Cheryl Salisbury
Cheryl Ann Salisbury is an Australian former association football player. She represented Australia internationally as a defender from 1994 until 2009, winning 151 caps.
Biography
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 went on to become coach of the Broadmeadow Magic team in the Northern NSW Herald Women's Premier League competition.Salisbury was captain of the Australian female national team, the Matildas from 2003 until she retired in 2009. As at February 2025, she is Australia's fourth equal highest female international goalscorer, with 38 goals in representative fixtures. Salisbury became only the second Australian female to play 100 A-internationals, which she achieved during the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1999, Salisbury and 12 teammates posed for a nude calendar photoshoot to raise money for the national women's football team.
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 Salisbury scoring a penalty. The veteran of 151 international appearances received a standing ovation as she was substituted with six minutes remaining.
In 2009, Salisbury was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, in the Hall of Champions category.
In 2017, Salisbury was awarded the Alex Tobin Medal by the Professional Footballers Australia, and in 2019 she became the first women's footballer to be inducted into the Australia Hall of Fame Awards|Sport Australia Hall of Fame].
Honours
Country
Australia- OFC Women's Nations Cup: 1994, 1998, 2003
- In 2020, a river-class ferry on the Sydney Ferries network was named in her honour.