Amber Neilson (born 14 December 1984) is an

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retired

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played for

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from the Australi ...

in the Australian W-League.

Playing career

Club career

Neilson played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League. Neilson retired from football after the final game of the 2010–11 W-League season. Before the 2014 season, Neilson came out of retirement, re-signing with

. At the end of the season she returned to retirement.

International career

She played three matches at the

2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship The 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was held from 17 August to 1 September. It was the first sanctioned youth tournament for women put together by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada. FIFA granted the tournament to Canada in March ...

in Canada. Neilson also represented

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at senior international level.Australia v Italy – Women's International Friendly
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* 1984 births Living people Australian women's soccer players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Newcastle Jets FC (women) players Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub