Taylor Ray
Australian soccer player
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Taylor Ray (born 22 April 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League Women club Melbourne Victory.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taylor Ray | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Townsville, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2024 | Sydney FC | 61 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Sydney Olympic | 20 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Australia U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Australia U-20 | 3 | (2) |
| 2022– | Australia | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2022 | |||
Club career
Ray was born in 2001 in Townsville and played for local team, Townsville Warriors as a junior.[2]: 69 She made her senior debut in the A-League Women, at age 16, for Sydney FC on 9 December 2017,[2] in a 3–1 win against Western Sydney Wanderers.[3]
In May 2024, Ray departed Sydney FC, after seven seasons at the club.[2]: 69 [4] Over her 61 appearances she kicked two goals for her team.[2]: 69 During her time at Sydney in the A-League Women off-seasons, Ray also appeared for National Premier Leagues Women's clubs Football NSW Institute (2017–2018) and Sydney Olympic (2020–2024).[2][5]
In August 2024, Ray was signed by Central Coast Mariners for the 2024–25 A-League Women season.[6] Following the expiration of her contract, Ray left Central Coast Mariners in August 2025.[7] A few days later,Melbourne Victory announced signing Ray for the 2025–26 A-League Women season.[8]
International career
In June 2022, after an impressive season with Sydney FC, Ray was called up to Australia's senior national team for their upcoming friendlies against Spain and Portugal.[9]
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