Alanna Kennedy
 Kennedy greets Western Sydney Wanderers' fans | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alanna Stephanie Kennedy | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Campbelltown, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sydney FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Sydney FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Sydney FC | 12 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Perth Glory | 13 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Sydney FC | 24 | (3) |
| 2016 | Western New York Flash | 17 | (0) |
| 2017– | Orlando Pride | 45 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2018– | Sydney FC | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Australia U-17 | 10 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | Australia U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012– | Australia | 72 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2018 | |||
Alanna Stephanie Kennedy (born 21 January 1995) is an Australian professional soccer player who currently plays for the Australia women's national soccer team, the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and Sydney FC in the W-League.[1]
Club career
Kennedy played for the Newcastle Jets in the 2011–12 W-League before returning to Sydney FC in the 2012–13 season.
In the 2013–14 season she joined city rivals Western Sydney Wanderers.[2]
In the 2014 season she joined Perth Glory.[3]
In 2016 Kennedy signed with the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League. She appeared in 17 games for the Flash in 2016. Kennedy played every minute of Western New York's two playoff games, as the Flash won the 2016 NWSL Championship.[4]
On 19 January 2017 Kennedy was traded to the Orlando Pride in exchange for midfielder Sam Witteman.[5] She appeared in every game for the Pride in 2017. In the final game of the regular season on 30 September, Kennedy scored the game winning goal on a free kick in stoppage time. This win allowed Orlando to finish the regular season in 3rd place and qualify for the playoffs for the first time in club history.[6] In the semi-final, Kennedy scored again but Orlando lost 4–1 to the Portland Thorns.
Kennedy joined Melbourne City on loan for the 2017–18 W-League season.[7] During the 2017-2018 season, Kennedy was named to the Westfield W-League's "Team of the Decade", which was composed of the best XI players to ever play in the W-League, as voted for by the fans.[8]
In the 2018 NWSL Season, Kennedy appeared in 20 games and scored 2 goals; however, Orlando could not duplicate their success in 2017 and finished in a disappointing seventh place.[9]
After spending one season at Melbourne City, Kennedy signed with Sydney FC for the 2018–19 W-League season, returning to the club she had played at from 2015–2017.[10]
International career
Kennedy debuted for the Matildas against New Zealand in 2012.[11] In 2014 at age 19, she was named to the Matildas squad for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup. She appeared in three games, as Australia finished Runner-up to Japan.
In May 2015, Kennedy was named to the Australia's 23-player roster for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, she was the second youngest player on their roster. Kennedy appeared in all five matches for Australia. The Matildas finished second in their group and advanced to the knockout stage. They defeated Brazil in the Round of 16 but lost to Japan in the quarter-finals.[12]
Kennedy attended her first Olympic Games in 2016. She played every minute of Australia's four matches at Rio 2016. Their quarter-final match against Brazil was tied 0–0 after extra time and went to penalties. Kennedy was the final penalty taker for Australia, she did not score her penalty and Brazil won the match 7–6 on penalties.[13]
Kennedy was part of the Matildas squad that won the 2017 Tournament of Nations and defeated the United States for the first time ever.[14]
At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Kennedy scored two goals for Australia. The second goal she scored was a game tying goal in stoppage time in the Semi-final. Australia went on to win the game in penalties. Australia lost to Japan 1–0 in the final.[15]
Career statistics
International goals
| Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
| # | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
| Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
| Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
| Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
| Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
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NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player | |
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 March 2016 | Nagai Stadium,Osaka, Japan |  |
3–0 |
9–0 |
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| 2. | 9 August 2016 | Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil |  |
3–0 |
6–1 |
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| 3. | 7 March 2017 | VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal |  |
3–0 |
3–2 |
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| 4. | 10 April 2018 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | |
2–0 |
8–0 |
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| 5. | 17 April 2018 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  |
2–2 |
2–2 |
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| 6. | 2 August 2018 | Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois, USA |  |
1–0 |
2–0 |
Honours
Club
- National Women's Soccer League Championship: 2016
Country
Individual
- Sydney FC Player of the Year: 2015–16
- Orlando Pride 2017 Golden Swans: Coaches Award
- FIFPro 2017 Women's World XI shortlist: defender [16]
References
- ↑ Kristen Shaffer (10 November 2016). "Moving forward for Alanna Kennedy". The Women's Game. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ↑ "Wanderers announce strong squad for upcoming W-League season". The Women's Game. 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Perth Glory announce signing of six Matildas". The Women's Game. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "WNY FLASH SIGN AUSTRALIAN DEFENDER". 26 February 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Orlando Pride Acquires Australia National Team Defender Alanna Kennedy". 19 January 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Alanna Kennedy's FK stoppage-time stunner lifts Pride to 3–2 win over Courage". 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ Davutovic, David (25 October 2017). "Melbourne City caps off W-League signing spree with international duo Alanna Kennedy and Yukari Kinga". Herald Sun.
- ↑ https://www.w-league.com.au/news/revealed-westfield-w-league-team-decade
- ↑ "A.Kennedy". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Kennedy's back as Sydney FC sign six Westfield Matildas". 5 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ Westfield Matildas complete miraculous escape. Archived 24 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Football Federation Australia
- ↑ "Westfield Matildas name World Cup squad". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "BRAZIL VS. AUSTRALIA 0 – 0". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Australian women beat U.S. in Tournament of Nations". 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ https://thewomensgame.com/news/kennedy-and-kerr-nominated-for-fifpro-world-xi-486262
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alanna Kennedy. |
- Australia player profile
- Orlando Pride player profile
- Alanna Kennedy at Soccerway
- Alanna Kennedy on Twitter
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