Elise Kellond-Knight (born 10 August 1990) is an Australian international

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player, who plays for

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in the

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and the Australian national team. Kellond-Knight is a left footed set piece specialist.

Club career

At the annual Westfield W-League awards dinner in 2009, Kellond-Knight was jointly awarded the Young Player of the Year Award with

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. After leaving

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

at the end of 2017, Kellond-Knight was hoping to join the

Reign FC OL Reign is an American professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Bill and Teresa Predmore in 2012 as Seattle Reign FC, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2020, ...

in the NWSL, however a discovery claim by the

North Carolina Courage The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acquired National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise rights from the Western New York F ...

prevented her from joining the Reign. In April 2018, she signed a short-term deal with Hammarby in the

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

. In June she extended her contract through the end of the season. Kellond-Knight signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.

announced on September 24, 2018, that Kellond-Knight had signed with them for the 2019 NWSL season. On July 15, 2019, Kellond-Knight was traded to

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

in exchange for

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. On October 26, 2019, Kellond-Knight returned to

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

. In November 2022, Kellond-Knight returned to Australia, joining reigning champions

International career

For her performances at the

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and

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

, Kellond-Knight was named as part of the All Star Teams for both tournaments. During a match against Brazil in the 2016 Olympics, a moment of Kellond-Knight and her teammate

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went viral when during a short break, De Vanna absentmindedly tried to drink from the wrong end of a water bottle, prompting Kellond-Knight to quickly flip it in her hand. On October 9, 2018, Kellond-Knight earned her 100th cap for

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in a friendly against

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, which ended in a 1–1 draw. At the 2019 Women's World Cup, she scored a goal directly from a corner kick in the Round of 16 match against

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. Kellond-Knight was selected for the Australian women's football Matildas soccer team which qualified for the

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. The Matildas advanced to the quarter-finals with one victory and a draw in the group play. In the quarter-finals they beat

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4-3 after extra time. However, they lost 1–0 to

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in the semi-final and were then beaten 4–3 in the bronze medal playoff by USA. Full details.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Club

;

: * W-League Championship: 2008–09, 2010–11 * W-League Premiership: 2008–09 2015-09-13 1

International

;

AFC Women's Asian Cup The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football ...

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AFF Women's Championship The AFF Women's Championship is the competition in women's football organised by the ASEAN Football Federation, contested by the national teams of nations in Southeast Asia and Australia. The official tournament started in 2004, hosted by Vie ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

* AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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 ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

FFA Cup of Nations The Cup of Nations is an invitational women's soccer tournament held early in the year in Australia. In the first edition (in 2019), it was contested by Australia, Argentina, South Korea, and New Zealand. On 12 January 2023, Football Australia ...

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Individual

* W-League Young Player of the Year:

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FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...

All-Star Team:

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* FFA Female Footballer of the Year: 2011

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellond-Knight, Elise 1990 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Australia women's international soccer players A-League Women players 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Fortuna Hjørring players Iga FC Kunoichi players Nadeshiko League players Australian expatriate women's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Soccer players from Queensland Women's association football midfielders Olympic soccer players of Australia FIFA Century Club OL Reign players Washington Spirit players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players National Women's Soccer League players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Damallsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Sportswomen from Queensland