Teagan Jade Micah (; born 20 October 1997) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Australia national team.

Early life

Micah was born and raised in the

Gippsland Gippsland () is a rural region in the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains south of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers an elongated area of east of th ...

town of Moe in regional Victoria, where she played in the junior system at local soccer club Moe United for three seasons. At the age of 10, she moved to

Redcliffe, Queensland Redcliffe is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It also refers colloquially to the Redcliffe Peninsula as a whole, a peninsula jutting into Moreton Bay which contain ...

, where she attended

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. She trained with the Goalkeeping Australia Academy from the age of thirteen, in addition to playing for the

Queensland Academy of Sport The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is an elite sports institute set up in 1991 by the Queensland Government to support athletes in the state of Queensland. Its headquarters are currently located at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in ...

College career

In 2016, Micah received a full soccer scholarship to the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

. In her freshman season at UCLA, Micah played every minute of every game and became the first freshman goalkeeper to start UCLA's opening match since 2004. Micah earned nine shutouts over the course of the season and was named

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Goalkeeper of the Week three times. In her sophomore season at UCLA, Micah played in all of UCLA's 25 games, including the College Cup final.

Club career

Brisbane Roar

Micah signed with the W-League's

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, aged 16. During her two years at the club she served as a back-up keeper.

Western Sydney Wanderers

She moved to the

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for the 2015–16 W-League season. She made her W-League debut aged 18 and went on to appear 5 times for the Wanderers.

Melbourne Victory

Following her UCLA career Micah returned to the W-League for the 2019–20 season. She served as a backup keeper to fellow Matildas keeper

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Norway

Micah signed with Norwegian

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side

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The ...

ahead of the 2020 season. In November 2020, Micah returned to Australia for the European winter break, signing with Melbourne City. She returned to Norway and Arna-Bjørnar's rivals from

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IL Sandviken Idrettslaget Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood of Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for basketball, football and handball. It was mostly known for its women's football team that played in the Topp ...

, in May 2021.

Rosengård

In August 2021, only a few months after joining

and following her playing at the

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, Micah joined Swedish club

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on a two-year contract.

Liverpool

In July 2023, Micah signed for English club

International career

After stints with Australia's U-17 and U-20 national teams, Micah earned her first senior

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call-up for the 2017

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. She was again named to the national team roster for a friendly against the

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in April 2019. The following month, Teagan was announced as a member of Australia's squad for the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's ...

. Micah was a member of the

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squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA. In July 2023, Micah was named to the 23 player squad to represent Australia, on home soil, at the

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. On 4 June 2024, Micah was named in the Matildas team which qualified for the

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, her second Olympic games selection.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2025/05/liverpool-announce-3-players-will-leave-club-ahead-of-anfield-womens-derby/

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Micah, Teagan 1997 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Brisbane Roar FC (women) players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) players UCLA Bruins women's soccer players Melbourne Victory FC (women) players Arna-Bjørnar players Toppserien players Melbourne City FC (women) players SK Brann (women) players FC Rosengård players Liverpool F.C. Women players Women's association football goalkeepers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Australian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia Australia women's international soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden People from Moe, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Soccer players from Victoria (state) 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian sportswomen Damallsvenskan players