Melissa Maizels
Australian soccer player (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melissa Maizels (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian soccer goalkeeper who last played for Australian A-League Women team Melbourne Victory. She previously played for Perth Glory and Canberra United.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melissa Ashleigh Maizels | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Canberra United | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Perth Glory | 18 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Canberra United | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2023 | |||
Maizels was born in Melbourne, Australia, and is Jewish.[2] Her great, great, great-grandfather was the Chief Rabbi of Łódź.[3]
She began playing soccer at the age of nine.[4] She represented Victoria four times for futsal and soccer, and competed in national tournaments at the Australian Institute of Sport (from which she earned her coaching UEFA B Licence) as well as in Canberra and Perth.[4] In 2009, she helped the futsal team make the grand final.[4][5]
She played at Melbourne Victory from 2012 to 2014.[3]
Canberra United, 2014–2016
In July 2014, Maizels signed with Canberra United.[6] She made her debut for the club during a match against Adelaide United after the team's starting goalkeeper Chantel Jones was injured.[7][8][9]
Perth Glory, 2016–2018
Maizels joined Perth Glory for the 2016–17 W-League season. She suffered a serious hand injury, which ended her season after only six games.[5] Maizels returned for the 2017–18 W-League season as Perth's number one keeper and played every minute of the season.[10]
Canberra United, 2018–2019
Maizels signed with Canberra United for the 2018–19 W-League, returning to the club she had played for from 2014 to 2016.[11]
Melbourne Victory, 2019–2022
Maizels joined Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2019–20 W-League season.[12] Ahead of the 2022–23 A-League Women season, she was released by the club.[13] At the end of 2022, while working as an assistant coach with Melbourne Victory, Maizels was re-signed temporarily as an injury replacement due to an injury to back-up keeper Miranda Templeman.[14] She was included on the bench for the match against Canberra United but was not used,[15] and the following week Templeman returned ending Maizel's contract.[16]
She competed for Team Australia at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[3][17]
- with Canberra United
- W-League winner: 2014–15
- with Melbourne Victory
- W-League runner-up: 2012–13, 2013–14
- with Perth Glory
- W-League runner-up: 2016–17
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