Victoria Balomenos

{{short description|Australian football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Victoria Balomenos

| image = Victoriabalomenos adelaide.JPG

| image_size = 180px

| caption = Balomenos in action for Adelaide United

| fullname = Victoria Balomenos

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|14}}

| birth_place = Ashford, South Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.60|precision=0}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = West Adelaide

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Adelaide City

| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2002–2008

| clubs2 = Adelaide Sensation

| caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = Adelaide United

| caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = Adelaide United

| caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2012

| clubs5 = Sydney FC

| caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| pcupdate = 2 October 2017

| ntupdate = 3 July 2011

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalyears1 = 2007–08

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 5

}}

Victoria Balomenos (born 14 February 1988 in Ashford, South Australia{{cite web|title=Athlete Profile – Victoria Balomenos |publisher=Australian Institute of Sport |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/football_women/athletes/profiles/victoria_balomenos |access-date=23 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010121906/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/football_women/athletes/profiles/victoria_balomenos |archive-date=10 October 2008 }}) is an Australian soccer player who played for Australian W-League teams Adelaide United and Sydney FC.{{Cite web |title=Player profile – Victoria Balomenos |url=http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=492&tid=265 |access-date=23 February 2009 |publisher=Adelaide United FC}} Balomenos played nine times for the Australia women's national soccer team.

Club career

=Adelaide United=

Balomenos sat out the second season of the W-League due to a knee re-construction.{{Cite web |url=http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_newsdisplay&id=36395 |title=Arrivals and departures for Season 3 |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220015025/http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_newsdisplay&id=36395|publisher=Adelaide United FC |archive-date=20 February 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} She re-signed with Adelaide United the following season,{{cite web|url=http://thewomensgame.com/2010/10/lady-reds-announced/|title=Lady Reds announced|work=The Women's Game|date=October 2010}} and on 7 November 2010 she returned to W-League football against Newcastle Jets.{{Cite web |last=Gagliardi |first=Lee |date=6 November 2010 |title=Jets make winning start |url=https://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=36469 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219183015/https://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=36469 |archive-date=19 February 2011 |access-date=2020-11-23 |website=A-League.com.au|publisher=Football Federation Australia|agency=Sportal}}{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=Duane |date=10 November 2010 |title=Eyes on the Matildas |work=Guardian Messenger}}

International career

Balomenos played nine matches for the Australian national team, the Matildas, in 2007 and 2008.{{Cite book|chapter=Player Records - appearance and goal statistics for the Westfield Matildas|title=Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011™ |first=Andrew|last=Howe|page=53|publisher=Football Federation Australia|via=WomenSoccer.com.au|url=http://www.womensoccer.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/australia_wwc_media_guide_2011-updated08jul11.pdf

|access-date=2020-11-23}}

Honours

=International=

References

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See also