Sam Kerr

Samantha May Kerr OAM (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian soccer player. She plays for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and captains the Australia women's national soccer team (nicknamed the "Matildas"). She is regarded as one of the best female soccer players in the world and one of the most successful Australian athletes of all time.^[3] She has scored more goals in international soccer than any other Australian soccer player.^[4]

Sam Kerr
OAM

Kerr at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Samantha May Kerr[1]
Date of birth	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	East Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Chelsea
Number	20
Youth career
2006–2008	Western Knights
	WA NTC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Perth Glory	22	(5)
2012–2014	Sydney FC	24	(13)
2013–2014	Western New York Flash	41	(15)
2014–2019	Perth Glory	49	(52)
2015–2017	Sky Blue FC	40	(28)
2018–2019	Chicago Red Stars	43	(35)
2020–	Chelsea	75	(58)
International career‡
2008–2009	Australia U17	12	(4)
2008–2009	Australia U20	12	(4)
2009–	Australia	128	(69)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Perth Glory	2008–09	W-League	7	1	—		—		—		—		7	1
	2009–10		5	1	—		—		—		—		5	1
	2010–11		10	3	—		—		—		—		10	3
	Total		22	5	—		—		—		—		22	5
Sydney FC	2012–13	W-League	12	9	—		—		—		—		12	9
	2013–14		12	4	—		—		—		—		12	4
	Total		24	13	—		—		—		—		24	13
Western New York Flash	2013	NWSL	21	6	—		—		—		—		21	6
	2014		20	9	—		—		—		—		20	9
	Total		41	15	—		—		—		—		41	15
Perth Glory	2014	W-League	10	11	—		—		—		—		10	11
	2015–16		4	1	—		—		—		—		4	1
	2016–17		13	10	—		—		—		—		13	10
	2017–18		9	13	—		—		—		—		9	13
	2018–19		13	18	—		—		—		—		13	18
	Total		49	53	—		—		—		—		49	53
Sky Blue FC	2015	NWSL	9	6	—		—		—		—		9	6
	2016		9	5	—		—		—		—		9	5
	2017		22	17	—		—		—		—		22	17
	Total		40	28	—		—		—		—		40	28
Chicago Red Stars	2018	NWSL	20	16	—		—		—		—		20	16
	2019		23	19	—		—		—		—		23	19
	Total		43	35	—		—		—		—		43	35
Chelsea	2019–20	FA WSL	4	1	2	0	2	0	—		—		8	1
	2020–21		22	21	4	4	4	3	8[c]	3	1[d]	0	39	31
	2021–22		20	20	3	4	2	1	6[c]	4	—		31	29
	2022–23		21	12	4	6	3	6	10[c]	5	—		38	29
	2023–24		8	4	0	0	0	0	4[c]	5	—		12	9
	Total		75	58	13	14	11	10	28	17	1	0	128	99
Career total			294	207	13	14	11	10	28	17	1	0	347	248

1. Includes Women's FA Cup
2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
4. Appearance in Women's FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 1 November 2023^[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	2009	1	0
	2010	9	3
	2011	7	0
	2012	6	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	7	2
	2015	8	2
	2016	3	1
	2017	11	11
	2018	15	8
	2019	11	11
	2020	5	4
	2021	16	7
	2022	12	12
	2023	12	8
Total		128	69

Honours

Sydney FC

• W-League Championship: 2012–13^[7]

Western New York Flash

• NWSL Shield: 2013^[7]
• NWSL Championship runner-up: 2013^[7]

Perth Glory

• W-League Premiership: 2014^[7]
• W-League Championship runner-up: 2014,^[8] 2016–17,^[8] 2018–19^[8]

Chicago Red Stars

• NWSL Championship runner-up: 2019^[9]

Chelsea

• FA Women's Super League: 2019–20,^[6] 2020–21,^[10] 2021–22,^[11] 2022–23,^[12] 2023–24^[13]
• Women's FA Cup: 2020–21,^[14] 2021–22,^[15] 2022–23^[16]
• FA Women's League Cup: 2019–20,^[17] 2020–21;^[18] runner-up: 2021–22^[19]
• FA Women's Community Shield: 2020^[20]
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2020–21^[21]

