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Collette McCallum

Collette McCallum
Collette McCallum playing against USWNT 2012.jpg
McCallum playing for the Matildas in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 31)
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.


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