Teresa Polias

Teresa Polias
Polias playing for Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name Teresa Polias
Date of birth (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990
Place of birth Darlinghurst, Australia
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Central Coast Mariners 15 (0)
2010–2021 Sydney FC 142 (8)
International career‡
2008–2010 Australia U-20 4 (1)
2007–2019 Australia 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:34, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 March 2019

Teresa Polias, born 16 May 1990) is an Australian former professional soccer player for the Central Coast Mariners (2008-2010) and Sydney FC (2010-2021) in the Australian W-League. Polias is a midfielder.[2]

Club career

Polias made her W-League debut on 25 October 2008, for the Central Coast Mariners, playing against Melbourne Victory. She was named Sydney FC player of the year in the 2011–12 W-League season. She was a member of the Sydney FC Women's team who won the 2012–13 W-League Championship and played the entirety of every match of that season, including the Grand Final.[3] She scored her first ever W-League goal in a 3–2 win over Melbourne City, with a long range effort which rocketed straight into the top corner. Polias was captain of the Sydney FC Women's team who won the 2018–19 W-League Championship; and played the entirety of every match of that season, including the Grand Final. In August 2021, she took a break from football to start a family and decide if she wants to continue playing.[4]

International career

Polias represented Australia in the Young Matildas starting 11 on many occasions and travelled to Europe and Asia with the team.

Personal life

Polias was born in 1990 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales[5] and grew up in Sydney's southern suburbs and attended Endeavour Sports High School.[6]

As well as playing football, Polias works full-time as a primary school teacher.[7]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - List of Players - Australia" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Teresa Polias". Sydney FC. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Polias Relives Grand Final With Kids". Sydney FC. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ^ Warriner, David (6 August 2021). "Sydney FC Captain To Take A Break From Football". Sydney FC.
  5. ^ "Get to Know You - Teresa Polias". Matildas. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ Parkinson, Andrew (21 November 2018). "Teresa Polias – Sydney FC's homegrown heroine". St George & Sutherland Leader. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ^ Smith, Pete (21 January 2014). "W-League player of the week". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014.


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