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 |
1KNVB Women's Cup.
2UEFA Women's Champions League
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 | ![]() | 1–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
2. | 30 July 2021 | Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan | ![]() | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
3. | 21 September 2021 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
4. | 2–2 | |||||
5. | 23 October 2021 | Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
6. | 21 January 2022 | Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India | ![]() | 4–0 | 18–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
7. | 24 January 2022 | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
8. | 6 September 2022 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
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