Caitlin Friend

Caitlin Friend

Friend with Melbourne Victory in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Caitlin Friend
Date of birth	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Melbourne Victory
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Melbourne Victory	43	(15)
2014	Notts County	9	(0)
2014–2015	Melbourne Victory	3	(0)
2015–2016	Bulleen Lions
2016–	Melbourne Victory	0	(0)
International career‡
	Australia U17		(9)
	Australia U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2014

Caitlin Friend (born 10 November 1993) is an Australian football (soccer) striker who plays for Melbourne Victory.^[1]

Friend started playing football from the age of seven. At the age of 12, she was removed from her club after they banned girls from playing. After playing tennis for a year, she returned to local football club Brunswick Zebras.^[2]

In January 2014, Friend agreed to join English FA WSL club Notts County after the Australian season had concluded, a season in which she had overtaken Jodie Taylor as Melbourne Victory's all-time top goalscorer.^[3][4]

After the WSL 2014 season, the Australian striker returned to Australia to play for Melbourne Victory after a year with Notts County. In January 2015 it was confirmed she would not be returning to Notts County for the 2015 season.

In October 2016, Friend returned to Melbourne Victory.^[5]

Following Friend's retirement, she set up a training company called Elite Female Football, which works on training young female footballers. She was joined in this venture by Ashley Brown, Brianna Davey and Steph Catley.^[2]

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