Laura Alleway

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Laura Alleway
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Alleway playing for Brisbane Roar in 2014
Personal information
Full name Laura Colleen Gloria Alleway
Date of birth (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Templestowe, Australia
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Melbourne Victory 17 (0)
2010–2012 Brisbane Roar 21 (1)
2012 Lincoln Ladies 3 (0)
2012–2015 Brisbane Roar 31 (0)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 11 (0)
2016– Orlando Pride 5 (0)
International career‡
2010– Australia 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2016

Laura Colleen Gloria Alleway (born 28 November 1989) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays for Orlando Pride in the NWSL.[1] She made her debut for the national team in 2010.

Club career

Melbourne Victory, 2008–2010

Alleway played as a defender for Melbourne Victory in the first two seasons of Australia's W-League. The Victory finished 5th in the 8-team league both seasons, failing to make the finals.[2][3]

Brisbane Roar, 2010–2015

In Alleway's first season with Brisbane the team finished the regular season in second behind Sydney, but went on to defeat them in the Grand Final winning the title of league Champions.[4]

The team again finished second in the 2011-2012 season, but lost their Champions title to Canberra in the Grand Final.[5]

In January 2012, at the end of the W-League season, Alleway and Collette McCallum joined English club Lincoln Ladies for the 2012 FA WSL season.[6] Alleway's move to Lincoln was derailed by visa problems in March 2012.[7]

Alleway returned to Brisbane for a third season in which the team won the title of Premiers as the highest ranked team at the end of the regular season. They were defeated by Sydney in the semi-finals.[8]

The 2013-2014 season saw the Roar concede the Grand Final to Alleway's former club, Melbourne Victory while the team failed to make the finals the following season finishing in 6th place.[9][10] During her time on the team, Alleway was a key player for Brisbane's defense appearing in 52 of the team's 67 matches.

Melbourne City, 2015–2016

In August 2015, Alleway signed with Melbourne City in the team's inaugural season.[11] The team finished the season undefeated winning both the premiership and the championship. Alleway played 857 minutes in 11 matches including 9 starts.[12] The defense conceded a total of only 5 goals in the regular season and the finals.[13]

Orlando Pride, 2015–

In March 2016, Alleway and Melbourne City teammate Steph Catley joined the NWSL's newest expansion club the Orlando Pride.[14] Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni gave Alleway her first cap for Australia when he was coach of the Matildas in 2010.[15] Alleway started all five of the team's first matches before a groin-injury put her on the sidelines for the sixth week of the season.

International Career

Senior national team debut, 2010

Alleway earned her first cap for the Matildas on March 6th, 2010, coming in as a substitute against DPR Korea in a friendly in preparation for the AFC Asia Women’s Championship. Australia won the match 3-2 with a last-minute goal from Kyah Simon.[16]

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Alleway was name to the Australian squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany. She played in only one game, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in a 2-1 victory over Norway in the final match of the group stage. This win allowed the Matildas to progress to the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Sweden.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Alleway started all 5 of Australia's games at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada for a total of 443 minutes of play. Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Japan.[17]

2016 Olympic Qualifiers

The Matilda's came out of the qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio undefeated and saw their FIFA ranking jump from 9th to 5th.[18] Alleway started in 4 of the 5 games sitting out only Australia's 9-0 route of Vietnam racking up 381 minutes of play.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 April 2015 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 21 May 2015 Jubilee Oval, Sydney, Australia  Vietnam 3–0 11–0 Friendly

Honours

Individual

Club

Brisbane Roar
Melbourne City

Personal Life

Alleway enjoys surfing and has a pet dog.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brisbane Roar FC profile
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