Clare Josephine Hunt (born 12 March 1999) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Australia national team. She has also played for the

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, Wanderers, or simply as WSW) is an Australian professional association football club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in t ...

in the

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, where she served as the club

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, and for

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Early life

Clare Hunt grew up in

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. She joined the Canberra United Academy at 15. Her older brother,

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plays for the

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and her younger sister, Anna has represented the Matildas at a junior level. Hunt attended Henry Lawson High School in Grenfell.

Club career

Canberra United

Hunt joined Canberra United from Canberra Croatia FC in October 2016. In November 2016, Hunt made her debut for the club in a 5–2 win against

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, coming off the bench in the 59th minute.

Western Sydney Wanderers

She has been under contract with Western Sydney Wanderers since September 2021. In December 2021, Hunt made her debut for

club

in a 0–0 draw with

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Paris Saint-Germain

On 15 September 2023, Hunt joined French club

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for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 16 August 2024, Hunt joined WSL club

on a three-year contract. Hunt scored her first goal for Tottenham in a 3–2 loss at home to

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on 6 October 2024. Her second goal for Tottenham also came against Liverpool on 28 April 2025 in a 2–2 draw away.

International career

Hunt made her debut for the Australia national team on 16 February 2023 in a 4–0 win over

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in the Cup of Nations, where she came on as a second-half substitute for

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. She was also used in two other games in the tournament, as well as two other friendlies in April. In 3 July 2023 she was selected for the 2023 World Cup squad. On 4 June 2024, Hunt was named in the Matildas team which qualified for the

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, her debut Olympics selection. Later that year, she scored her debut goal for Australia in a 1–2 win against

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on 28 October in

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, Germany.

International goals

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain *

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: 2023–24

References

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