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Carys Hawkins

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Carys Hawkins
Hawkins playing for Perth Glory in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth 29 August 1988 (1988-08-29) (age 36)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Northern Redbacks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Perth Glory 62 (1)
2012 Umeå Södra FF 20 (6)
2013–2014 Sunnanå SK 9 (2)
2014 Fylkir 17 (1)
International career
2013–2014 Wales 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2015

Carys Hawkins (born 29 August 1988) is a Welsh association football player who played for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League, Umeå Södra FF in the Swedish Elitettan, Sunnanå SK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, and Fylkir in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.

Club career

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Hawkins starting playing football in Perth at Wembley Downs FC.[1] As a junior she played for Northern Redbacks and won the Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards in 2008.[2]

Since the establishment of the Australian W-League in 2008, Hawkins played for Perth Glory since their inaugural season.[3] In 2010, Hawkins was part of American college team Kentucky Wildcats.[4] In March 2012, after 39 W-League appearances, Hawkins joined Swedish club Umeå Södra FF for the off-season.[5] In January 2013, after returning to Perth Glory, she joined another Swedish club, Sunnanå SK.[6] In February 2014, she returned to Perth Glory.[7] The following month, she joined Icelandic club Fylkir who play in the Úrvalsdeild.[8] She scored her only league goal for the club in May 2014, scoring the only goal of a 1–0 victory over ÍA.[9] In July 2014, she also scored a goal in the Icelandic Women's Football League Cup during a 2–2 draw with Selfoss that Fylkir then lost on penalties.[10] Hawkins later returned to Australia, and was part of Perth Glory's maiden premiership which they won in the 2014 W-League season.[11]

International career

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Hawkins was part of Australian youth teams, touring New Zealand with the Australian Schoolgirls Team in 2004[12] and attending several camps with the Young Matildas.[1]

In February 2013, Hawkins was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2013 Algarve Cup.[13] She made her debut against Mexico in the second match of the tournament.[14] In March 2014, she was called-up for the 2015 World Cup qualifiers against Turkey and Ukraine[15] and in August for the qualifier against England.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hawkins' football philosophy". Matildas. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2013.
  2. ^ "CLUB WINNERS 2008". Women's Soccer WA. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Glory women set to star". Perth Glory. 21 October 2008.
  4. ^ "2010 UK Women's Soccer Information Packet". University of Kentucky. 23 August 2010 – via Issuu. We are fortunate to have a player coming in with international experience in Carys Hawkins
  5. ^ "Hawkins Sweden bound". The Women's Game. 4 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Australiensiska till Sunnanå" [Australian to Sunnanå] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 5 January 2013.
  7. ^ "W-League Preview: Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory". Keep Up. 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. On the plus side, seasoned defender Carys Hawkins returns to the fray after a spell in Sweden.
  8. ^ Breiðfjörður, Hafliði (12 March 2014). "Carys Hawkins í Fylki (Staðfest)" [Carys Hawkins in Fylki (Confirmed)]. Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic).
  9. ^ "Fylkir vann nýliðaslaginn" [Fylkir won the rookie match]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 May 2014. Það var velski varnarmaðurinn Carys Hawkins sem skoraði sigurmarkið [It was Welsh defender Carys Hawkins who scored the winning goal]
  10. ^ Freyr Jónsson, Daníel (24 July 2014). "Borgunarbikar kvenna: Selfoss í úrslitin í fyrsta sinn" [Women's Borgunarbikar: Selfoss in the finals for the first time]. Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Carys Hawkins og Anna Björg Björnsdóttir gerðu mörk Fylkis. [Carys Hawkins and Anna Björg Björnsdóttir scored Fylkir's goals.]
  11. ^ Collier, Rachel (20 November 2014). "Perth Glory paint the premiership purple". The Women's Game.
  12. ^ "Australian Schoolgirls Teams 1987-2014" (PDF). NSW Schools. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Wales women name squad of 21 for Algarve Cup tournament". BBC Sport. 26 February 2013. The squad includes five members of the Under-19 squad and uncapped defender Carys Hawkins, who was born in Cardiff and currently plays in Sweden.
  14. ^ "Mexico vs. Wales". Soccerway. 8 March 2013.
  15. ^ Jones, Dave (26 March 2014). "Women's Football: Wrexham keeper on standby for Wales Women". Daily Post.
  16. ^ "Women's World Cup 2015: Wales name squad for England match". BBC Sport. 13 August 2014.
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