Teagan Jade Micah (born 20 October 1997) is an Australian international soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the

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and

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in Sweden's

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. In May 2019, Micah was named to the 23-player squad that will represent Australia at the

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Early life

Micah was born and raised in the

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town of Moe in regional Victoria, where she played in the junior system at local soccer club Moe United for three seasons. At the age of 10, she moved to

Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It also refers colloquially to the Redcliffe Peninsula as a whole, a peninsula jutting into Moreton Bay which contains several ...

, where she attended

Redcliffe State High School Redcliffe State High School is an independent co-educational public high school based in Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The school initially opened in 1958 on the eastern side of Oxley Avenue, with sporting facilities on the land adjacent ...

. She trained with the Goalkeeping Australia Academy from the age of thirteen, in addition to playing for the

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College career

In 2016, Micah received a full soccer scholarship to the

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. In her freshman season at UCLA, Micah played every minute of every game and became the first freshman goalkeeper to start UCLA's opening match since 2004. Micah earned nine shutouts over the course of the season and was named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week three times. In her sophomore season at UCLA, Micah played in all of UCLA's 25 games, including the College Cup final.

Club career

Brisbane Roar. 2013–15

Micah signed with the W-League's Brisbane Roar FC, aged 16. During her two years at the club she served as a back-up keeper.

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2015–16

She moved to the

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

for the 2015–16 W-League season. She made her W-League debut aged 18 and went on to appear 5 times for the Wanderes.

Melbourne Victory, 2019–20

Following her UCLA career Micah returned to the W-League for the 2019–20 season. She served as a backup keeper to fellow Matildas keeper

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Norway, 2020–21

Micah signed with Norwegian

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side

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 ...

ahead of the 2020 season. In November 2020, Micah returned to Australia for the European winter break, signing with Melbourne City. She returned to Norway and Arna-Bjørnar's rivals from

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IL Sandviken Idrettslaget Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood of Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for basketball, football and handball. It was mostly known for its women's football team that played in the To ...

, in May 2021.

Rosengård, 2021–

In August 2021, only a few months after joining

and following her playing at the

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, Micah joined Swedish club

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on a two-year contract.

International career

After stints with Australia's U-17 and U-20 national teams, Micah earned her first senior

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call-up for the 2017

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. She was again named to the national team roster for a friendly against the

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in April 2019. The following month, Teagan was announced as a member of Australia's squad for the

. As of May 2019, she has yet to make an appearance in goal for the senior national team. Micah was a member of the Matildas

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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

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Micah, Teagan 1997 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players UCLA Bruins women's soccer players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Arna-Bjørnar players Toppserien players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players SK Brann Kvinner players FC Rosengård players Women's association football goalkeepers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Australian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Australia Australia women's international soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden