Clare Polkinghorne

**Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne** (born 1 February 1989) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF and the Australia national team.

### International goals

|data-sort-type=number|Goal|align=center|Date|Location|width=90|Opponent|data-sort-type="number"|Score|data-sort-type="number"|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|5 March 2008|Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|4–2|style="text-align:center;"|4–2|Friendly|Friendly|||
|2.|2 June 2008|Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam||style="text-align:center;"|1–3|style="text-align:center;"|1–3|2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup||||
|3.|16 June 2013|Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|1–0|style="text-align:center;"|1–1|Friendly|Friendly|||
|4.|10 February 2015|Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand||style="text-align:center;"|1–0|style="text-align:center;"|2–1|Friendly|Friendly|||
|5|11 March 2015|Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus||5–2|6–2|2015 Cyprus Cup||||||
|6.|2 March 2016|Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan||style="text-align:center;"|9–0|style="text-align:center;"|9–0|2016 Olympics qualifying||||
|7.|9 August 2016|Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil||style="text-align:center;"|2–0|style="text-align:center;"|6–1|2016 Summer Olympics||||
|8.|28 February 2018|Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal||style="text-align:center;"|1–1|style="text-align:center;"|4–3|2018 Algarve Cup||||
|9.|9 October 2018|Craven Cottage, London, England||style="text-align:center;"|1–1|style="text-align:center;"|1–1|Friendly||||
|10.|6 March 2020|McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|4–0|style="text-align:center;"|5–0|2020 Olympics qualifying||||
|11.|10 June 2021|CASA Arena, Horsens, Denmark||style="text-align:center;"|2–3|style="text-align:center;"|2–3|Friendly||||
|12.|23 October 2021|CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|1–0|style="text-align:center;"|3–1|Friendly||||
|13.|26 October 2021|CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|1–0|style="text-align:center;"|2–2|Friendly||||
|14.|8 October 2022|Kingsmeadow, London, United Kingdom||style="text-align:center;"|3–0|style="text-align:center;"|4–1|Friendly||||
|15.|16 February 2023|Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|4–0|style="text-align:center;"|4–0|2023 Cup of Nations||||
|16.|19 February 2023|CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia||style="text-align:center;"|2–0|style="text-align:center;"|3–2|2023 Cup of Nations||||

## Honours

**Queensland Sting**
- Women's National Soccer League: 2005

**Brisbane Roar**
- W-League Premiership: 2008–09, 2012–13
- W-League Championship: 2008–09, 2010–11

**Australia**
- AFF Women's Championship: 2008
- AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010
- AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016
- Tournament of Nations: 2017
- FFA Cup of Nations: 2019

**Individual**
- 2012–13 Julie Dolan Medal: Best player in the 2012–13 W-League
- 2017–18 Julie Dolan Medal: Best player in the 2017–18 W-League (jointly with Sam Kerr)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Clare Polkinghorne
- **fullname**: Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne
- **image**: Polkinghorne-2017-algarve (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Polkinghorne playing for Australia women's national soccer team, Australia at the 2017 Algarve Cup
- **birth place**: Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Kristianstads DFF
- **clubnumber**: 4
- **youthclubs1**: Wynnum District SC, Wynnum Wolves
- **youthclubs2**: Capalaba Bulldogs
- **years1**: 2003
- **clubs1**: Brisbane Toro
- **years2**: 2004
- **clubs2**: Queensland Lions FC, Queensland Lions
- **years3**: 2004–2008
- **clubs3**: Queensland Academy of Sport
- **years4**: 2008–2021
- **clubs4**: Brisbane Roar FC (W-League), Brisbane Roar
- **caps4**: 139
- **goals4**: 17
- **years5**: 2014
- **clubs5**: → INAC Kobe Leonessa (loan)
- **years6**: 2015
- **clubs6**: Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns
- **caps6**: 9
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2018–2019
- **clubs7**: Houston Dash
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2020
- **clubs8**: Avaldsnes IL
- **caps8**: 15
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2021–2023
- **clubs9**: Vittsjö GIK
- **caps9**: 56
- **goals9**: 7
- **years10**: 2024–
- **clubs10**: Kristianstads DFF
- **caps10**: 8
- **goals10**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam1**: Australia women's national under-20 soccer team, Australia U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 14
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–
- **nationalteam2**: Australia women's national soccer team, Australia
- **nationalcaps2**: 167
- **nationalgoals2**: 16
- **pcupdate**: 25 May 2024
- **ntupdate**: 3 June 2024