Leanne Trimboli
Leanne Trimboli is a former Australian soccer goalkeeper who played three matches for the Australia women's national soccer team. She was a member of the Australian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
She grew up in Adelaide, South Australia where she started playing club football in 1990 at 14yrs of age before joining the South Australian Institute of Sport program and later the Australian Institute of Sport women's program. She was also a member of the Adelaide Sensation in the Women's National League competition.
Leanne also has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. In 1999, still not a member of the Australian Women's Football Team, she was nominated for the Olympic TKD trials. As luck would have it, she was called into camp with the Matildas & subsequently toured China while the TKD trials were held in Adelaide. Upon her return to Adelaide, she was asked to move to the AIS in Canberra to train with the National Team full-time leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
48 hours post Olympic closing ceremony, Leanne was back in uniform & on the night shift with SA Police.
Personal life
- Leanne Trimboli is a Police Officer with South Australia Police, she joined in 1997 & is currently a Detective Senior Sergeant.
- She has a daughter named Mia who is also a goal keeper with the South Australian State Program.
- Leanne holds a Football Australia Senior 'C' & Youth Goal Keeper Licence. Having started coaching in 1994, she has Coached extensively across South Australia & with the Australian School Girls 2007 & 2008.