Laura Alleway

Laura Alleway

Alleway playing for Brisbane Roar in 2014
Personal information
Full name Laura Colleen Gloria Alleway
Date of birth (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989
Place of birth Templestowe, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Melbourne Victory 17 (0)
2010–2012 Brisbane Roar 21 (1)
2012 Lincoln Ladies 3 (0)
2012–2015 Brisbane Roar 31 (0)
2015– Melbourne City 11 (0)
2016– Orlando Pride 11 (0)
National team‡
2010– Australia 48 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2016

Laura Colleen Gloria Alleway (born 28 November 1989) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays for Melbourne City in the W-League. She made her debut for the national team in 2010.

Club career

Melbourne Victory, 2008–2010

Alleway played as a defender for Melbourne Victory in the first two seasons of Australia's W-League. The Victory finished 5th in the 8-team league both seasons, failing to make the finals.[1][2]

Brisbane Roar, 2010–2015

In Alleway's first season with Brisbane the team finished the regular season in second behind Sydney, but went on to defeat them in the Grand Final winning the title of league Champions.[3]

The team again finished second in the 2011–2012 season, but lost their Champions title to Canberra in the Grand Final.[4]

In January 2012, at the end of the W-League season, Alleway and Collette McCallum joined English club Lincoln Ladies for the 2012 FA WSL season.[5] Alleway's move to Lincoln was derailed by visa problems in March 2012.[6]

Alleway returned to Brisbane for a third season in which the team won the title of Premiers as the highest ranked team at the end of the regular season. They were defeated by Sydney in the semi-finals.[7]

The 2013–2014 season saw the Roar concede the Grand Final to Alleway's former club, Melbourne Victory while the team failed to make the finals the following season finishing in 6th place.[8][9] During her time on the team, Alleway was a key player for Brisbane's defence appearing in 52 of the team's 67 matches.

Melbourne City, 2015–

In August 2015, Alleway signed with Melbourne City in the team's inaugural season.[10] The team finished the season undefeated winning both the premiership and the championship. Alleway played 857 minutes in 11 matches including 9 starts.[11] The defence conceded a total of only 5 goals in the regular season and the finals.[12]

Orlando Pride, 2015–

In March 2016, Alleway and Melbourne City teammate Steph Catley joined the NWSL's newest expansion club the Orlando Pride.[13] Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni gave Alleway her first cap for Australia when he was coach of the Matildas in 2010.[14] Alleway started all five of the team's first matches before a groin-injury put her on the sidelines for the sixth week of the season.

International career

Senior national team debut, 2010

Alleway earned her first cap for the Matildas on 6 March 2010, coming in as a substitute against DPR Korea in a friendly in preparation for the AFC Asia Women's Championship. Australia won the match 3–2 with a last-minute goal from Kyah Simon.[15]

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Alleway was named to the Australian squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany. She played in only one game, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute in a 2–1 victory over Norway in the final match of the group stage. This win allowed the Matildas to progress to the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Sweden.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Alleway started all five of Australia's games at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada for a total of 443 minutes of play. Australia was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Japan.[16]

2016 Olympic qualifiers

The Matildas came out of the qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio undefeated and saw their FIFA ranking jump from 9th to 5th.[17] Alleway started in 4 of the 5 games, sitting out only Australia's 9–0 rout of Vietnam racking up 381 minutes of play.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 April 2015 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 21 May 2015 Jubilee Oval, Sydney  Vietnam 3–0 11–0 Friendly

Honours

Individual

Club

Brisbane Roar
Melbourne City

Personal life

Alleway enjoys surfing and has a pet dog.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "W-League 2008/2009 results, Soccer Australia – FlashScore". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "W-League 2009/2010 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "W-League 2010/2011 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "W-League 2011/2012 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lincoln Ladies sign Collette McCallum and Laura Alleway". BBC. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Lincoln Ladies hit by visa problems for Laura Alleway". BBC. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "W-League 2012/2013 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "W-League 2013/2014 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "W-League 2014/2015 Standings – Soccer/Australia". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Melbourne City sign Laura Alleway – The Women's Game". thewomensgame.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne City FC Women v Sydney FC Women – Westfield W-League Match Centre". W-League. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Melbourne City FC Women v Sydney FC Women – Westfield W-League Match Centre". W-League. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Orlando Pride Sign Australia National Team Defender Laura Alleway". Orlando City. 8 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Sentinel, Orlando. "Pride sign Australia Women's National Team defender Laura Alleway". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  15. ↑ FIFA.com (24 March 2010). "Women's round-up: March 2010". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  16. ↑ uefa.com. "Women's World Cup - Laura Alleway – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Westfield Matildas surge up to 5th in latest FIFA Rankings". Westfield Matildas. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Glory duo nominated for PFA Award". Perth Glory. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Tan, Victor (13 April 2016). "Laura Alleway | From Down Under to the City Beautiful". Orlando Soccer Journal. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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