Caitlin Cooper (born 12 February 1988) is an Australian

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player, who plays for the

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in the Australian W-League. She has previously played for

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

and

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

Club career

Central Coast Mariners, 2008–2010

Cooper was the inaugural captain for the Mariners and she made her debut against

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 ...

on Saturday, 25 October 2008.

Canberra United, 2010–2013

In three season at

, Cooper appeared in 34 games and scored 3 goals. In the 2011–12 season Canberra won the Premiership and the W-League Championship.

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2013–2017

Cooper joined the

ahead of the 2013–14 season. She made 40 appearances for the club over 4 seasons.

Sydney FC, 2017–2018

Cooper joined

ahead of the 2017–18 season. Sydney FC made it all the way to the 2018 Grand Final, where they lost to Melbourne City 2–0.

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2018–present

Cooper would return to the Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 season. Cooper was crowned the W-League team's Wanderers Medal for Player of the Year in 2021 and was also named the club's W-League Members’ Player of the Year in 2021 after impressive performances in every single match this season. Cooper currently holds the all time games record for the Wanderers.

International career

Cooper made her debut for the

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in 2007 in a 2008 Olympic Qualifying game against Hong Kong. Her next call-up did not occur until June 2012. Cooper was part of the Matildas squad that won the 2017 Tournament of Nations and defeated the

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for the first time ever. In April 2018, Cooper was named to the Australian team for the

2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally schedul ...

, but she did not appear in any games. Australia finished Runner-up to Japan and qualified for the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...

. In May 2021, Cooper was recalled to the Matildas camp and was then selected in the 25 person squad for the Matildas friendlies with Denmark and Sweden ahead of the 2022 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Honours

Club

;

* W-League Championship: 2011–12 * W-League Premiership: 2011–12

International

* AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

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Tournament of Nations The Tournament of Nations was a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer in non-World Cup and non-Olympic years hosted by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) in several American cities. The inaugural tournament ...

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Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Caitlin 1988 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Central Coast Mariners FC (A-League Women) players Canberra United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Sydney FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Women's association football defenders People from the Mid North Coast Sportswomen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales Australia women's international soccer players 21st-century Australian women