Larissa Rose Crummer (born 10 January 1996) is a retired Australian professional

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who last played as a

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for Brann in the

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. She also played for Australia women's national team, also known as the Matildas. She previously played for W-League clubs Melbourne City,

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, and

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Early life

Raised in

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a suburb located in Australia's

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, Crummer began playing football at the age of 5. Crummer scored 12 goals at the national titles in 2011 and was a member of the Brisbane Premier League-winning team

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the same year. She was a student at the Kawana Waters State College Football School of Excellence.

Club career

Sydney FC

At the age of 16, Crummer made her professional debut for

during the 2012–13 season helping the team win the league championship playing primarily as a defender.

Brisbane Roar

The following season she returned to Queensland to play for

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for the 2013–14 season. She made 13 appearances for the club and scored one goal. The Roar finished fourth during the regular season with a record. The team advanced to the semi-finals where they defeated

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2–1 but were defeated 2–0 by

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in the Grand Final. Crummer returned to the Roar for the 2014 season and made ten appearances for the club. The team finished in sixth place during the regular season.

Melbourne City

In September 2015, Crummer signed with Melbourne City. During the team's first match of the season against Sydney FC, she scored the team's first-ever goal in the 11th minute and followed with another in the last six minutes of the first half for a 6–0 win. On 21 November, she scored a brace to help defeat her former team Brisbane Roar 4–0. On 6 December, she scored a brace against Melbourne Victory contributing to City's 4–0 win over the rival team and extending City's regular season record to . In May 2016 Crummer signed on loan at Victorian NPLW club Alamein FC. She returned to Melbourne City for the

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campaign, but after making only three appearances her season was cut short by a foot injury in January 2017. Crummer returned to Melbourne City for the

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season. She appeared in 8 games and scored 3 goals as Melbourne City won their third consecutive W-League Championship.

Seattle Reign FC

In January 2017, Crummer signed with

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, effective upon the conclusion of the

season. Due to injury she only appeared in four games for Seattle, scoring one goal. She was released by the club in February 2018.

Newcastle Jets

On 20 August 2018 Crummer signed a one-year contract to join the

for the 2018-19 W-League season. Despite deciding in October 2019, to rehabilitate from a leg break with Newcastle Jets, a month later, it was announced she would miss the

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season.

Return to Brisbane Roar

In February 2021, Crummer returned to

Brann

In March 2023, Crummer transferred to Norwegian club Brann. In March 2024, Following Brann's elimination against

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in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals, she announced her retirement from professional football.

International career

At the age of 14, Crummer was called up to the Young Matildas. She made her debut for the

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and scored her first international goal against the

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in March 2015. The same year, she was the youngest player on the team at the

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in Canada where she made two appearances for Australia. Crummer was again called in to the Matildas for the

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, but she suffered a knee injury during a training match prior to the competition and was replaced on the squad by

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. She recovered in time to be named to the Matildas' Olympic squad, where she made two appearances as a substitute. Crummer was named to the Australian squad for the

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, but she did not appear in any games. Australia finished Runner-up to

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, and qualified for the

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Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Club

;

* W-League Championship:

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; Melbourne City * W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 * W-League Premiership: 2015–16

Individual

* W-League Golden Boot: 2015–16 * W-League Young Player of the Year: 2015–16

References

External links

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Matildas player profile

Melbourne City player profile

Brisbane Roar player profile
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