Clare Wheeler

Player

Birthday January 14, 1998

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Coffs Harbour, Australia

Age 26 years old

Nationality Australia

Height 1.62m

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1998

Clare May Wheeler (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton and the Australia women's national team.

She has represented Australia on the under-20 team.

Wheeler began playing soccer at age ten for a local club, the Adamstown Rosebud.

At the age of 13, she was selected for the state youth league, Northern NSW.

She was later selected for the Emerging Jets Program.

2013

In 2013 at the age of 15, Wheeler was selected to play for the Newcastle Jets for the 2013–14 Newcastle Jets W-League season.

She made six appearances for the club playing primarily as a defender.

The Jets finished in last place during the regular season with a record.

2014

During the 2014 season, Wheeler made five appearances.

The Jets finished in fifth place with a record.

2015

During the 2015-16 season, Wheeler made 11 appearances for the Jets.

The club finished in sixth place with a record.

In 2015, Wheeler was selected for the Young Matildas (under-20 national team) to compete at the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship tournament in China.

In 2021, Wheeler made her debut for the senior team in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland.

Wheeler scored her first international goal for the Matildas against the Philippines in an Olympic qualifying match on 29th October 2023.

Wheeler graduated high school with an ATAR of 90, and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Commerce, and worked in financial assistance at Macquarie Group after completing her university studies.

2016

Returning to the Jets for the 2016-17 season, Wheeler made appearances in 11 of the 12 regular season matches.

The Jets finished

the season in fifth place with a record.

2020

Wheeler left Newcastle Jets to join Sydney FC ahead of the 2020–21 W-League season.

In June 2021, Wheeler left Australia to join Danish champions Fortuna Hjørring.

In August 2022, Wheeler was loaned to English club Everton.

In January 2023, at the end of her loan, she was signed by the club on a permanent basis.