Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold (born 25 February 1994) is an Australian professional

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who plays as a

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for West Ham United in the English

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and the Australia women's national team, the Matildas. She previously played for

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The w ...

in Norway's

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as well as Brisbane Roar,

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

, Western Sydney Wanderers, and

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

in Australia's W-League.

Early life

Born on the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

, Arnold attended

Palm Beach Currumbin High School Palm Beach Currumbin State High School (PBC High School or PBC) is an independent co-educational public school (government funded), in the Gold Coast suburb of Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. PBC is Queensland's southernmost coastal High sch ...

Club career

In 2012, Arnold joined

from

ahead of the

2012–13 W-League The 2012–13 W-League season was the fifth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football (soccer) competition. The season consisted of twelve matchdays followed by a finals series. This season saw the addition of a new tea ...

. Arnold joined Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013. However, she was later ruled out for a significant amount of the season after suffering a deep cut to the leg in the carpark following a match in the

2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2013 is the seventh edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was played from 11 to 20 October 2013. The top three teams (South Korea, North Korea, and China PR) qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's Wor ...

. Arnold returned to

in August 2014. Arnold was approached to switch codes and play

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in the newly formed AFL Women's in 2016, but chose to remain in soccer. In October 2016, Brisbane Roar announced that they had signed Arnold. In March 2018, she signed with

in the

. In July 2019, she played for the Chicago Red Stars, in the

NWSL The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

. On 9 July 2020, Arnold signed for English club West Ham United of the

FA Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

. On 18 April 2021, Arnold was handed a surprise 20-minute cameo in midfield during an 11–0 win over Chichester & Selsey in the fourth round of the

Women's FA Cup The Women's FA Challenge Cup Competition is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Vitality Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reas ...

International career

Arnold received her first call-up to the Australian national team for a tour of the United States in 2012. She made her debut in November that year, keeping a clean sheet in a win over

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in the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2. She soon began to feature regularly in national squads in 2013, with previous incumbent goalkeepers

Melissa Barbieri Melissa Anne Barbieri (born 20 February 1980) is an Australian international football goalkeeper who plays for Melbourne City in the A-League Women. She earned over 86 caps with the Australia women's national soccer team and competed at four ...

and Lydia Williams unavailable. Following their returns, Arnold was not included in the national setup for some time, before returning for the

2015 Cyprus Cup The 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015. Venues Squads Group stage Teams were placed into three gr ...

in March 2015. Mackenzie was included as one of three goalkeepers in the Matildas squad for the

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 ...

in Canada. Arnold was selected in the Australia squad for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

as one of two goalkeepers in the squad along with Lydia Williams. She played one match in the tournament, a group stage win over

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

. Arnold was named to the Matildas squad for the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It ...

in France. Arnold was a member of the

Matildas The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) si ...

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squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

International

Australia * AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

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* Cup of Nations:

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Club

; Brisbane Roar * W-League Premiership: 2017–18 ;

* W-League Premiership:

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Individual

* W-League Goalkeeper of the Year:

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& 2017-18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Mackenzie Living people 1994 births Australian women's soccer players Perth Glory FC (A-League Women) players Canberra United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football goalkeepers Olympic soccer players of Australia Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Soccer players from Queensland 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England West Ham United F.C. Women players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Australian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in England

Early life

Club career

International career

Career statistics

Club

Honours

International

Club

Individual

See also

References

Further reading

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