Sam Kerr

Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Chelsea in the English FA Women's Super League. She is the current captain of the Australia women's national soccer team (the Matildas). As of 2021, Kerr is the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States and previously held the record in the Australian W-League.

Kerr started her career at age 15 with Perth Glory where she played from 2008 to 2012, before transferring to Sydney FC. In 2013, she joined the Western New York Flash for the inaugural season of the NWSL and helped lead the team to win the NWSL Shield. She later played for Sky Blue FC and the Chicago Red Stars in the same league. Kerr earned her first senior international cap in 2009 at the age of 15 and has represented Australia at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup tournaments. On the world stage, she has been in the Australian squad since 2009 and competed at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Kerr was awarded the 2017 Julie Dolan Medal as the best player in Australia and is a four-time recipient of the PFA's Women's Footballer of the Year Award. She is the first Australian women's footballer to be named to the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, having been nominated in 2018 and 2019. Named International Player of the Year by the Football Media Association (FMA) in 2013 and 2014, Kerr was named the 2018 Young Australian of the Year. The same year, she received the ESPY Award for Best International Women's Soccer Player. In 2019, she became the first Australian player — male or female — to score a hat trick at a World Cup tournament.

Kerr is known for her "speed, skill, tenacity," and backflip goal celebrations.

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