Jenna Kingsley
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 Kingsley playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jenna Kingsley | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Penrith, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Emu Plains (NSW) | |||
| Penrith RSL (NSW) | |||
| Penrith SC (NSW) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Central Coast Mariners | 39 | (16) |
| 2012–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 55 | (38) |
| 2015–2020 | Newcastle Jets | 194 | (135) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Australia U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2007- | Australia | 74 | (51) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:52, 3 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Jenna Kingsley (born 24 March 1992) is a retired Australian soccer player, who played for Central Coast Mariners, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League.
Kingsley was born in Penrith and grew up in Cambridge Park. She is a cousin of English footballer Kyle Bartley.[1][2][3]
Club career
Junior football
Kingsley played her junior football in Western Sydney for Emu Plains, Penrith RSL and Penrith SC.[4]
Central Coast Mariners
Kingsley made her debut for Central Coast Mariners against Newcastle Jets on Saturday, 29 November 2008 after being substituted on for teammate Britt Simmons.[5] She then made her scoring debut in round 7 against Adelaide United scoring a double and assisting the team to a record 6–0 win away from home.[6] Kingsley then scored her third goal in the last round of her first season against Melbourne Victory assisting the team to a 2–0 win at home which knocked Melbourne out of the finals.[7]
Western Sydney Wanderers
In 2012, Kingsley joined new expansion club Western Sydney Wanderers for their inaugural season.[8]
Newcastle Jets
Kingsley joined Newcastle Jets ahead of the 2015–16 W-League season.[9][10]
International career
Kingsley made her first appearance for the Australia women's national soccer team against Hong Kong in an Olympic Games qualifier as a second-half substitute for Caitlin Cooper. She then scored the final goal of the match in the 83rd minute to make the score 8–1. Her debut game featured seven other, then-fellow Mariners' teammates Rachael Doyle, Lyndsay Glohe, Teresa Polias, Renee Rollason, Ellyse Perry, Kyah Simon and Caitlin Cooper.[11] to this day she has made 74 appearances scoring 51 goals for the Australian women's national team.
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