In 2021, she captained the team to their historic first ever semi-final of a major tournament during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, resulting in their best ever 4th-place finish. During the 2019 World Cup, she became the first Australian player to score a hat trick at a World Cup tournament. Kerr earned her first senior international cap in 2009 at the age of 15 and has since represented Australia at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup tournaments, the 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups, and the 20 Summer Olympics. In 2019, Kerr indicated her interest to play in Europe, and having fielded multiple offers from clubs such as Olympique Lyonnais, Kerr ultimately signed with Chelsea, so far winning 8 trophies with the club, including back-to-back-to-back Women's Super League titles, as well as helping the team reach the UEFA Women's Champions League final for the first time in 2021. She later played for Sky Blue FC and the Chicago Red Stars in the same league. In 2013, she joined the Western New York Flash for the inaugural season of the NWSL and helped lead the team to win the NWSL Shield. Kerr started her career at the age of 15 with Perth Glory where she played from 2008 to 2012, before moving to Sydney FC. She is the only female soccer player to have won the Golden Boot in three different leagues and on three different continents – the W-League (Australia/New Zealand) in 2017––19, the NWSL (North America) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the FAWSL (Europe) in 2020––22. As of 2022, Kerr is the all-time leading Australian international scorer, and is the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States. She is widely regarded as one of the best forwards of all time. Samantha May Kerr OAM (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team (the Matildas), which she has captained since 2019. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023 *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of
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