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Cheryl Salisbury
Salisbury with Australia in 2009
Personal information
Full name Cheryl Ann Salisbury[1]
Date of birth (1974-03-08) 8 March 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Newcastle, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position 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)
International career‡
1994–2009 Australia[2] 151 (38)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 March 2009
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 July 2011

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

Biography

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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.[citation needed]

Salisbury was captain of the Australian female national team, the Matildas from 2003 until she retired in 2009.[3] As at February 2025, she is Australia's fourth equal highest female international goalscorer, with 38 goals in representative fixtures. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals[citation needed], which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1999, Salisbury and 12 teammates posed for a nude calendar photoshoot to raise money for the national women's football team.[citation needed]

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.[4]

In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category.[5]

In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the Professional Footballers Australia,[6] and in 2019 she became the first women's footballer to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[7]

Honours

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Country

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Australia

International goals

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Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 October 1994 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea ?–0 7–0 1994 OFC Women's Championship
2. ?–0
3. 19 October 1994  Papua New Guinea ?–0 4–0
8. 24 August 1997 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–1 5–1 Friendly
9. 4–1
10. 19 November 1997 Newcastle, Australia  China 2–0 2–0
11. 9 October 1998 Auckland, New Zealand  American Samoa 4–0 21–0 1998 OFC Women's Championship
12. 10–0
13. 14–0
14. 17–0
15. 19–0
16. 11 October 1998  Papua New Guinea 5–0 8–0
17. 6–0
18. 7–0
19. 15 October 1998  Fiji 17–0 17–0
20. 8 January 1999 Sydney, Australia  Italy 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) 1999 Australia Cup
21. 13 January 1999 Canberra, Australia  Italy 1–0 1–0
22. 26 June 1999 East Rutherford, United States  China 1–2 1–3 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
23. 31 October 1999 Xiamen, China  China 2–4 2–4 Friendly
24. 16 September 2000 Sydney, Australia  Sweden 1–1 1–1 2000 Summer Olympics
25. 11 January 2001 Coffs Harbour, Australia  France 2–0 2–1 2001 Australia Cup
26. 9 April 2003 Canberra, Australia  Papua New Guinea 3–0 13–0 2003 OFC Women's Championship
27. 12–0
28. 6 September 2003 Livingston, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
29. 1 February 2005 Quanzhou, China  Russia 5–0 5–0 2005 Four Nations Tournament
30. 25 May 2006 Melbourne, Australia  Mexico 2–1 2–1 Friendly
31. 7 April 2007 Coffs Harbour, Australia  Hong Kong 14–0 15–0 2008 Summer Olympics qualification
32. 15–0
33. 15 April 2007 Taipei, Taiwan  Chinese Taipei 9–0 10–0
34. 20 September 2007 Chengdu, China  Canada 2–2 2–2 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
35. 5 March 2008 Sunshine Coast, Australia  New Zealand 2–2 4–2 Friendly
36. 3–2
37. 27 April 2008 Cary, United States  United States 2–2 2–2
38. 31 January 2009 Sydney, Australia  Italy 2–1 2–2

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 September 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 8 July 2011. p. 54. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Cheryl Salisbury". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021. She captained the Matildas for seven years from 2003 until she retired in 2009
  4. ^ "Matilda Cheryl Says Goodbye - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate Football Website". FourFourTwo Australia. Au.fourfourtwo.com. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ FourFourTwo - Football Honours Its Past Greats
  6. ^ "Matildas legend Salisbury honoured by PFA". The World Game. SBS. 16 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Salisbury set to become first female footballer in Sport Australia Hall of Fame". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. ^ "NSWIS alumni celebrated on new River Class ferries". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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