Collette Gardiner (; born 26 March 1986) is an Australian retired footballer who played as a midfielder, earning over 80 caps for the Australian national team. She last played for

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

in the Australian W-League.

Playing career

Born in Scotland, McCallum emigrated to Australia with her family at the age of four. She played for Pali Blues in the American USL W-League in 2008. Following her debut game for the Blues, she was selected for the W-League team of the week as a result of scoring two goals against Ventura County Fusion. Pali Blues went on to win the W-League championship in that season. In 2009, McCallum played for Sky Blue FC in the new Women's Professional Soccer in the United States. The club went on to win the

2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs The 2009 WPS Playoffs were the postseason to Women's Professional Soccer's 2009 Season, that started on August 15 and culminated on August 22 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Format The top four WPS teams, based on their regular sea ...

in their debut year.

International

McCallum amassed 81 caps for the

Matildas The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) si ...

. Following the retirements of

Cheryl Salisbury Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974) is a former association football player who represented Australia internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151 caps. Biography She most recently played as a defender for the New Yor ...

and Joanne Peters in February 2010, she was named the

vice captain. As a youth representative McCallum represented the

Young Matildas The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently ...

on 19 occasions, & was named in the '' FIFA All-Star Team'' at the

2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national association football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow sta ...

. McCallum is arguably one of the best produced at her age group and was considered one of the best young talents in the world. Such is her legacy at youth level that in 2019 Professional Footballers Australia named the Australian Young Player of the Year award the Collette McCallum Medal.

Coaching career

In 2015, she was employed as the Assistant Coach of the Perth Glory's Women's team, working with Head Coach Bobby Despotovski.

Career statistics

International goals

''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

; Pali Blues * USL W-League:

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; Sky Blue FC * Women's Professional Soccer:

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;

* W-League Premiership:

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Country

;

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

AFC Women's Asian Cup The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football ...

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* OFC U-20 Women's Championship: 2002

References

External links

*
Australia player profile

Perth Glory player profile

Women's Professional Soccer player profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCallum, Collette 1986 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Perth Glory FC (A-League Women) players NJ/NY Gotham FC players Pali Blues players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Notts County L.F.C. players USL W-League (1995–2015) players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Scottish emigrants to Australia Sportspeople from Rutherglen Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's Professional Soccer players Footballers from South Lanarkshire