Melissa Maizels

Melissa Maizels (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian soccer goalkeeper who plays for Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory. She previously played for Perth Glory and Canberra United.[1]

Melissa Maizels
Personal information
Full name Melissa Ashleigh Maizels
Date of birth (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Melbourne Victory 0 (0)
2014–2016 Canberra United 4 (0)
2016–2018 Perth Glory 18 (0)
2018–2019 Canberra United 0 (0)
2019– Melbourne Victory 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2019

Early life

Maizels was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is Jewish.[2] Her great, great, great-grandfather was the Chief Rabbi of Łódź.[3]

She began playing soccer at the age of nine.[4] She represented Victoria four times for futsal and soccer, and competed in national tournaments at the Australian Institute of Sport (from which she earned her coaching UEFA B Licence) as well as in Canberra and Perth.[4] In 2009, she helped the futsal team make the grand final.[4][5]

Playing career

She played at Melbourne Victory from 2012-2014.[3]

Canberra United, 2014–2016

In July 2014, Maizels signed with Canberra United.[6] She made her debut for the club during a match against Adelaide United after the team's starting goalkeeper Chantel Jones was injured.[7][8][9]

Perth Glory, 2016-2018

Maizels joined Perth Glory for the 2016-17 W-League Season. She suffered a serious hand injury, which ended her season after only six games.[10] Maizels returned for the 2017–18 season as Perth's number one keeper and played every minute of the season.[11]

Canberra United, 2018-2019

Maizels signed with Canberra United for the 2018–19 W-League, returning to the club she had played for from 2014–2016.[12]

Melbourne Victory, 2019-

Maizels joined Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2019–20 W-League season.[13]

International career

She competed for Team Australia at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[3][14]

Honors and awards
with Canberra United
with Melbourne Victory
  • W-League runner-up: 2012–13, 2013–14
with Perth Glory

See also

References
  1. "Player profile – Melissa Maizels". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. "Incredible Maccabiah selection miracle | News | Maccabiah". www.maccabi.com.au.
  3. "A Maccabiah miracle". ajn.timesofisrael.com.
  4. "Melissa Maizels". Soccer Pups. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. "Perth Glory goalkeeper's inspiring comeback". Westfield W-League. 3 January 2018.
  6. "Canberra United sign Chantel Jones, goalkeepers on the move". The Women's Game. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. "Canberra United's title hopes in freefall after Adelaide United stunner". Canberra Times. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. "Canberra show signs of improvement in win over Western Sydney". JRG Ventures. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. "Wanderers repeat history against Canberra". Western Sydney Wanderers. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. "Perth Glory goalkeeper's inspiring comeback". 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  11. "M.Maizels". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. "All of the Westfield W-League signings for 2018/19 so far". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  13. "Victory in safe hands for 2019/20". Melbourne Victory. 24 October 2019.
  14. Desiatnik, Shane. "Maizels moves home to Victory". ajn.timesofisrael.com.
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