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. She has scored more goals in international soccer than any other Australian soccer player.

## Career statistics
### Club 
### International 
## Honours
**Sydney FC**
* W-League Championship: 2012–13

**Western New York Flash**
* NWSL Shield: 2013 2016–17,

**Chelsea**
* FA Women's Super League: 2019–20, 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 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 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, 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
* 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 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
* 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 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 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)

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 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

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