Grace Maher (born 18 April 1999) is an

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player who currently plays for

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in the Australian

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. She previously played 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), Victory ...

and

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 ...

in the

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Club career

In 2014, at the age of 15 Maher signed with

in the Australian W-League . At the time she was the youngest player to ever sign with a W-League team. She was in the starting lineup for the 2014 Grand Final, helping Canberra defeat Perth 3–1. In four seasons at Canberra, Maher made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals. Maher signed with

for the

2018–19 W-League The 2018–19 W-League season was the eleventh season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players Th ...

season. In September 2020, after two seasons with Melbourne Victory, Maher returned to Canberra United. In August 2023, Maher returned to Melbourne, joining

International

Maher has played for the Young Matildas, and was called up to the Australia women's national team for a training camp in Australia ahead of the

2017 Algarve Cup The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a roun ...

Honors

;

* W-League Championship:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* W-League Premiership: 2016–17

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* * 1999 births Living people Australian women's soccer players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Canberra United FC players Melbourne Victory FC (women) players Western United FC (women) players Sportspeople from Dubbo Sportswomen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub