Briar Palmer (born 1 July 1995) is a New Zealand

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

striker who plays for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

in the W-League, the top-division women's soccer league in Australia.

Playing career

Club

Palmer signed with

for the

2015–16 W-League The 2015–16 W-League season was the eighth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. On 13 May 2015, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would join the league for the 2015–16 season. Leagu ...

season. She made her debut for the club during the team's first match of the season on 17 October 2015. Palmer made eight appearances for the club with five starts during the

season. The Victory finished in ninth place with a record.

International

Palmer has represented New Zealand at the under-17 and under-20 levels, including at the

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions Sou ...

and

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. ...

. At the

2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament The 2012 OFC Under 17 tournament was the second edition of the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, which acted as the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier in the Oceania Football Confederation region. It took place from 9 to 14 Apri ...

, she scored two goals against Cook Islands helping New Zealand win 7–0.

References

External links

* * Living people 1995 births New Zealand women's association footballers Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Women's association football forwards {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub