Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chelsie Dawber | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Australia | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Adelaide United | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2017 | SA NTC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Adelaide United | 42 | (17) |
2018–2020 | → Adelaide City (loan) | 46 | (76) |
2022–2023 | Chicago Red Stars | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Adelaide United (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2023 | → Norrköping (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2023– | Adelaide United | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
Australia U17 | |||
2022– | Australia U23 | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023 |
Chelsie Dawber (born 12 January 2000) is an Australian professional women's football player. She plays for Adelaide United in the A-League Women.
Club career
In 2016, Dawber suffered a serious head injury while playing indoor soccer. This injury kept her out of the game for one year.[1]
Adelaide United
In 2017, Dawber joined her first club, Adelaide United in the W-League. She made her debut on 3 November 2017 in a 2–1 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers coming on as a substitute for Emily Condon.
In the 2021/22 season, Dawber had a breakout year for the Reds, scoring 10 goals. This helped place Adelaide into their first ever finals campaign.
Dawber finished sixth in the A-League Women's Julie Dolan Medal, an award given to the best performer throughout the season. She finished on 13 votes, with teammate Fiona Worts collecting the award.
Adelaide City
In 2020, Dawber scored a record 31 goals in 11 games for Adelaide City in the Women's National Premier League. Her team would go on to win the cup that season, but lose 2–1 to Metro United in the grand final.
In 2021, Dawber won the Women's National Premier League most prestigious award, the Shirley Brown Medal with 23 votes.
Chicago Red Stars
On 6 April 2022, it was announced Dawber had signed for Chicago Red Stars.[2] In November 2022, Dawber returned to Adelaide United on loan for the 2022–23 A-League Women season.[3] In March 2023, Dawber was recalled early from her loan to be loaned to Swedish club Norrköping for the 2023 Damallsvenskan season.[4]
Return to Adelaide United
In November 2023, Dawber returned to Adelaide United, signing a contract until the end of the 2023–24 A-League Women season.[5]
International career
Australia U17
In 2014, Dawber was selected to represent Australia with the Mini Matildas
Australia U23
In July 2022, Dawber was selected to join the Australian U23 team in the Philippines for the AFC tournament.
Australia U20
On 16 March 2018, Dawber was selected to join the Young Matildas.[6]
Club statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 |
Career total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
References
- ↑ Monteverde, Marco (16 December 2020). "A-League and W-League players to be taught how to respond to a concussion event". Perth Now. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ↑ "Dawber joins Chicago Red Stars". Adelaide United. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ↑ "Chelsie Dawber returns to Reds". Adelaide United. 11 November 2022.
- ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Recall and Loan Chelsie Dawber to IFK Norrköping". Chicago Red Stars. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ↑ "Dawber returns to the Reds". Adelaide United. 18 November 2023.
- ↑ "Dawber Selected For Westfield Young Matildas". Adelaide City. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
External links
- Chelsie Dawber Archived 1 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine AdelaideUnited.com.au
- Chelsie Dawber at Soccerway