Australia

• AFF U-16 Women's Championship: 2009^[7]
• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010;^[7] runner-up: 2014,^[22] 2018^[23]
• Centenary Cup: 2013^[24]

Individual

• W-League Player's Player of the Year: 2009, 2014
• W-League Goal of the Year: 2009, 2016–17
• FFA Female U20 Footballer of the Year: 2010, 2014^[7]
• PFA Australian Women's Footballer of the Year: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
• Julie Dolan Medal: 2016–17,^[25] 2017–18^[26]
• PFA W-League Team of the Season: 2016–17,^[27] 2017–18,^[28] 2018–19^[29]
• W-League Golden Boot: 2017–18,^[30] 2018–19^[31]
• Football Media Association International Player of the Year: 2013, 2014^[32]
• NWSL Player of the Week: 2013: Week 9;^[33] 2016: Week 18;^[34] 2017: Week 9^[35] 12,^[36] 17; 2018: Week 15, 22
• NWSL Player of the Month: 2017: May,^[37] June,^[38] 2018: August 2019: May
• NWSL Team of the Month: 2017: May, June, July, August; 2018: July, August; 2019: April, May, September
• NWSL Golden Boot: 2017,^[39] 2018, 2019
• NWSL Most Valuable Player Award: 2017,^[40] 2019
• NWSL Best XI: 2017,^[41] 2018, 2019
• Asian Women's Footballer of the Year: 2017,^[42] 2022^[43]
• ABC Sport Personality of the Year: 2017^[44]
• IFFHS Women's World Team of the Year: 2017, 2021,^[45] 2023^[46]
• Young Australian of the Year: 2018^[47]
• ESPY Awards Best International Women's Soccer Player: 2018,^[48] 2019,^[49] 2022^[50]
• ESPY Awards Best NWSL Player ESPY Award: 2019^[51]
• The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World Winner: 2019^[52]
• IFFHS AFC Women's Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[53]
• UK Young Achiever Award: 2021^[54]
• FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: April 2021,^[55][56] April 2022^[57]
• FA Women's Super League Golden Boot: 2020–21,^[10] 2021–22^[11]
• PFA WSL Fans' Player of the Month: March 2021,^[58] April 2022^[59]
• PFA WSL Team of the Year: 2020–21,^[60] 2021–22,^[61] 2022–23^[62]
• UEFA Women's Champions League Squad of the Season: 2020–21^[63]
• IFFHS AFC Women's Player of the Year: 2021^[64]
• IFFHS AFC Women's All-time Women's Dream Team: 2021^[45]
• IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer: 2022
• Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM): 2022^[65]
• AFC Women's Asian Cup Golden Boot: 2022^[66]
• London Football Awards FA Women's Super League Player of the Year: 2022^[67]
• Football Writer's Association Women's Footballer of the Year: 2021–22,^[68] 2022–23^[69]
• Women's Super League Player of the Season: 2021–22^[70]
• Women's Super League Goal of the Season: 2021–22^[70]
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2022^[71]
• PFA WSL Fans’ Player of the Year: 2020–21,^[72] 2021–22^[73]
• Chelsea Women's Player of the Year: 2021–22,^[74] 2022–23^[75]
• The Athletic WSL Player of the Year: 2021–22^[76]
• The Athletic WSL Team of the Year: 2020–21,^[77] 2021–22^[76]
• GiveMeSportW (GMS) Fans' WSL Player of the Season: 2021–22^[78]
• Key to the City of Perth: 2022^[79]
• FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2022,^[80] 2023^[81]
• Australian flag-bearer for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla: 2023^[82][83]
• Ballon d'Or Féminin 3rd place: 2021, 2022; runner-up: 2023

Records

Australia (2009 to present)

