Grace Maher
{{short description|Australian football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Grace Maher
| image =Grace Maher Canberra United (48781007366) (cropped).jpg
| fullname = Grace Maher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|18}}
| birth_place = Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
| height =
| currentclub = Western United
| clubnumber = 18
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1= 2015–2018
| clubs1= Canberra United
| caps1= 28
| goals1 = 5
| years2= 2018–2019
| clubs2= Melbourne Victory
| caps2= 8
| goals2 = 1
| years3= 2019
| clubs3= KR
| caps3= 17
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2019–2020
| clubs4 = Melbourne Victory
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 0
| years5= 2020–2023
| clubs5= Canberra United
| caps5= 42
| goals5 = 8
| years6= 2023–
| clubs6= Western United
| caps6= 23
| goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1= 2016–
| nationalteam1= Australia U20
| nationalcaps1= 13
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| pcupdate = 27 May 2024
| ntupdate = 29 October 2017
}}
Grace Maher (born 18 April 1999) is an Australian football player who currently plays for Western United in the Australian A-League Women.{{cite web|last1=Windon|first1=Jacob|title=Talented Australian midfielder heading to Iceland|url=https://www.myfootball.com.au/news/talented-australian-midfielder-heading-iceland|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=23 April 2019|date=23 April 2019}} She previously played for Melbourne Victory and Canberra United in the A-League Women and for KR in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.{{cite web|last1=Gaskin|first1=Lee|title=Canberra United signs 15-year-old Grace Maher as its youngest ever player in the W-League|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-united-signs-15yearold-grace-maher-as-its-youngest-ever-player-in-the-wleague-20140904-10c7xh.html|publisher=Canberra Times|accessdate=5 December 2015|date=4 September 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Gaskin|first1=Lee|title=Canberra United's youngest-ever player Grace Maher set to make her W-League debut|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/canberra-uniteds-youngestever-player-grace-maher-set-to-make-her-wleague-debut-20141016-116tx7.html|publisher=Canberra Times|accessdate=5 December 2015|date=16 October 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Gaskin|first1=Lee|title=Canberra United's teen debutant Grace Maher grabs W-League championship glory|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/canberra-uniteds-teen-debutant-grace-maher-grabs-wleague-championship-glory-20141221-12bml0.html|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=5 December 2015|date=21 December 2014}}
Club career
In 2014, at the age of 15 Maher signed with Canberra United in the Australian W-League . At the time she was the youngest player to ever sign with a W-League team. She was in the starting lineup for the 2014 Grand Final, helping Canberra defeat Perth 3–1.{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/news/grace-maher-makes-victory-switch|title=Grace Maher makes Victory switch|accessdate=October 3, 2018|date=September 23, 2018}} In four seasons at Canberra, Maher made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/grace-maher/374833/|title=G.Maher|accessdate=October 3, 2018}}
Maher signed with Melbourne Victory for the 2018–19 W-League season.
In September 2020, after two seasons with Melbourne Victory, Maher returned to Canberra United.{{cite news|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6917684/maher-returns-to-canberra-as-first-united-signing/|title=Grace Maher returns to Canberra United for W-League 2020-21|first=Lucie|last=Bertoldo|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=10 September 2020}}
In August 2023, Maher returned to Melbourne, joining Western United.{{cite web|url=https://wufc.com.au/news/western-united-snaps-up-top-a-league-women-talent-grace-maher|title=Western United snaps up top A-League Women talent Grace Maher|first=Nick|last=Hughes|website=Western United|date=4 August 2023}}
International
Maher has played for the Young Matildas, and was called up to the Australia women's national team for a training camp in Australia ahead of the 2017 Algarve Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/canberra-uniteds-grace-maher-on-the-cusp-of-matildas-dream-after-australian-selection-20170213-gubswg.html|title=Canberra United's Grace Maher on the cusp of Matildas dream after Australian selection|accessdate=October 3, 2018|date=February 13, 2017}}
Honors
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|grace-maher/374833}}
- {{Twitter}}
{{Western United FC (A-League Women) squad}}
{{2023–24 A-League Women PFA Team of the Season}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Grace}}
Category:Australian women's soccer players
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Canberra United FC players
Category:Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
Category:Western United FC (women) players
Category:Sportspeople from Dubbo
Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales
Category:Soccer players from New South Wales
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