Laini Freier
Australian soccer player
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Laini Freier (German: [ˈfʁaɪ̯ɐ] FRY-er; born 24 July 2001) is an Australian retired professional soccer player who most notably played as a winger for A-League Women club Brisbane Roar and represented the Australia women's national team (the Matildas).[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 July 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Moreton Bay | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Brisbane Roar/NTC | ||
| 2020–2021 | The Gap FC | ||
| 2022 | Moreton Bay | ||
| 2023–2024 | Brisbane City | ||
| 2024–2025 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | (9) |
| 2025 | Brisbane City | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 February 2025 | |||
She is the twin sister of VfL Wolfsburg and Matildas player Sharn Freier. The two played at Brisbane Roar together in the 2024–25 A-League Women season.[4]
Laini retired, aged 24, from both international and club soccer at the end of 2025. She indicated that she would be focusing on her family life and work career.[5]
Early and personal life
Twin sisters Laini and Sharn Freier were born in 2001 and grew up in Pine Rivers, Queensland and attended Pine Rivers State High School.[6] She began playing soccer at the age of five.[5] Freier joined Moreton Bay United juniors.[7]: 32
She married in August 2025.[5]
Career
Domestic
Freier's first state level club was Brisbane Roar/NTC (National Training Centre) for the 2018–19 seasons in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.[7]: 32 [8] She followed with stints at The Gap during 2020 and 2021, Moreton Bay United (senior women) in 2022 and Brisbane City in 2023 and 2024.[7]: 32
On 11 September 2024 she transferred as a midfielder from Brisbane City to Brisbane Roar in the A-League Women ahead of 2024–25 season.[9] She appeared 17 times for Brisbane Roar and provided 9 goals.[1] She scored a hat-trick in her debut game against Newcastle Jets on 21 December 2024.[10] Freier followed with another hat-trick in their next game, against Western United.[11] After the A-League season, she returned to Brisbane City the rest of 2025.[5]
International
In February 2025, Freier received her first senior call up to the Australian national team for the 2025 SheBelieves Cup in the United States,[12] earning her first cap against the USWNT.[13]
