Tijan Sally McKenna (born 8 September 2004) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for

Perth Glory FC Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

. Born in Australia, she has been called up to represent Croatia internationally.

Early life

McKenna was born on 8 September 2004 in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. The older sister of Australian soccer player Leticia McKenna, she attended

John Curtin College of the Arts John Curtin College of the Arts, originally John Curtin High School, is an independent, public co-educational, partially selective high school, located in East Street, , a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school provides a general and ...

in Australia.

Club career

McKenna started her career with Australian side

in 2021. Australian news website ''Impetus Football'' wrote in 2022 that she was "another of Perth Glory’s fast-rising stars" while playing for the club. Subsequently, she was sent on loan to Australian side

South Melbourne FC South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Association football, soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club currently competes in the National P ...

before being sent on loan to Australian side

Heidelberg United FC Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Heidelberg West, Victoria (stat ...

in 2022 and 2023. Six months later, she signed for Australian side

Melbourne City FC Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, South-Eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria. They compete in the A-League Men, the Australian soccer ...

. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, she returned to Australian side

International career

McKenna was an Australia youth international and has been called up to represent Croatia internationally. In 2019, she played for the Australia women's national under-16 soccer team at the

2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McKenna, Tijan 2004 births Living people Australian people of Croatian descent Australian women's soccer players Croatian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Melbourne City FC (women) players Perth Glory FC (women) players A-League Women players