• All-time leading Australian international female scorer: 63 (from 5 August 2021 to present)^[84]
• All-time leading Australian international scorer: 63 (from 12 Apr 2023 to present)^[85]
• All-time leading Australian international female scorer at the Olympics: 7 (from 2020 Tokyo Olympics to present)
• Most goals scored in a calendar year: 12 (2022)^[86]
• First Australian football player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup: 2019^[87]
• Most consecutive games scored in: 7 (from 30 July 2017 to 28 February 2018)^[88]

W-League (2008–09 to 2018–19)

• Former all-time leading scorer: 70 (from 24 January 2019 to 20 March 2021: overtaken by Michelle Heyman)^[89][90]
• Most goals in a season: 17 (2018–19)^[91]
• Most hat-tricks: 4 (tied with Michelle Heyman)
• Fastest hat-trick: 7 minutes (16 December 2017 vs Newcastle Jets)^[92]
• Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 2 (2017–18, 2018–19) (tied with Michelle Heyman and Kate Gill)

National Women's Soccer League (2013 to 2019)

• Former all-time leading scorer: 77 (from 8 July 2017 to 19 May 2024: overtaken by Lynn Williams)^[93][94]
• Former all-time assists leader: 24 (overtaken by Lynn Williams, Tobin Heath and Jessica McDonald)^[95]
• First player to score 50 goals (9 June 2018)^[96]
• First teenager to score a goal: (April 2013)^[95]
• Most goals in a season: 18 (2019)^[97]
• Most goals in a match: 4 (tied with Kristen Hamilton and Alex Morgan)^[98]
• Most shots on target in a season: 54 (2017)^[95]
• Most hat-tricks in a season: 2 (2017)^[95]
• Most consecutive seasons to score at least 10 goals: 3 (2017 to 2019)
• Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 3 (2017 to 2019)
• First Australian international to play 100 regular season games^[95]
• Most 'Most Valuable Player' awards: 2 (2017, 2019)
• Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 3 (2017, 2018, 2019)

FA Women's Super League (2019–20 to present)

• Most goals in a full-season debut: 21 (2020–21)
• Most goals in a calendar year: 23 (2021)^[99]
• Most number of teams scored against in a season: 10 (2021 –22)^[100]
• Most hat-tricks against a single club: 2 (vs Birmingham City) (tied with Bethany England, Rachel Williams and Vivianne Miedema)
• Most first half hat-tricks: 2 (tied with Vivianne Miedema)
• First player to score against every team played against (2 September 2020 vs Everton)^[101]
• Most goals scored as a headers in one season: 9 (2020–21)^[102]
• First player to score at least 20 goals in consecutive seasons: 2020–21 to 2021–22^[103]
• Most consecutive seasons to score at least 20 goals: 2 (2020–21 to 2021–22)^[11]
• Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 2 (2020–21 to 2021–22) (tied with Vivianne Miedema)^[11]
• Most goals across all competitions in a season: 32 (2021–22)^[104]

UEFA Women's Champion League (2020–21 to present)

• Most goals in a group stage game: 4^[105]

Perth Glory (2008 to 2011, 2014 to 2019)

• All-time leading scorer: 57 (2014 to present)^[106]

Sky Blue FC (2015–2017)

• All-time leading scorer: 28 (28 June 2017 to present)^[107]

Chicago Red Stars (2018 to 2019)

• All-time leading scorer: 35 (tied with Christen Press) (20 October 2019 to present)^[108]

Chelsea (2020 to present)

• Most consecutive games scored in: 7 (26 February 2022 to 3 April 2022)^[109]

Other

• Most goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup game: 4, 2019^[110]
• Only football player to win the Golden Boot in 3 different leagues/continents: W-League (Australia): 2017–18, 2018–19; NWSL (North America): 2017, 2018, 2019; FA WSL (Europe) 2020–21,^[111] 2021–22^[11]
• First Australian female football player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or^[112]
• First Australian football player to place in the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or: 2021^[113]
• First Australian football player to place in the top 3 of The Best FIFA Player: 2021^[113]
• First Australian to win PFA Players’ Player of the Year: 2022^[71]
• First West Australian-born female recipient of the Key to the City of Perth: 2022^[79]
• First female footballer to be chosen to be on the cover of a FIFA video game: FIFA 23^[114]