Collette McCallum

Collette Gardiner (née McCallum; born 26 March 1986) is an Australian retired footballer who played as a midfielder, earning over 80 caps for the Australian national team. She last played for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League.

Collette McCallum
McCallum playing for the Matildas in 2012
Personal information
Full name Collette Gardiner
Birth name Collette McCallum[1]
Date of birth (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
NSW Institute of Sport
Australian Institute of Sport
WA Institute of Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Manly Warringah
NSW Academy of Sport
Western Waves FC
2008 Pali Blues 8 (5)
2008–2009 Perth Glory 10 (2)
2009 Sky Blue FC 23 (0)
2009–2011 Perth Glory 14 (3)
2012 Lincoln Ladies 8 (1)
2012–2015 Perth Glory 16 (4)
International career‡
2002–2006 Australia U-20 19 (13)
2005–2015 Australia 81 (11)
Managerial career
2015– Perth Glory (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2015

Playing career

Born in Scotland, McCallum emigrated to Australia with her family at the age of four.[2][3] She played for Pali Blues in the American USL W-League in 2008.[4] Following her debut game for the Blues, she was selected for the W-League team of the week as a result of scoring two goals against Ventura County Fusion. Pali Blues went on to win the W-League championship in that season.

In 2009, McCallum played for Sky Blue FC in the new Women's Professional Soccer in the United States. The club went on to win the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs in their debut year & in doing so McCallum became the first Australian woman to win a club title overseas.

International
McCallum in action for the Matildas.

McCallum amassed 81 caps for the Matildas. Following the retirements of Cheryl Salisbury and Joanne Peters in February 2010, she was named the Matildas vice captain.[5]

As a youth representative McCallum represented the Young Matildas on 19 occasions, & was named in the FIFA All-Star Team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

McCallum is arguably one of the best produced at her age group and was considered one of the best young talents in the world.

Such is her legacy at youth level that in 2019 Professional Footballers Australia named the Australian Young Player of the Year award the Collette McCallum Medal in her honour.

The 132nd capped Matilda played every Australian fixture at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup (China 2007) & 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (Germany 2011) helping the team reach the quarter finals in each tournament.

Coaching career

In 2015, she was employed as the Assistant Coach of the Perth Glory's Women's team, working with Head Coach Bobby Despotovski.[6]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
123 February 2007Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Uzbekistan8–010–02008 Olympics qualifying
210–0
37 April 2007BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia Hong Kong3–015–02008 Olympics qualifying
46–0
58–0
619 August 2007Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China China3–03–1Friendly
720 September 2007Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China Canada1–12–22007 FIFA Women's World Cup
85 March 2008Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast, Australia New Zealand1–04–2Friendly
97 February 2009Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia Italy1–41–5Friendly
1017 October 2010Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Mexico1–03–12010 Peace Queen Cup
1115 May 2011Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Australia New Zealand2–12–1Friendly
1223 June 2011Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany England1–02–0Friendly
132–0

Honours

Club
Pali Blues
Sky Blue FC
Perth Glory

Country
Australia

See also

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Australia" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. "Collette McCallum plays final game as Australia draw with Scotland". Daily Record. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. From her early days in Rutherglen to becoming an Aussie football legend, Daily Record, 27 September 2019
  4. Ormond, A (11 March 2008). "Aussie Trio Sign For California Club". FourFourTwo Australia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
  5. "Matildas to face DPR Korea". The World Game. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  6. "Club legend to lead Women's Team to Glory". perthglory.com.au. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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