Garriock playing for Sydney FC in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Heather Ann Garriock | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Playing position | 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) |
National team‡ | |||
1999– | Australia | 130 | (20) |
Teams managed | |||
2014– | Sydney Uni women | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2011 |
Heather Ann Garriock (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. Garriock played as a midfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was for Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian W-League. Garriock played 130 matches for the Australian women's national team, appearing at three Olympic football tournaments and three FIFA Women's World Cups.
Garriock began her career playing football in Australia. She played for Marconi Stallions, NSW Sapphires, and Queensland Sting before moving overseas.
She signed with Adirondack Lynx of Women's Premier Soccer League in 2006. She made six appearances in 2006 before returning to the Australian 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.
Garriock was on the move once again in 2008, playing for Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark, before moving back to Australia to play for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League.
In 2009, Garriock was selected for the Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States. In the 2008 WPS International Draft, she was picked 12th overall by Chicago Red Stars. For the inaugural 2009 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.