Jada Mathyssen-Whyman is an Australian

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player who plays as a goalkeeper for Sydney FC Women team in the W-League.

Early life

Whyman is of Indigenous Australian heritage, with ancestry from the Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta peoples. Whyman grew up in Wagga Wagga before moving to

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and later

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, where she attended Westfields Sports High School. She travelled from Wagga Wagga to both Sydney and Canberra regularly until late 2013 when she moved to the Australian Capital Territory.

Playing career

Club

Whyman's first club in Sydney was Macarthur Rams, joining the club in 2013 whilst still living in Wagga Wagga. In August 2015, Whyman signed to play for Western Sydney Wanderers in the

2015–16 W-League The 2015–16 W-League season was the eighth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. On 13 May 2015, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would join the league for the 2015–16 season. Leagu ...

, and made seven appearances in her debut season. She suffered a torn thigh in a game against Newcastle Jets, causing her to miss much of the season.

International

Whyman was first called up to the Australian under-17 team in 2013 for the

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, aged thirteen. She made her debut for Australia under-20 in a 2–0 win over Uzbekistan in the group stage of the

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of ...

. She was subsequently selected in a squad for the Senior national team who would be playing two friendlies against France and England in October 2018.

Honours

Individual

*National Premier Leagues NSW Goalkeeper of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2018 *Westfield W-League - Western Sydney Wanderers FC: Player of the Year 2017/18 *Westfield W-League - Western Sydney Wanderers FC: Members' Player of the Year 2017/18, 2018/19

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathyssen-Whyman, Jada Living people Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga Indigenous Australian soccer players Wiradjuri people Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Women's association football goalkeepers Australian women's soccer players 1999 births Yorta Yorta people Sportswomen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales