| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cheryl Salisbury | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back (Retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lambton | |||
| AIS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008-2010 | Newcastle Jets | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994-2009 | Australia | 151 | (38) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cheryl Ann Salisbury (born 8 March 1974 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) is a female football (soccer) player.
She most recently played as a defender for the New York Power in the WUSA and for the Newcastle United Jets in the W-League. She is the coach of the Broadmeadow Magic team in the Northern NSW Women's Premier League competition.
She was captain of the Australian female national team, the Matildas. She is Australia's highest female international goalscorer of all time with 38 goals in representative fixtures. Cheryl became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals, which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics – in the 1-1 draw against USA.
On 27 January 2009, she announced she would retire after the game against Italy at Parramatta Stadium. The game finished as a 2-2 draw, with Cheryl scoring a penalty. The veteran of 151 international appearances was greeted with a standing ovation as she was substituted with six minutes remaining. [1]
In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category.[2]
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