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Grace Maher
Personal information
Full name Grace Maher
Date of birth (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 81
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Canberra United 28 (5)
2018–2019 Melbourne Victory 8 (1)
2019 KR 17 (2)
2019–2020 Melbourne Victory 9 (0)
2020–2023 Canberra United 42 (8)
2023–2025 Western United 23 (1)
2025– Melbourne Victory 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– Australia U20 13 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 October 2017

Grace Maher (/ˈmɑːɹ/;[1] born 18 April 1999) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League Women.[2] She previously played for Canberra United and Western United in the A-League Women and for KR in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[3][4][5]

Early life

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Maher was born on 18 April 1999 in Dubbo, New South Wales.[6]: 101  As a junior she played for Majura FC, which competed in Capital Football's National Premier League.[6]: 101 [7] At 13-years-old she was a ball girl at a W-League match featuring Canberra United and broke her wrist stopping a ball.[8][9]

Club career

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In October 2014, at the age of 15 years 184 days, Maher became the youngest Canberra United player ever in the W-League (later renamed A-League Women).[3][6]: 58, 101  She was in the starting line-up for the 2014 Grand Final, helping Canberra defeat Perth 3–1.[10] In four seasons at Canberra, Maher made 28 appearances and scored 5 goals.[11]

Maher signed with Melbourne Victory for the 2018–19 W-League season.[10] In September 2020, after two seasons with Melbourne Victory, Maher returned to Canberra United.[12]

In August 2023, Maher returned to Melbourne, joining Western United.[13] Maher rejoined Melbourne Victory in September 2025,[14] and by that time she had played 135 matches for A-League Women teams (Canberra United, Melbourne Victory, Western United).[6]: 204 

International

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Maher has played for the Young Matildas, and was called up to the Australia women's national team for a training camp in Australia ahead of the 2017 Algarve Cup.[15]

Honors

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Canberra United

References

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  1. ↑ "Instagram".
  2. ↑ Windon, Jacob (23 April 2019). "Talented Australian midfielder heading to Iceland". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Gaskin, Lee (4 September 2014). "Canberra United signs 15-year-old Grace Maher as its youngest ever player in the W-League". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (16 October 2014). "Canberra United's youngest-ever player Grace Maher set to make her W-League debut". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (21 December 2014). "Canberra United's teen debutant Grace Maher grabs W-League championship glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Ninja_A-League_2025-26_Season_Guide-1.pdf" (PDF). A-Leagues Media Centre. 31 October 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "NPL Girls". Capital Football. 2025. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Grace Maher". My Club Victory. 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Campbell, Isabelle (13 March 2026). "Grace Maher on Female Football Round: 'We are here because we love it'". Football360. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Grace Maher makes Victory switch". 23 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "G.Maher". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  12. ↑ Bertoldo, Lucie (10 September 2020). "Grace Maher returns to Canberra United for W-League 2020-21". The Canberra Times.
  13. ↑ Hughes, Nick (4 August 2023). "Western United snaps up top A-League Women talent Grace Maher". Western United.
  14. ↑ "Melbourne Victory sign Grace Maher". Melbourne Victory. 24 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "Canberra United's Grace Maher on the cusp of Matildas dream after Australian selection". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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