| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Heather Ann Garriock[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-12-21)21 December 1982 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney,Australia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leppington Lions Soccer Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Marconi Stallions | |||
| 1996–2002 | NSW Sapphires | ||
| 2002–2003 | Queensland Sting | ||
| 2005–2006 | NSW Sapphires | ||
| 2007 | Adirondack Lynx | 11 | (10) |
| 2007–2008 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sydney FC | 4 | (1) |
| 2009 | Chicago Red Stars | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Sydney FC | 19 | (5) |
| 2011 | LdB FC Malmö | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Sydney FC | 6 | (2) |
| 2013 | Marconi Stallions | ||
| 2013–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 8 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2011 | Australia | 130 | (20) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Sydney Uni women | ||
| 2017 | Australia(Assistant) | ||
| 2017–2020 | Canberra United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Heather Ann Garriock (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian formersoccer player and coach. Garriock played as amidfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was forWestern Sydney Wanderers of the AustralianW-League. Garriock played 130 matches for theAustralian women's national team, appearing at twoOlympic football tournaments and threeFIFA Women's World Cups.
Garriock began her career playing football in Australia. She played forMarconi Stallions,NSW Sapphires, andQueensland Sting before moving overseas.
She signed withAdirondack Lynx ofWomen's Premier Soccer League in 2006. She made six appearances in 2006 before returning to theAustralian National Team. In 2007, she made a further five appearances. In total, she made 11 appearances for Adirondack Lynx, while scoring 10 goals and chipping in eight assists.[2]
Garriock was on the move once again in 2008, playing forFortuna Hjørring in Denmark, before moving back to Australia to play forSydney FC in the AustralianW-League.[3]
In 2009, Garriock was selected for theWomen's Professional Soccer league in the United States. In the2008 WPS International Draft, she was picked 12th overall byChicago Red Stars. For the inaugural2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, she appeared for Chicago in 5 games (0 starts, 89 total minutes) and recorded an assist. It was announced on 30 September 2009 that Chicago had waived their option for a second year, thus making Garriock a free agent.[4]
She returned to her previous team,Sydney FC, following her release from Chicago.
In October 2013, Garriock joinedWestern Sydney Wanderers.[5]
Garriock retired from national league football after the 2013–14 W-League season.[6]
Garriock first represented theAustralia in October 1999 in a friendly againstChina at 16 years old. She has represented her country in the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as well as the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[7][8]
She has also appeared for Australia in the2003 and2007 editions of theFIFA Women's World Cup. She scored two goals in 2003 and one in 2007.[9]
In 2013, Garriock was selected for a national team tour that included a match against the United States, though did not play in the match. After the tour, Football Federation Australia denied a claim from Garriock to cover childcare expenses for her young daughter. A subsequent appeal to theNew South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal was unsuccessful.[10][11]
Garriock was appointed senior head coach of theSydney Uni SFC women's first team in 2014.[12][13]
In 2017, Garriock was appointed an assistant coach ofAustralia for the2017 Algarve Cup.[14]
On 22 May 2017, Garriock was appointed head coach ofCanberra United.[15] She was let go in February 2020.
Garriock was born inCampbelltown in the western suburbs of Sydney. She attendedWestfields Sports High School.[16][17]
Garriock started the Macarthur Youth Football Academy, based in the southwestern Sydney area ofCamden.[18]
In 2003, Garriock's brother, Nathan, died from injuries sustained during an altercation at a party he attended in Camden, NSW.[19][20]
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
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