Full name Emily Gielnik Years Team Current team Brisbane Roar FC Number 17 Height 1.83 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Emily Gielnik Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia | ||
Emily gielnik goal vs vietnam olympic qualifiers 2016
Emily Gielnik (born 13 May 1992) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Brisbane Roar. She has represented Australia on the Australia women's national soccer team.
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- Emily gielnik goal vs vietnam olympic qualifiers 2016
- Brisbane Roar 2009present
- Liverpool LFC and Ottawa Fury 20122013
- International
- International goals
- References
Brisbane Roar, 2009–present
Born in Melbourne of Croatian heritage, Gielnik moved to Queensland at the age of seven. After stopping basketball due to injuries she took up soccer and was eventually signed by Brisbane Roar for the second season of the W–League. At Brisbane she became recognised as a "super sub" for her knack of coming off the substitutes' bench to score late goals.
Liverpool LFC and Ottawa Fury, 2012–2013
In May 2012, Gielnik signed for English club Liverpool L.F.C., during the 2012 FA WSL season. In October 2012, she was one of ten players to be released by Liverpool's new manager Mark Beard. In 2013, Gielnik joined Ottawa Fury for their W-League season.
After the 2016 Olympics, Gielnik joined Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds.
International
Gielnik scored a hat-trick on her international debut for Australia Under 19s in October 2011. She made her first appearance for the senior Matildas team in a 3–0 friendly defeat to World champions Japan in Tokyo on 11 July 2012.
International goals
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.