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

;Canberra United

References

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