Sally Shipard

Sally Shipard

Sally Jean Shipard ( born October 20, 1987 in Tumut ) is an Australian football player. She plays for Canberra United and the Australian national team.

Career

Association

Shipard grew up in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales and began at the age of five years at their home club Wagga PCYC with the football games. 2009-2011 played the midfielder in the Australian W-League for Canberra United, and came in 2009 and 2010 with their team each in the top four. 2011, finally secured the team with a 3-2 final victory against Brisbane Roar the championship.

In early 2012, she signed a half year contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, where they in the away match against Turbine Potsdam made ​​its debut on 26 February 2012, and in all the remaining ten games of the season was used over the entire playing time. After the end of the Bundesliga season Shipard returned to Canberra.

National

Shipard belonged from 2004 to 2006 for the Australian U-20 national team, and participated in the U-19 World Cup in Thailand and 2006 as captain of the U- 20 World Cup in Russia with her in 2004.

In 2004 she debuted in the Australian national team and completed by mid-2011 in 57 games, while scoring four goals. At the Summer Olympics in Athens, she stood in all four games on the field and was also at the 2007 World Championships in China to the Australian squad. In 2010 she qualified with the team by winning the Asian Cup for the World Cup 2011 in Germany. There arrived at the Australians as in 2007, the second round, which it has mainly lost to Sweden.

Achievements

• W - League champions with Canberra United 2011/12
• Asia Champion 2010

Awards

• Player of the Year 2011 in Australia