Sharon Lee Black (born 4 April 1971) is an Australian former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played national league football in Australia and Denmark as well as representing

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at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament and the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted as well as ...

. Her last club was Australian W-League team

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Playing career

Club career

Along with compatriot Alison Forman she appeared for Denmark's

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

in the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final.

International career

Black represented

61 times between 1991 and 2002. She represented the Australian national team at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament in Sydney and at the

in the United States.

Honours

In 2013, Black was named in the

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(FFA) Women's Team of the Decade 1990–99.

International goals

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

References

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Adelaide United FC (women) players Australian women's soccer players 1971 births Living people Fortuna Hjørring players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic soccer players for Australia Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Soccer players from Adelaide Australia women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders Sportswomen from South Australia {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub