Sam Kerr

Samantha May Kerr  (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian soccer player. She plays for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and captains the Australia women's national soccer team (nicknamed the "Matildas"). She is regarded as one of the best female soccer players in the world and one of the most successful Australian athletes of all time.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/09/sam-kerrs-latest-exploits-mark-her-out-as-one-of-australias-greatest-athletes She has scored more goals in international soccer than any other Australian soccer player.https://www.matildas.com.au/news/sam-kerr-becomes-australian-footballs-all-time-leading-goalscorer

Career statistics
 Club 

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPerth Glory2008–09W-League71————712009–1051————512010–11103————103Total225————225Sydney FC2012–13W-League129————1292013–14124————124Total2413————2413Western New York Flash2013NWSL216————2162014209————209Total4115————4115Perth Glory2014W-League1011————10112015–1641————412016–171310————13102017–18913————9132018–191318————1318Total4953————4953Sky Blue FC2015NWSL96————96201695————9520172217————2217Total4028————4028Chicago Red Stars2018NWSL2016————201620192319————2319Total4335————4335Chelsea2019–20FA WSL412020——812020–2122214443831039312021–222020342164—31292022–2321124636105—38292023–2484000045—129Total75581314111028171012899Career total29420713141110281710347248

International 

National teamYearAppsGoalsAustralia200910201093201170201260201350201472201582201631201711112018158201911112020542021167202212122023128Total12869

Honours
Sydney FC
 W-League Championship: 2012–13

Western New York Flash
 NWSL Shield: 2013
 NWSL Championship runner-up: 2013

Perth Glory
 W-League Premiership: 2014
 W-League Championship runner-up: 2014, 2016–17, 2018–19

Chicago Red Stars
 NWSL Championship runner-up: 2019

Chelsea
 FA Women's Super League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
 Women's FA Cup: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
 FA Women's League Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21; runner-up: 2021–22
 FA Women's Community Shield: 2020
 UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2020–21

Australia 
 AFF U-16 Women's Championship: 2009
 AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010; runner-up: 2014, 2018
 Centenary Cup: 2013

Individual
 W-League Player's Player of the Year: 2009, 2014
 W-League Goal of the Year: 2009, 2016–17
 FFA Female U20 Footballer of the Year: 2010, 2014
 PFA Australian Women's Footballer of the Year: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
 Julie Dolan Medal: 2016–17, 2017–18
 PFA W-League Team of the Season: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
 W-League Golden Boot: 2017–18, 2018–19
 Football Media Association International Player of the Year: 2013, 2014
 NWSL Player of the Week: 2013: Week 9; 2016: Week 18; 2017: Week 9 12, 17; 2018: Week 15, 22
 NWSL Player of the Month: 2017: May, June, 2018: August 2019: May
 NWSL Team of the Month: 2017: May, June, July, August; 2018: July, August; 2019: April, May, September
 NWSL Golden Boot: 2017, 2018, 2019
 NWSL Most Valuable Player Award: 2017, 2019
 NWSL Best XI: 2017, 2018, 2019
 Asian Women's Footballer of the Year: 2017, 2022
 ABC Sport Personality of the Year: 2017
 IFFHS Women's World Team of the Year: 2017, 2021, 2023
 Young Australian of the Year: 2018
 ESPY Awards Best International Women's Soccer Player: 2018, 2019, 2022
 ESPY Awards Best NWSL Player ESPY Award: 2019
The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World Winner: 2019
 IFFHS AFC Women's Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
 UK Young Achiever Award: 2021
 FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: April 2021, April 2022
 FA Women's Super League Golden Boot: 2020–21, 2021–22
 PFA WSL Fans' Player of the Month: March 2021, April 2022
 PFA WSL Team of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
 UEFA Women's Champions League Squad of the Season: 2020–21
 IFFHS AFC Women's Player of the Year: 2021
 IFFHS AFC Women's All-time Women's Dream Team: 2021
 IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer: 2022
 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM): 2022
 AFC Women's Asian Cup Golden Boot: 2022
 London Football Awards FA Women's Super League Player of the Year: 2022
 Football Writer's Association Women's Footballer of the Year: 2021–22, 2022–23
 Women's Super League Player of the Season: 2021–22
 Women's Super League Goal of the Season: 2021–22
 PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2022
PFA WSL Fans’ Player of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22
 Chelsea Women's Player of the Year: 2021–22, 2022–23
 The Athletic WSL Player of the Year: 2021–22
 The Athletic WSL Team of the Year: 2020–21, 2021–22
 GiveMeSportW (GMS) Fans' WSL Player of the Season: 2021–22
 Key to the City of Perth: 2022
 FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2022, 2023
 Australian flag-bearer for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla: 2023
Ballon d'Or Féminin 3rd place: 2021, 2022; runner-up: 2023

