Sonia Gegenhuber
{{Short description|Australian soccer player (born 1970)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
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Sonia Gegenhuber is a retired Australian soccer player who played 75 times (including 60 full international matches) for Australia and was a national captain.
Early life
Gegenhuber grew up in Mannum, South Australia where she began playing soccer alongside her three brothers.{{Cite news |last=Strathearn |first=Peri |date=4 May 2018 |title=Mannum's Sonia Gegenhuber, soccer star with Matildas, goes into FFA Hall of Fame |language=en |work=The Murray Valley Standard |publisher=Fairfax Media|location=Murray Bridge, South Australia|url=https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/5382186/mannums-sonia-gegenhuber-soccer-star-with-matildas-goes-into-ffa-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Strathearn |first=Peri |date=22 October 2019 |title=Mannum celebrates 50 years since high school's founding |language=en |work=The Murray Valley Standard|publisher=Fairfax Media|location=Murray Bridge, South Australia|url=https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/6452675/mannum-celebrates-50-years-since-high-schools-founding/ |access-date=30 June 2020}}
Playing career
After spending time playing in Adelaide for Brahma Lodge, Gegenhuber moved to Queensland. She had stints with Coalstars, Eastern Suburbs and QAS Sting.{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Johnny |date=19 May 1991 |title=First step on road to Games |language=en |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/120203989/ |access-date=30 June 2020|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}
Gegenhuber made her debut for Australia in 1989. At the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, she made two appearances. She made her final appearance for Australia in 1999, have made 75 appearances, including 60 in full international matches.{{cite web | url=http://www.womensoccer.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/australia_wwc_media_guide_2011-updated08jul11.pdf | title=Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 | publisher=Football Federation Australia | access-date=22 April 2016 | author=Howe, Andrew | via=WomenSoccer.com.au}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=324/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164207/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=324/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2015 |title=Sonia Gegenhuber |access-date=22 February 2017 |publisher=FIFA}}
Honours
In 2013, Football Federation Australia named Gegenhuber as part their women's team of the decade for the years 1990 to 1999.{{cite web | url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/teams-of-the-decades--womens-1990-1999/pl7vnjs8llck17rm072fxhckm | title=Teams of the Decades - Women's 1990-1999 | publisher=Football Federation Australia | access-date=5 October 2016}}
In 2018, she was inducted into the FFA Hall of Fame.
2000 Australian Sports Medal
References
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{{Australia squad 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Australia squad 1998 OFC Women's Championship}}
{{Australia squad 1994 OFC Women's Championship}}
{{Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Australian women's soccer players
Category:1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Australia women's international soccer players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Sportswomen from South Australia
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