Full name Tanya Helen Oxtoby Years Team Position Defender Number 13 Height 1.70 m | Playing position Role Soccer player Name Tanya Oxtoby | |
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Date of birth (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 33) Education John Curtin College of the Arts Current team Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. Profiles | ||
Place of birth Wickham, Australia | ||
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Tanya Helen Oxtoby (born 15 June 1982) is an Australian soccer coach. In February 2012 she signed as a player for English FA WSL team Doncaster Rovers Belles, after four seasons playing for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League. In July 2012 she agreed to manage Nottingham Forest Ladies, in addition to her playing duties with Doncaster.
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- Playing career
- Coaching career
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Playing career
Born in Wickham, Western Australia, Oxtoby began playing as an eight-year-old in the Pilbara town of Wickham, initially playing in a team coached by her father.
Between 1995 and 1999 she attended the Soccer Excellence Program at John Curtin College of the Arts. In 1999 Oxtoby was selected for the Australian Under–19 Schoolgirls team but did not make the touring squad to England.
In 2005 Oxtoby was appointed captain of the Western Waves in the Australian Women's National Soccer League.
In 2008, she was appointed captain of Perth Glory's women's team in the W-League. She was one of only a few players of Indigenous descent to play in the W-League.
In February 2009 she was named best player for the Glory, winning the Most Glorious Women's Player award. Oxtoby collected the same award for her performances in the 2011 season. Overall, she played 40 matches for the Glory between 2008 and 2012.
Oxtoby, who has dual English–Australian citizenship, joined Glory team mate Katie Holtham at Doncaster Rovers Belles for the 2012 FA WSL season.
Coaching career
In 2007 Oxtoby was appointed assistant coach of the Football West National Training Centre. During 2008 she was appointed Western Australia women's Under-15 coach.
In July 2012 Oxtoby was appointed manager and head coach of English FA Women's Premier League Northern Division club Nottingham Forest, a role she combined with playing for Doncaster in the FA WSL. In August 2013, Oxtoby accepted a coaching role with the reserve team of WSL club Lincoln Ladies before she returned to Australia in 2014 and set up her own coaching business.