Ellie Carpenter is an Australian professional soccer player who currently plays for the Women’s National Team of Australia and Olympique Lyonnais after she moved from Portland Thorns. She made history in 2016 as the youngest female Footballer to feature in an Olympic competition and also the youngest Australian to feature in an Olympic tournament.
She has featured at different youth teams for Australia before been called to the senior women’s national team. It is very clear that Ellie is talented, gifted, hardworking, and very dedicated to playing football.
Ellie Carpenter Biography
The Australian soccer player was born Ellie Madison Carpenter on the 28th day of April 2000 in Australia’s New South Wales town of Cowra to her parents who were reported to be teachers in physical education. As a child, she was brought up on a farm Cowra which is about 400km West of Sydney.
Ellie was so much in love with football that she always traveled long distances to play the sport in Young, Canberra, and Sydney. Sources revealed that when she was 12, her family relocated to Sydney to enable her to start high school at Westfield Sports High School. It is clear now that her family has been supportive to see her accomplish her dreams and reach her goals.
Ellie has an older brother, Jeremy Carpenter who is two years older. He also played just like his sister. His career as a soccer player would see him to places like Japan and Portugal. While growing up, both kids were exceptional athletes who in no time had outgrown Cowra where they were raised mainly by their mother, Belinda.
The move to Sydney helped her to get into a better sports school and then it gave her better opportunities to later make the national team and achieve the much she has as a footballer.
As per her racial background and status, she’s Australian by nationality, belonging to the white ethnic group.
Career Stats
The young Australian soccer player began to play football officially at the age of 15. She made her first-ever appearance in the W-League back in 2015 when the Western Sydney wandered signed her for a fee that hasn’t been disclosed yet. She played for almost 2 years, making a total number of 23 game appearances but without finding the net.
In 2017, she moved to another new club- Canberra United, where she featured in 21 games and netted 5 times for the club.
After playing for a year at Canberra United, Ellie signed a deal with America’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club the Portland Thorns in 2018. She broke a record as the youngest player to feature in the league. It didn’t take her long to score her first NWSL career goal and ultimately becoming the youngest player again to score in the league. It was her time and moment of shine.
In 2019, she was sent on loan to Melbourne City where she played until 2020 when she signed for Olympique Lyonnais in Division 1 Féminine in France.
Ellie Carpenter’s international football career kicked off in 2015 when she was invited to join the Australian under-17 team for the 2015 AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship qualification in September 2014, making her first appearance in national colors in a qualifying match against Vietnam which Australia won, playing every second and minute of the game.
Her national team coaches and top management discovered that she is really good, so they called her to join the Senior women’s national team the “Matildas.” She got her first cap for the team in a 2015/16 AFC Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament in March 2016.
She would go on to appear in some important tournaments for Australia including the Tournament of Nations in 2017, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and then the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Japan.
See Also: Kadeisha Buchanan Biography, Football Career, Family, Net Worth
Salary and Net Worth In 2021
Ellie Carpenter has come a long way in her career, boasting to be one of the best in women’s football. It is thanks to this that she boasts of an estimated net worth of between $500,000 to $1 million. More so, she makes between $16,000 and $30,000 a month as a salary with her current club.
That said, the bulk of her net worth is from the numerous endorsement deals she has secured over the years. She has deals with many brands including Visa, Nike, Top Juice, and Pantene among others.
Other facts About Ellie Carpenter
1. She was involved in other sports as a child
Although today she is famous as a footballer, Ellie Carpenter was involved in other sports as a child together with her brother. The two played cricket, tennis, AFL, touch football, and even athletics, cross country, swimming, and water skiing with the help of their parents.
2. Dancing was also one of her things
Apart from sports, Ellie used to be a dancer when she was little She did everything from tap to ballet and even jazz. Interestingly she entered dance competitions.
3. Her talent was more than sports and dancing
Ellie’s parents did not just limit the footballer and her brother to the aforementioned activities as they also ensured that they did other things such as public speaking, drama, and spelling bees, all of which they turned out to be good in as little children.
4. The marriage between her parents ended in divorce
Before she was 12, the marriage between her parents had started to have some difficulties that later ended in divorce. She revealed that this affected her and it served as the main reason why she moved to Sydney with her mum and brother.
5. She spent most of her early years playing against boys
Like most other famous stars playing women’s football, Ellie Carpenter used to play against boys. She continued this until her teenage years.
6. Ellie is a dropout
Needless to say, the footballer grew up as a smart kid. She attended King Park Primary in order to join the Westfields Sports High program. She also attended Mulyan Public School. When she was 17, she decided to drop out of school in order to pursue her football career full-time. This has turned out well for her.
7. She has recorded some important achievements in her career
Thus far, Ellie has made many marks as a footballer even though she is only 25 years old. Standing at only 5 feet 5 inches tall, she has won the following trophies:
Melbourne City
- W-League Premiership (2020)
- W-League Championship (2020)
Olympique Lyonnais
- Coupe de France féminine (2020)
- UEFA Women’s Champions League (2020)
Australia
- Tournament of Nations (2017)
- FFA Cup of Nations (2019)
Discussion about this post