.jpg) Vine withSydney FC in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cortnee Brooke Vine | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-09)9 April 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | (2) |
| 2020–2024 | Sydney FC | 65 | (30) |
| 2022 | →Sydney Olympic (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2024– | North Carolina Courage | 20 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Australia U-17 | |||
| 2016–2018 | Australia U-20 | 11 | (6) |
| 2022– | Australia | 30 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 December 2024 | |||
Cortnee Brooke Vine (born 9 April 1998) is an Australian professionalsoccer player who plays as awinger for theNorth Carolina Courage of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and theAustralia national team.
Born inVictoria, Australia, Vine previously played in theA-League Women forBrisbane Roar,Newcastle Jets,Western Sydney Wanderers, andSydney FC.
Vine represented Australia atunder-17 andunder-20 level before making hersenior debut at the2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
Vine was born on 9 April 1998, inShepparton,Victoria, to parents Heidi and Gary Vine.[1][2] She began playing football at the age of five, alongside her brother Jayden, atSt Georges Road Primary School.[3][4] When Vine was seven, her family moved toMango Hill, a northern suburb ofBrisbane,Queensland.[1][3][5] She continued her football with Deception Bay Dragons and Redcliffe Dolphins, initially playing on her older brother's team.[3]
She attendedClontarf Beach State High School.[6] By the age of 12, she had earned a spot at theQueensland Academy of Sport and was playing forPeninsula Power before eventually signing forBrisbane Roar in 2015.[3][7][8]
Vine made her debut for theBrisbane Roar on 25 October 2015 at age 16 in a match against theWestern Sydney Wanderers.[9][10] She made seven appearances for the team during the2015–16 W-League season. Brisbane finished in fourth place in the regular season, securing a berth to the play-offs.[10] In the semi-finals against regular season championsMelbourne City, the Roar lost 5–4 on penalties after 120 minutes of regular and extra time produced no goals for either side.[11]
Vine joined theNewcastle Jets ahead of the2017–18 W-League season.[12][13]
In November 2019, Vine joined theWestern Sydney Wanderers.[14]
In August 2020, Vine joinedSydney FC. In the2020/21 season she made 11 appearances with four goals and three assists. Her team won the league. In the following2021/22 season she contributed a total of six goals in 10 games. In the two playoff games, she scored another three goals, and she and her teammates became premiers again. She won the championship and premiership double with her club in the2022/23 season, scoring seven goals in 21 games.[15]
On 14 June 2024, Sydney announced that Vine would leave the club to pursue an opportunity in theNWSL in the United States.[16]
TheNorth Carolina Courage signed Vine on a three-year contract on 14 June 2024, with her becoming eligible at the start of the transfer window on 1 August.[17] She made her NWSL debut in the starting lineup against theSeattle Reign on 25 August.[18] She scored her first NWSL goal in her Courage home debut, equalizing in an eventual 2–1 win over theKansas City Current on 1 September.[19]
Vine has represented Australia atunder-17[20] andunder-20 level.[21] In July 2016, she scored the equaliser againstMyanmar at the2016 AFF Women's Championship as Australia went on to top their group.[22] On 24 January 2022, she made her first appearance for the senior team against thePhilippines at the2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[23]
In July 2023, Vine was selected as part of theMatildas squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[24] In August 2023, she scored the winning penalty kick in a 7–6 shootout win over France, to take Australia into the semifinals of the competition.[25]
In February 2024, it was announced that Vine had withdrawn from selection for theOlympic qualifying matches against Uzbekistan, citing personal reasons.[26] She was called up again to the Matildas squad for friendly matches against Mexico in April 2024, alongside fellow Sydney FC playerJada Whyman.
On 4 June 2024, Vine was named in the Matildas team which qualified for theParis 2024 Olympics, her debut Olympics selection.[27]
Since 2019 and as of January 2024[update], Vine has been in a relationship withCharlotte McLean, her teammate atSydney FC and theNorth Carolina Courage.[28]
She worked before 2021 as an employee ofJD Sports andFootball NSW inWestern Sydney.[29]
During theCOVID-19 pandemic (2020–21), Vine learntcomputer coding via some online courses, and in 2023 was studying part-time for abachelor's degree ininformation technology.[29]
On 15 November 2024, Vine announced that she was going to take some off football to prioritise her mental health.[30] By March 2025 she returned to her club's regular roster.[31]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 8 October 2022 | Kingsmeadow,Kingston upon Thames,England |  South Africa | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 19 February 2023 | CommBank Stadium,Sydney,Australia |  Spain | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2023 Cup of Nations |
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