Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974) is a former

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player who represented

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internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151

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Biography

She most recently played as a defender for the

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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. Salisbury was captain of the Australian female national team, the Matildas. She is Australia's 3rd highest female international goalscorer of all time with 38 goals in representative fixtures, behind Lisa De Vanna on 47 and Kate Gill 41. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals, which she achieved during the

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– in the 1–1 draw against USA. In 1999, Salisbury and 12 teammates posed for a

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photoshoot to raise money for the national women's football team. On 27 January 2009, she announced she would retire after the game against Italy at

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. The game finished as a 2–2 draw, with Salisbury scoring a

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. The veteran of 151 international appearances received a standing ovation as she was substituted with six minutes remaining. In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the

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, in the Hall of Champions category. In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the PFA. In 2019, it was announced that she would become the first women's footballer to be inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Honours

Country

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, 1998,

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References

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1974 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport soccer players Australian women's soccer players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Australia 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's United Soccer Association players New York Power players Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) players FIFA Century Club USL W-League (1995–2015) players Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki players Nadeshiko League players Australian expatriate women's soccer players Australia women's international soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Bunnys Kyoto SC players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan People educated at Newcastle Boys' High School Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Women's association football defenders Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Sportswomen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub