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Cortnee Brooke Vine (born 9 April 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Australia national team.
.jpg) Vine with Sydney FC in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cortnee Brooke Vine | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | (2) |
| 2020–2024 | Sydney FC | 65 | (30) |
| 2022 | → Sydney Olympic (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2024– | North Carolina Courage | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Australia U-17 | |||
| 2016–2018 | Australia U-20 | 11 | (6) |
| 2022– | Australia | 29 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 | |||
Born in Victoria, Australia, Vine previously played in the A-League Women for Brisbane Roar, Newcastle Jets, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Sydney FC.
Vine represented Australia at under-17 and under-20 level before making her senior debut at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[1]
Vine was born on 9 April 1998, in Shepparton, Victoria, to parents Heidi and Gary Vine.[2][3] She began playing football at the age of five, alongside her brother Jayden, at St Georges Road Primary School.[4][5] When Vine was seven, her family moved to Mango Hill, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland.[2][4][6] She continued her football with Deception Bay Dragons and Redcliffe Dolphins, initially playing on her older brother's team.[4] By the age of 12, she had earned a spot at the Queensland Academy of Sport and was playing for Peninsula Power before eventually signing for Brisbane Roar in 2015.[4][7][8]
Vine made her debut for the Brisbane Roar on 25 October 2015 at age 16 in a match against the Western Sydney Wanderers.[9][10] She made seven appearances for the team during the 2015–16 W-League season. Brisbane finished in fourth place in the regular season, securing a berth to the play-offs.[10] In the semi-finals against regular season champions Melbourne City, the Roar lost 5–4 on penalties after 120 minutes of regular and extra time produced no goals for either side.[11]
Vine joined the Newcastle Jets ahead of the 2017–18 W-League season.[12][13]
In November 2019, Vine joined the Western Sydney Wanderers.[14]
In August 2020, Vine joined Sydney FC. In the 2020/21 season she made 11 appearances with four goals and three assists. Her team won the league. In the following 2021/22 season she contributed a total of six goals in 10 games. In the two playoff games, she scored another three goals, and she and her teammates became premiers again. She won the championship and premiership double with her club in the 2022/23 season, scoring seven goals in 21 games.[15]
On 14 June 2024, Sydney announced that Vine would leave the club to pursue an opportunity in the NWSL in the United States.[16]
The North Carolina Courage signed Vine on a three-year contract on 14 June 2024, with her becoming eligible at the start of the transfer window on 1 August.[17] She made her NWSL debut in the starting lineup against the Seattle Reign on 25 August.[18] She scored her first NWSL goal in her Courage home debut, equalizing in an eventual 2–1 win over the Kansas City Current on 1 September.[19]
Vine has represented Australia at under-17[20] and under-20 level.[21] In July 2016, she scored the equaliser against Myanmar at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship as Australia went on to top their group.[22] On 24 January 2022, she made her first appearance for the senior team against the Philippines at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
In July 2023, Vine was selected as part of the Matildas squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[23] In August 2023, she scored the winning penalty kick in a 7–6 shootout win over France, to take Australia into the semifinals of the competition.[24]
In February 2024, it was announced that Vine had withdrawn from selection for the Olympic qualifying matches against Uzbekistan, citing personal reasons.[25] She was called up again to the Matildas squad for friendly matches against Mexico in April 2024, alongside fellow Sydney FC player Jada Whyman.
On 4 June 2024, Vine was named in the Matildas team which qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, her debut Olympics selection.[26]
Since 2019, Vine has dated Charlotte McLean, her teammate at Sydney FC and the North Carolina Courage.[27] Outside of football, Vine worked before 2021 as an employee of JD Sports and Football NSW in Western Sydney. She also enrolled in a bachelor's degree in information technology.[28]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 October 2022 | Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, England |  South Africa | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 19 February 2023 | CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia |  Spain | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2023 Cup of Nations |
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