Ellie Carpenter

Soccer Player

Birthday April 28, 2000

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Australia

Age 24 years old

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About

Soccer defender who plays for the French club Lyon. She debuted for the Australian national team in a March 2016 Olympic qualifying game against Vietnam. She played at the club level for the Western Sydney Wanderers from 2015 until 2017; she signed with Portland Thorns FC in 2018 after spending a year with Canberra United. 

Before Fame

She regularly played football growing up. She joined the Wanderers in the fall of 2015 after impressing at the U19 level. 

Trivia

She became the youngest Australian Olympian at the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as the youngest female footballer in history to compete at the Olympics. 

Family Life

She grew up on a farm in Cowra, New South Wales; her parents were both physical education teachers. She is romantically linked with Danielle Van de Donk

Associated With

She and Alanna Kennedy have played together on the national team.