Collette McCallum

Collette McCallum
	McCallum playing for the Matildas in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Collette Gardiner
Birth name	Collette McCallum
Date of birth	26 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	NSW Institute of Sport
	Australian Institute of Sport
	WA Institute of Sport
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Manly Warringah
	NSW Academy of Sport
	Western Waves FC
2008	Pali Blues
2008–2009	Perth Glory
2009	Sky Blue FC
2009–2011	Perth Glory
2012	Lincoln Ladies
2012–2015	Perth Glory
International career‡
2002–2006	Australia U-20
2005–2015	Australia
Managerial career
2015–	Perth Glory (Assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 July 2015

Collette Gardiner (née McCallum; born 26 March 1986) is an Australian retired footballer who played as a midfielder, earning over 80 caps for the Australian national team. She last played for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League.

Playing career

Born in Scotland, McCallum emigrated to Australia with her family at the age of four.^[2]^[3] She played for Pali Blues in the American USL W-League in 2008.^[4] Following her debut game for the Blues, she was selected for the W-League team of the week as a result of scoring two goals against Ventura County Fusion. Pali Blues went on to win the W-League championship in that season.

In 2009, McCallum played for Sky Blue FC in the new Women's Professional Soccer in the United States. The club went on to win the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs in their debut year & in doing so McCallum became the first Australian woman to win a club title overseas.

International

McCallum amassed 81 caps for the Matildas. Following the retirements of Cheryl Salisbury and Joanne Peters in February 2010, she was named the Matildas vice captain.^[5]

As a youth representative McCallum represented the Young Matildas on 19 occasions, & was named in the FIFA All-Star Team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.

McCallum is arguably one of the best produced at her age group and was considered one of the best young talents in the world.

Such is her legacy at youth level that in 2019 Professional Footballers Australia named the Australian Young Player of the Year award the Collette McCallum Medal in her honour.

The 132nd capped Matilda played every Australian fixture at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup (China 2007) & 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (Germany 2011) helping the team reach the quarter finals in each tournament.

Coaching career

In 2015, she was employed as the Assistant Coach of the Perth Glory's Women's team, working with Head Coach Bobby Despotovski.^[6]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 February 2007	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Uzbekistan	8–0	10–0	2008 Olympics qualifying
2	23 February 2007	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Uzbekistan	10–0		2008 Olympics qualifying
3	7 April 2007	BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia	Hong Kong	3–0	15–0	2008 Olympics qualifying
4				6–0
5				8–0
6	19 August 2007	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China	China	3–0	3–1	Friendly
7	20 September 2007	Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu, China	Canada	1–1	2–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
8	5 March 2008	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	4–2	Friendly
9	7 February 2009	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	Italy	1–4	1–5	Friendly
10	17 October 2010	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Mexico	1–0	3–1	2010 Peace Queen Cup
11	15 May 2011	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Australia	New Zealand	2–1	2–1	Friendly
12	23 June 2011	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	England	1–0	2–0	Friendly
13	23 June 2011	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	England	2–0	2–0	Friendly