 Rankin withTSG Hoffenheim in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamilla Sofia Rankin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-05-09)9 May 2003 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eureka | |||
| Liverpool Academy | |||
| Brisbane Roar NTC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Brisbane Roar NTC | ||
| 2019–2023 | Brisbane Roar | 45 | (1) |
| 2020, 2021 | Football NSW | ||
| 2021 | Gold Coast United | ||
| 2022 | Blacktown Spartans | ||
| 2023–2024 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | (0) |
| 2024– | TSG Hoffenheim | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Australia U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Australia U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022-present | Australia | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 July 2025 | |||
Jamilla Sofia Rankin (born 9 May 2003) is an Australian professionalsoccer player who plays as adefender forTSG Hoffenheim in theFrauen-Bundesliga and theAustralia national team (the Matildas). She previously played forBrisbane Roar andMelbourne Victory in theA-League Women.[2]
Rankin was born in 2003 and grew up inLismore, New South Wales.[1][3][4] She attended Rosebank Public School (years K-6),Trinity Catholic College, Lismore (years 7–9) andCavendish Road State High School, Brisbane.[3] While attending Rosebank, she competed in athletics as well as soccer.[5] As a junior she played soccer for Eureka inFootball Far North Coast (FFNC) league.[3][6] In 2016, while with FFNC, Rankin was selected to represent Northern New South Wales Football's 13 Girls team at the national Youth Championships for Girls.[7] At 14 years old, while at Cavendish Road, she attended their academy, which is part ofQAS NTC (Queensland Academy of Sport National Training Centre) and is aligned withBrisbane Roar Juniors; the combination is referred to as Brisbane Roar NTC.
In 2019 Rankin, as a defender, graduated from Brisbane Roar NTC to Football Queensland NTC seniors, which compete in theNational Premier Leagues Queensland (NPL Qld).[6] In March 2020, Rankin made her W-League (later known asA-League Women) debut forBrisbane Roar seniors during their2019–20 season,[2][8] in a 3–1 loss toMelbourne City.[6] During the W-League 2020 off-season (mid-year) the defender played forFootball NSW Institute in theNational Premier Leagues NSW Women's (NPL NSW Women's).[6]
In 2021, Rankin received a Young Footballer of the Year nomination in February, due to her successful season in the2020–21 W-League.[9] She kicked her maiden goal in Brisbane Roar's 4–1 defeat ofSydney in February 2021.[2] Initially playing as a left-back defender, during that year she became a centre-back.[10] In August, Rankin re-signed with her team.[11] Her performances in the first two seasons in the W-League earned favourable comparisons with fellow Australian defendersSteph Catley andEllie Carpenter.[12] By the end of Brisbane's2022-23 season she had played 45 matches and delivered one goal.[2][6]
In August 2023, Rankin joinedMelbourne Victory for their2023–24 season.[13] She appeared 23 times during the season,[2] and the team finished fourth on the Premiership ladder and lost a penalty shoot-out (2–4), upon drawing 0–0 after extra-time, against Central Coast Mariners in theChampionship elimination final.[14]
Rankin signed with German clubTSG Hoffenheim in August 2024 on a three-year contract.[15] In the2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga she played 18 matches and helped TSG to finish sixth on the league table.[16][17] During the related2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Rankin kicked a goal in their 0–7 victory against SV Hegnach.[18]
Rankin was a part of theAustralia women's national under-17 soccer team (Junior Matildas) during the2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification and final tournament. She featured during two matches ofqualification as well as in four games in thefinal tournament, playing 360 minutes, starting each game she played in.[19][20]
On 21 November 2020, Rankin was called up for the first ever Women's Talent Identification Camp which was held inCanberra from 22 – 26 of November 2020.[21][22] She was selected for theAustralia women's national under-23 soccer team (U23 Matildas) squad for the2022 AFF Women's Championship held in thePhilippines in July.[23] They competed against senior teams fromASEAN Football Federation, finishing third in their group and being eliminated.[23] Rankin returned to the U23 Matildas at the Four Nations invitational under-23 tournament held inVäxjö,Sweden from 30 May to 4 June 2024.[24][25] Her team lost against Sweden andGermany, but won against Poland.[26][27]
Rankin made her debut for theAustralia women's national soccer team (Matildas) on 25 June 2022 in a 7–0 defeat bySpain inHuelva, Spain.[28]
