![]() McCallum playing for the Matildas in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 March 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
NSW Institute of Sport | |||
Australian Institute of Sport | |||
WA Institute of Sport | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Manly Warringah | |||
NSW Academy of Sport | |||
Western Waves | |||
2008 | Pali Blues | 8 | (5) |
2008–2009 | Perth Glory | 10 | (2) |
2009 | Sky Blue FC | 23 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Perth Glory | 14 | (3) |
2012 | Lincoln Ladies | 8 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Perth Glory | 16 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2006 | Australia U-20 | 19 | (13) |
2005–2015 | Australia | 81 | (11) |
Teams managed | |||
2015– | Perth Glory (Assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2015 |
Collette McCallum (born 26 March 1986) is an Australian retired football (soccer) midfielder who last played for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League.
She played for Pali Blues in the American USL W-League in 2008. Following her debut game for the Blues, she was selected for the W-League team of the week as a result of scoring two goals against Ventura County Fusion. Pali Blues went on to win the W-League championship in that season.
In 2009, McCallum played for Sky Blue FC in the new Women's Professional Soccer in the United States. The club went on to win the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs in their debut year.
McCallum represented the Young Matildas on 19 occasions, and was selected to the FIFA All-Star Team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.
McCallum amassed 81 caps for the Matildas. Following the retirements of Cheryl Salisbury and Joanne Peters in February 2010, she was named the Matildas vice captain.
In 2015, she was employed as the Assistant Coach of the Perth Glory's Women's team, working under Head Coach Bobby Despotovski.