Caitlin Cooper (born 12 February 1988) is an Australian

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player, who plays 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 Australian W-League. She has previously played for

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and the only club not affiliated with ...

and Sydney FC (W-League), Sydney FC.

Club career

Central Coast Mariners, 2008–2010

Cooper was the inaugural captain for the Mariners and she made her debut against Melbourne Victory FC (W-League), Melbourne Victory on Saturday, 25 October 2008.

Canberra United, 2010–2013

In three season at

, Cooper appeared in 34 games and scored 3 goals. In the 2011–12 season Canberra won the Premiership and the W-League Championship.

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2013–2017

Cooper joined the

ahead of the 2013–14 season. She made 40 appearances for the club over 4 seasons.

Sydney FC, 2017–2018

Cooper joined Sydney FC (W-League), Sydney FC ahead of the 2017–18 W-League, 2017–18 season. Sydney FC made it all the way to the 2018 W-League Grand Final, 2018 Grand Final, where they lost to Melbourne City FC (W-League), Melbourne City 2–0.

Western Sydney Wanderers, 2018–present

Cooper would return to the Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2018–19 W-League, 2018–19 season. Cooper was crowned the W-League team's Wanderers Medal for Player of the Year in 2021 and was also named the club's W-League Members' Player of the Year in 2021 after impressive performances in every single match this season. Cooper held the all time games record for the Wanderers with 83 appearances until she was overtaken by Danika Matos who played her 84th game for the Wanderers against Newcastle Jets on 14 February 2025.

International career

Cooper made her debut for the Australia women's national soccer team, Matildas in 2007 in a Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification, 2008 Olympic Qualifying game against Hong Kong. Her next call-up did not occur until June 2012. Cooper was part of the Matildas squad that won the 2017 Tournament of Nations and defeated the United States women's national soccer team, United States for the first time ever. In April 2018, Cooper was named to the Australian team for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, but she did not appear in any games. Australia finished Runner-up to Japan and qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In May 2021, Cooper was recalled to the Matildas camp and was then selected in the 25 person squad for the Matildas friendlies with Denmark and Sweden ahead of the 2022 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Honours

Club

;

* W-League Championship: 2011–12 W-League, 2011–12 * W-League Premiership: 2011–12 W-League, 2011–12

International

* AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 2016 *Tournament of Nations: 2017 Tournament of Nations, 2017

Career statistics

International goals

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Caitlin 1988 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Central Coast Mariners FC (women) players Canberra United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) players Sydney FC (women) players Women's association football defenders People from the Mid North Coast Sportswomen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales Australia women's international soccer players 21st-century Australian sportswomen