Casey Dumont

Casey Narelle Dumont (born 25 January 1992) is an Australian professional sportswoman. She plays Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the AFL Women's. Additionally, she is a goalkeeper for Perth Glory in the A-League Women.

Dumont has developed a reputation for excelling in penalty shootouts; Dumont has been involved in five of the eight penalty shootouts that have happened in the A-League Women finals series, with Dumont's team emerging victorious in all five.

Early life and biography

Dumont was born in 1992 in Sydney and was brought up on the Gold Coast, by her mother with two siblings. Her parents had separated when she was about nine years old. Initially, she tried soccer but did not like it and played other sports: netball, athletics, softball and swimming, before returning to soccer by the age 12. In 2013, Dumont qualified as a registered nurse.

Club career

Early career

Dumont started her senior career with Palm Beach and Gold Coast before joining the W-League with Brisbane Roar, with whom she won three trophies and Sydney FC before joining Western Sydney Wanderers in 2016.

Melbourne Victory

On 18 September 2017, Dumont joined Melbourne Victory. Dumont missed the 2020–21 W-League season due to injury, but re-signed with Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2021–22 A-League Women season. In May 2022, Dumont was named the A-League Women Goalkeeper of the Year for the first time as Melbourne Victory won the 2021–22 A-League Women. Following the 2022–23 A-League Women season, Dumont left Melbourne Victory after joining Australian rules football club Hawthorn, with Melbourne Victory choosing not to retain her.

Central Coast Mariners

In November 2023, it was announced that Dumont returned to the A-League Women, joining Central Coast Mariners, who supported her dual code ambitions. In August 2024, the club announced her departure.

Perth Glory

Perth Glory announced the signing of Dumont on 8 October 2024, and will join the club at the conclusion of the 2024 AFLW season.

On 8 December 2024, Dumont became the first goalkeeper to reach 150 appearances in the A-League Women.

International career

Dumont played eight games for the Australia U-17 side from 2006 to 2007. The goalkeeper had 15 games for the Australia U-20s from 2006 to 2011. She was first called up to a senior Matildas training squad in January 2010, ahead of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, held in China. She remained on the substitution bench for all of Australia's games. The Matildas won the final after a penalty shoot-out against North Korea. She was also named to Australia's 2011 Women's World Cup squad. However, due to mounting pain from misdiagnosed injuries Dumont missed the tournament with "severe osteitis pubis, multiple stress fractures, ligament and tendon damage of the pelvis and inflammation of hip sockets/joints".

After recovering from her hip and lower back injuries, Dumont resumed her club career. She finally made her debut for the Matildas in a friendly against New Zealand in Auckland on 12 February 2015. The keeper was subbed off for Brianna Davey after injuring her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the final minutes of the game. Dumont later recalled, "It was a freekick. I came up and punched the ball and New Zealand defender hit me – I struck my leg out and my leg hit the ground and hyper-extended and I felt it straight away. The pain was excruciating. I remember just laying there on the ground with the ball still in play and New Zealand scored because I was on the ground. And I remember feeling that this was supposed to be the best time of my life. I'd finally gotten a chance to play and I was injured." She underwent a rehabilitation schedule and hence was unavailable for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada in June–July.

Dumont was named to the 20-member Matildas squad for the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament's third round, which was held in Japan in February–March. Coach Alen Stajcic explained her selection, " hehas come back from her knee reconstruction. She’s still got a bit of a way to go to regain full fitness, but she has certainly worked hard over the past three months to get back into the squad." After qualifying, Dumont was subbed on to replace fellow keeper Mackenzie Arnold in a friendly 2–0 win against New Zealand in May. As the Olympic squad comprised 18 members, Stajcic cut her from the final roster.

Honours

Club

;Brisbane Roar
* W-League Premiership: 2008–09
* W-League Championship: 2008–09, 2010–11

;Melbourne Victory
* W-League Premiership/A-League Women: 2018–19, 2021–22

International

;Australia
* AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010
* AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016

Individual

* A-League Women Goalkeeper Of The Year: 2021–22

References

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1992 births
Living people
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Australia women's international soccer players
Australian women's soccer players
Brisbane Roar FC (women) players
Central Coast Mariners FC (women) players
Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
Perth Glory FC (women) players
Soccer players from Sydney
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Sydney FC (women) players
Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) players
Women's association football goalkeepers