Beatrice "Beattie" Southby Goad (born 31 May 1997) is an Australian professional

soccer player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victo ...

. Previously, she has played in the Australian

A-League Women A-League Women (known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Federatio ...

for Melbourne City, for Stanford University in the USA's NCAA Division I, for

SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 November 1912 as ''Amisia Meppen'' and joined ''Männer-Turnverein Meppen'' on 8 February 1920 to form ''TuS Meppen 1912''. The football ...

in the German 1. Liga, and for UDG Tenerife in the Spanish Primera División.

Club career

Melbourne Victory

Goad was Melbourne Victory's youngest goalscorer and the youngest ever Victorian to play in a Grand Final.

Melbourne City

In September 2015, Goad joined rival club Melbourne City for their inaugural season.

Stanford University

In February 2016, following a stellar season with Melbourne City and enjoying academic success, earning a place in the top 1% of students in Victoria, Goad joined Stanford University on a four-year program.

SV Meppen

In August 2020, Goad signed for

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side

UDG Tenerife

Return to Melbourne Victory

In September 2022, Goad returned to Australia, re-joining

International career

Goad earned her first

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cap in April 2021, appearing as a substitute against

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in a friendly match.

References

1997 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players People educated at Lauriston Girls' School Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Australian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Soccer players from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) UD Granadilla Tenerife players Primera División (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Australia women's international soccer players {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub