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Australian soccer player

Beattie Goad
Beattie Goad warming up for a match for Melbourne Victory, December 2023
Personal information
Full name Beatrice Southby Goad
Date of birth (1997-05-31) 31 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
EAP
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Stanford Cardinal 88 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Melbourne Victory 21 (2)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 14 (4)
2020–2021 Meppen 22 (0)
2021–2022 UDG Tenerife 18 (1)
2022–2024 Melbourne Victory 40 (3)
2023 Bulleen Lions 10 (2)
International career
Australia U17
Australia U20
2021 Australia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2021

Beatrice "Beattie" Southby Goad (born 31 May 1997) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played in the Australian A-League Women for Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City, for Stanford University in the USA's NCAA Division I, for SV Meppen in the German 1. Liga, and for UDG Tenerife in the Spanish Primera División.

Club career

Melbourne Victory

Goad was Melbourne Victory's youngest goalscorer and the youngest ever Victorian to play in a Grand Final.

Melbourne City

In September 2015, Goad joined rival club Melbourne City for their inaugural season.

Stanford University

In February 2016, following a stellar season with Melbourne City and enjoying academic success, earning a place in the top 1% of students in Victoria, Goad joined Stanford University on a four-year program.

SV Meppen

In August 2020, Goad signed for Frauen-Bundesliga side SV Meppen.

UDG Tenerife

Return to Melbourne Victory

In September 2022, Goad returned to Australia, re-joining Melbourne Victory. In December 2024, Goad retired from football.

International career

Goad earned her first national team cap in April 2021, appearing as a substitute against Germany in a friendly match.

Personal life

Goad graduated from Stanford University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Human Biology with a Medical Anthropology minor, and is currently studying Medicine at the University of Melbourne.

Honours

Stanford Cardinal

References

  1. Davutovic, David (22 February 2014). "Beattie Goad juggles year 11 studies and an appearance in W-League grand final". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. Farris, Emma (11 October 2015). "Elite athlete and year 12 student ... up there on the stressometer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. Ng, Tomasz (26 February 2014). "Goad: I feel so privileged". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. "City Announces Four New W-League Signings". 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. "Beattie Goad signs with NCAA Division 1 Stanford University". The Women's Game. 23 February 2016.
  6. "Meet the Aussie who's broken into the Bundesliga". The World Game. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. "Melbourne Victory signs Beattie Goad". Melbourne Victory. 9 September 2022.
  8. Comito, Matt (28 December 2024). "Victory star Beattie Goad announces retirement from football ahead of special farewell game". A-Leagues.
  9. "Germany Women vs Australia Women, International Friendlies (Women), Round 1, 10th Apr 2021". Matildas. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. Comito, Matt (21 March 2023). "Between football and medical school, Goad finds time to work at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, researching paediatric epilepsy". A-Leagues. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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