Chelsie Dawber

Chelsie Dawber (born 12 January 2000) is an Australian professional women's football player. She plays for Norrköping in the Damallsvenskan on loan from Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League.

Chelsie Dawber
Personal information
Full name Chelsie Dawber
Date of birth (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Norrköping
(on loan from Chicago Red Stars)
Number 22
Youth career
2014–2017 SA NTC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Adelaide United 42 (17)
2018–2020 → Adelaide City (loan) 46 (76)
2022– Chicago Red Stars 4 (0)
2022–2023 → Adelaide United (loan) 13 (4)
2023– → Norrköping (loan) 16 (1)
International career
Australia U17
2022– Australia U23 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Club career

In 2016, Dawber suffered a serious head injury while playing indoor soccer. This injury kept her out of the game for one year.[1]

Adelaide United

In 2017, Dawber joined her first club, Adelaide United in the W-League. She made her debut on 3 November 2017 in a 2–1 loss against Western Sydney Wanderers coming on as a substitute for Emily Condon.

In the 2021/22 season, Dawber had a breakout year for the Reds, scoring 10 goals. This helped place Adelaide into their first ever finals campaign.

Dawber finished sixth in the A-League Women's Julie Dolan Medal, an award given to the best performer throughout the season. She finished on 13 votes, with teammate Fiona Worts collecting the award.

Adelaide City

In 2020, Dawber scored a record 31 goals in 11 games for Adelaide City in the Women's National Premier League. Her team would go on to win the cup that season, but lose 2–1 to Metro United in the grand final.

In 2021, Dawber won the Women's National Premier League most prestigious award, the Shirley Brown Medal with 23 votes.

Chicago Red Stars

On 6 April 2022, it was announced Dawber had signed for Chicago Red Stars.[2] In November 2022, Dawber returned to Adelaide United on loan for the 2022–23 A-League Women season.[3] In March 2023, Dawber was recalled early from her loan to be loaned to Swedish club Norrköping for the 2023 Damallsvenskan season.[4]

International career

Australia U17

In 2014, Dawber was selected to represent Australia with the Mini Matildas

Australia U23

In July 2022, Dawber was selected to join the Australian U23 team in the Philippines for the AFC tournament.

Australia U20

On 16 March 2018, Dawber was selected to join the Young Matildas.[5]

Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Adelaide United 2017–18 9 0 – – 9 0
Career total 9 0 0 0 9 0

References
  1. Monteverde, Marco (16 December 2020). "A-League and W-League players to be taught how to respond to a concussion event". Perth Now. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. "Dawber joins Chicago Red Stars". Adelaide United. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. "Chelsie Dawber returns to Reds". Adelaide United. 11 November 2022.
  4. "Chicago Red Stars Recall and Loan Chelsie Dawber to IFK Norrköping". Chicago Red Stars. 2 March 2023.
  5. "Dawber Selected For Westfield Young Matildas". Adelaide City. 16 March 2018.



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