Records

Australia (2009 to present)
 All-time leading Australian international female scorer: 63 (from 5 August 2021 to present)
 All-time leading Australian international scorer: 63 (from 12 Apr 2023 to present)
 All-time leading Australian international female scorer at the Olympics: 7 (from 2020 Tokyo Olympics to present)
 Most goals scored in a calendar year: 12 (2022)
 First Australian football player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup: 2019
 Most consecutive games scored in: 7 (from 30 July 2017 to 28 February 2018)

W-League (2008–09 to 2018–19)
 Former all-time leading scorer: 70 (from 24 January 2019 to 20 March 2021: overtaken by Michelle Heyman)
 Most goals in a season: 17 (2018–19)
 Most hat-tricks: 4 (tied with Michelle Heyman)
 Fastest hat-trick: 7 minutes (16 December 2017 vs Newcastle Jets)
 Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 2 (2017–18, 2018–19) (tied with Michelle Heyman and Kate Gill)

National Women's Soccer League (2013 to 2019)
 Former all-time leading scorer: 77 (from 8 July 2017 to 19 May 2024: overtaken by Lynn Williams)
 Former all-time assists leader: 24 (overtaken by Lynn Williams, Tobin Heath and Jessica McDonald)
 First player to score 50 goals (9 June 2018)
 First teenager to score a goal: (April 2013)
 Most goals in a season: 18 (2019)
 Most goals in a match: 4 (tied with Kristen Hamilton and Alex Morgan)
 Most shots on target in a season: 54 (2017)
 Most hat-tricks in a season: 2 (2017)
 Most consecutive seasons to score at least 10 goals: 3 (2017 to 2019)
 Most consecutive seasons to score at least 15 goals: 3 (2017 to 2019)
 First Australian international to play 100 regular season games
 Most 'Most Valuable Player' awards: 2 (2017, 2019)
 Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 3 (2017, 2018, 2019)

FA Women's Super League (2019–20 to present)
 Most goals in a full-season debut: 21 (2020–21)
 Most goals in a calendar year: 23 (2021)
 Most number of teams scored against in a season: 10 (2021 –22)
 Most hat-tricks against a single club: 2 (vs Birmingham City) (tied with Bethany England, Rachel Williams and Vivianne Miedema)
 Most first half hat-tricks: 2 (tied with Vivianne Miedema)
 First player to score against every team played against (2 September 2020 vs Everton)
 Most goals scored as a headers in one season: 9 (2020–21)
 First player to score at least 20 goals in consecutive seasons: 2020–21 to 2021–22
 Most consecutive seasons to score at least 20 goals: 2 (2020–21 to 2021–22)
 Most 'Golden Boot' awards: 2 (2020–21 to 2021–22) (tied with Vivianne Miedema) 
 Most goals across all competitions in a season: 32 (2021–22)

UEFA Women's Champion League (2020–21 to present)
 Most goals in a group stage game: 4

Perth Glory (2008 to 2011, 2014 to 2019)
 All-time leading scorer: 57 (2014 to present)
Sky Blue FC (2015–2017)
 All-time leading scorer: 28 (28 June 2017 to present)

Chicago Red Stars (2018 to 2019)
 All-time leading scorer: 35 (tied with Christen Press) (20 October 2019 to present)

Chelsea (2020 to present)
 Most consecutive games scored in: 7 (26 February 2022 to 3 April 2022)

Other
 Most goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup game: 4, 2019
 Only football player to win the Golden Boot in 3 different leagues/continents: W-League (Australia): 2017–18, 2018–19; NWSL (North America): 2017, 2018, 2019; FA WSL (Europe) 2020–21, 2021–22
 First Australian female football player to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or
 First Australian football player to place in the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or: 2021
 First Australian football player to place in the top 3 of The Best FIFA Player: 2021
 First Australian to win PFA Players’ Player of the Year: 2022
 First West Australian-born female recipient of the Key to the City of Perth: 2022
 First female footballer to be chosen to be on the cover of a FIFA video game: FIFA 23

References

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