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Meghan Archer 
Personal information Date of birth 9 October 1987 Place of birth Devonport, Tasmania, Australia Height 182 cm Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Melbourne Victory Number 2 Youth career Devonport City Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004 Devonport City 2005-2007 Heidelberg United 65 (19) 2005 Victoria Vision 5 (3) 2008 Ashburton 7 (4) 2008 Heidelberg United 15 (1) 2008– Melbourne Victory 3 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December 2008Meghan Archer (born 9 October 1987 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a female Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the W-League.
Meghan Archer began her career in her hometown of Devonport, playing senior football at a young age, notably scoring 25 goals for Devonport City as a 16-year-old in the 2004 Northern Premier League. In the same year, Meghan competed for Tasmania in the Under 17 National Championships, where she was identified as one of the players of the tournament, and invited by then NTC coach Harry Chalkitis to train with his squad in Melbourne.
After securing an NTC squad position, Archer relocated to Melbourne in 2005, where she played for Heidelberg United in the Victorian Premier League, making a total of 65 appearances and scoring 19 goals in her first three seasons at the club. In 2005, she appeared for Victoria Vision in what was the final season of the WNSL, scoring 3 goals in 5 games. In 2006, she won the Jane Oakleigh Award for Outstanding Achievement with the NTC, and was called up for training camps with the Young Matildas in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Meghan scored the second goal in Heidelberg United's 3-2 victory over Box Hill Inter in the Grand Final of the 2007 Victorian Premier League. She transferred to Ashburton in 2008, but after 4 goals in 7 appearances, returned to Heidelberg United, helping the club to its third successive grand final appearance.
With an impressive record at state league level, Archer was selected in the inaugural Melbourne Victory squad to compete in the newly formed W-League.
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Melbourne Victory FC W-League – current squad 1 Barbieri · 2 Mankowska · 3 Oostdam · 5 Bisby · 6 Ruyter-Hooley · 7 Veljanovska · 8 Mastrantonio · 9 Catley · 10 Taylor · 11 Fletcher · 12 Jackson · 13 Brown · 15 Niceski · 16 Koca · 17 Friend · 18 Hughson · 19 Barilla · 20 Davey · 30 Paul · Coach: Linton
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