Helen Caceres (née Petinos; born 15 June 1993) is an Australian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player, who currently plays for Melbourne City in the Australian W-League. She previously played for the

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

Playing career

Petinos grew up in Western Sydney, and played her junior football in her hometown of

Liverpool, New South Wales Liverpool is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately south-west of the Sydney CBD. Liverpool is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Liverpoo ...

. She then joined

Marconi Stallions FC Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...

- where she made a name for herself in the NSW Premier League. After nine years with the Stallions, she proceeded to sign her first

W-League (Australia) A-League Women (known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Federat ...

contract with the Western Sydney Wanderers in 2012. Petinos made her debut for the

on 17 November 2013 in a match against Canberra United. She made 11 appearances for the team during the

2013–14 W-League The 2013–14 W-League season was the sixth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season consisted of twelve matchdays followed by a finals series. The regular season started on 9 Novemb ...

season and scored 1 goal during a 3–0 win against Perth Glory on 14 December 2013. During the

2014–15 W-League The 2014 W-League season was the seventh season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The regular season started on 13 September 2014 and concluded on 7 December 2014. The Grand Final took place on ...

season, Petinos made 12 appearances and scored 2 goals. After spending four seasons at Western Sydney, as well as a year away from the W-League due to living overseas in United Arab Emirates, Petinos signed with Melbourne City for the

2018–19 W-League The 2018–19 W-League season was the eleventh season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players Th ...

season.

Personal life

Helen is married to Sydney FC midfielder Anthony Cáceres (married on 2 June 2018) whom she met at

Westfields Sports High School , motto_translation = Courage and Valour , established = , location = 406A Hamilton Road, Fairfield West, Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensive ...

. She is of Greek descent. They are the first wife and husband, to play at the same club in the A-League and the affiliated

References

External links

Western Sydney Wanderers player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caceres, Helen 1993 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Australian people of Greek descent Women's association football forwards Soccer players from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales

Playing career

Personal life

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