Danielle Margaret Small (born 7 February 1979) is a retired

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player, who played for

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in the Australian W-League. Small has represented Australia at the

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, the

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, and the

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. She played in the USA Collegiate NCAA Division One Soccer Competition finishing her career at

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in 2001, studying Exercise Physiology. Previous colleges include

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, Alabama, and

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. Small played two seasons in the U.S. WPSL, representing the

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, Mississippi in 1998, and the

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, New York in 2006. She completed a degree in Biomedical Science, Forensic Biology at The

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, Sydney in 2010. Small was married to cricketer

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. The couple met in 2000, got engaged in 2004 and were married from 2006 to 2009.

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Football Australia Profile

Sydney FC profile
1979 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Sydney FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players San Diego State University alumni University of Mobile alumni Phillips Haymakers women's soccer players University of Technology Sydney alumni Olympic soccer players of Australia Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australia women's international soccer players Soccer players from Sydney Women's association football midfielders San Diego State Aztecs women's soccer players Adirondack Lynx players Women's Premier Soccer League players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub