Laini Freier
Laini Freier is an Australian retired professional soccer player who most notably played as a winger for A-League Women club Brisbane Roar and represented the Australia women's national [soccer team|Australia women's national team].
She is the twin sister of VfL Wolfsburg and Matildas player Sharn Freier. The two played at Brisbane Roar together in the 2024–25 A-League Women season.
Laini retired, aged 24, from both international and club soccer at the end of 2025. She indicated that she would be focusing on her family life and work career.
Early and personal life
Twin sisters Laini and Sharn Freier were born in 2001 and grew up in Pine Rivers, Queensland and attended Pine Rivers State High School. She began playing soccer at the age of five. Freier joined Moreton Bay United juniors.She married in August 2025.
Career
Domestic
Freier's first state level club was Brisbane Roar/NTC for the 2018–19 seasons in the National Premier Leagues Queensland. She followed with stints at The Gap during 2020 and 2021, Moreton Bay United in 2022 and Brisbane City in 2023 and 2024.On 11 September 2024 she transferred as a midfielder from Brisbane City to Brisbane Roar in the A-League Women ahead of 2024–25 season. She appeared 17 times for Brisbane Roar and provided 9 goals. She scored a hat-trick in her debut game against Newcastle Jets on 21 December 2024. Freier followed with another hat-trick in their next game, against Western United. After the A-League season, she returned to Brisbane City the rest of 2025.