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

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played as a striker. She made 51 appearances and scored five goals in the

A-League Women A-League Women (currently known as the Ninja 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 Fe ...

(previously known as the W-League) for Melbourne City and

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

Playing career

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

Liverpool, New South Wales Liverpool is a suburb of South Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, south-west of the Sydney CBD. It is the administrative seat of the City of Liverpool and is in the Cumberland Plain. History Indigenous Before Bri ...

. She then joined

Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football 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 Marc ...

- where she made a name for herself in the NSW Premier League. After nine years with the Stallions, she signed her first W-League contract with

in 2012. Petinos made her debut for the Western Sydney Wanderers on 17 November 2013 in a match against

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and the only club not affiliated with ...

. 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 Novembe ...

season, scoring a single goal during a 3–0 win against

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

on 14 December 2013. During the 2014–15 W-League season, Petinos made 12 appearances and scored two 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 Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...

midfielder

Anthony Cáceres Anthony Richard Caceres (; born 29 September 1992) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Sydney FC and the Australia men's national team. Career Central Coast Mariners Caceres made his A-League debut for the Ce ...

(married 2 June 2018) whom she met at

Westfields Sports High School Westfields Sports High School (abbreviated as WSHS) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Mixed-sex school, co-educational Comprehensive education, comprehensive and specialist secondary school, secondary day school, ...

. She is of Greek descent. They are the first wife and husband to play at the same club in the

A-Leagues The Australian Professional Leagues, officially abbreviated to the APL, and sometimes referred to as the A-Leagues, are the governing body for the A-League Men, A-League Women, A-League Youth and E-League. Since their formation, they have been ...

References

External links

Western Sydney Wanderers player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caceres, Helen 1993 births Living people Australian women's soccer players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) players Melbourne City FC (women) players Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople 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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