Sharon Lee Black (born 4 April 1971) is an Australian former

soccer 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 played national league football in Australia and Denmark as well as representing

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at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament and the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...

. Her last club was Australian W-League team

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Playing career

Club career

Along with compatriot

Alison Forman Alison Leigh Forman (born 17 March 1969 in Maitland, New South Wales) is a retired Australian international soccer player. Among her accomplishments, Forman played for the Australia women's national soccer team at the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's ...

she appeared for Denmark's

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where they ...

in the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final.

International career

Black represented

61 times between 1991 and 2002. She represented the Australian national team at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament in Sydney and at the

in the United States.

Honours

In 2013, Black was named in the

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(FFA) Women's Team of the Decade 1990–99.

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Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players Australian women's soccer players 1971 births Living people Fortuna Hjørring players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic soccer players of Australia Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Soccer players from Adelaide Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub