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Sarah Walsh 
Personal information Full name Sarah Walsh Date of birth 11 January 1983 Place of birth Camden, New South Wales, Australia Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Sydney FC Number 9 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† –2008 NSW Institute of Sport 2008 Pali Blues 0 (0) 2008–2009 Sydney FC 2 (0) 2009 Sky Blue FC 5 (1) 2009 Saint Louis Athletica 6 (0) 2009– Sydney FC 11 (8) National team‡ 2004– 
Australia62 (29) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2011Sarah Walsh (born 11 January 1983, in Camden, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) forward currently playing for Sydney FC of Australia's W-League and is a member of the Australia women's national association football team.
Walsh was selected in the first round of the Women's Professional Soccer league's international draft in 2009 by Sky Blue FC. On 26 June 2009, Walsh was dealt to the Saint Louis Athletica.[1][2] She had played in 5 games, 4 of them being starts (351 minutes) before being traded. She also added a goal and an assist for Sky Blue FC.
She has represented Australia at the 2004 Olympics, 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Walsh is also part of the Professional Footballers Association's Matildas Delegates’ Committee alongside Melissa Barbieri, Lauren Colthorpe, Heather Garriock and Kate McShea. On 20 January 2010, the Committee and Football Federation Australia announced a new pay deal for the Matildas to take them through to the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup football.[3]
In June 2011, Walsh was on the cover of the Australian FourFourTwo Magazine along with fellow Matildas Melissa Barbieri, Sam Kerr, Kyah Simon and Thea Slatyer.
Honours
Walsh playing for Australia
With Sydney FC:
- W-League Premiership: 2009
- W-League Championship: 2009
- With Australia
- AFC Women's Asian Cup Winners: 2010
References
- ^ "Sky Blue FC Acquires Hermann Trophy Winner Hanks, Brazilian Internationals Francielle and Renata Costa". Sky Blue FC. 26 June 2009. http://www.womensprosoccer.com/ny/news/press_releases/090626-trade. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Athletica missing key players in televised game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 18 July 2009. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/soccer/story/FC1FFB8BF6077A7E862575F7000F0FD0?OpenDocument. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Staff Writer (20 January 2010). "New Pay Deal Agreed For Matildas". FourFourTwo Australia. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/120853,new-pay-deal-agreed-for-matildas.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
External links
- Sarah Walsh – FIFA competition record
- Australia Football player profile
- Sydney FC player profile
- Saint Louis Athletica player profile
- Institute of Sport player profile
Australia squad – 2004 Summer Olympics (Women's Football) 
Australia squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Australia squad – 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup Winners (1st title) 1 Barbieri • 3 Reuter • 4 Polkinghorne • 5 Colthorpe • 6 Uzunlar • 7 Garriock • 9 Walsh • 10 Ledbrook • 11 De Vanna • 12 Gill • 13 Slatyer • 14 McCallum • 15 Shipard • 16 Kellond-Knight • 17 Simon • 18 Williams • 19 Khamis • 22 Kerr • 23 Carroll • 24 Butt • 25 Dumont • 27 Luik • 31 Allen • Coach: SermanniSydney FC W-League – current squad 
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