Jordan Baker (soccer)

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Jordan Baker
Personal information
Full name Jordan Ashleigh Baker
Date of birth (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Paddington, Sydney, Australia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Gymea United
2007–2011 Sutherland Shire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Illawarra Stingrays 21 (16)
2013–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 10 (0)
International career
Australia U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016

Jordan Ashleigh Baker (born 1 November 1996) is an Australian soccer player, who last played for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League.

Playing career[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Baker played youth football with Gymea United FC and Sutherland Shire FA from 2007 to 2011.[1]

Baker played for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2013–14 W-League and re-signed with the Wanderers for the 2014–15 W-League season.[2]

Baker represented the Australia Schoolgirls and Australian under-20 teams.[3]

Baker again was selected in the Wanderers squad for the 2015–16 W-League.[4]

Rugby league[edit]

In 2017, Baker began playing rugby league, where she represented Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] She was one of the competitions top-scorers in 2018.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Haigh, Paul (30 September 2014). "Three talented Sutherland Shire Football Association women players scoring goals in W-League". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ Cohen, Mitch (25 August 2014). "Star Stingrays trio back to Sydney". Illawarra Mercury.
  3. ^ Cohen, Mitch (30 March 2015). "Jordan Baker has the golden touch". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ Parkinson, Andrew (16 October 2015). "Western Sydney Wanderers from shire beaches will be at home in west". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ Airth, Jocelyn (26 April 2017). "From Soccer to Rugby League". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ Bollen, Fiona (12 April 2018). "NRL could pick up cross code female athletes but it may not last". Perth Now. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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