Heather Garriock

Heather Ann Garriock (born 21 December 1982) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. Garriock played as a midfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was for Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian W-League. Garriock played 130 matches for the Australian women's national team, appearing at three Olympic football tournaments and three FIFA Women's World Cups.

Heather Garriock
Garriock playing for Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name Heather Ann Garriock
Date of birth (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Leppington Lions Soccer Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Marconi Stallions
1996–2002 NSW Sapphires
2002–2003 Queensland Sting
2005–2006 NSW Sapphires
2007 Adirondack Lynx 11 (10)
2007–2008 Fortuna Hjørring
2008–2009 Sydney FC 4 (1)
2009 Chicago Red Stars 5 (0)
2009–2011 Sydney FC 19 (5)
2011 LdB FC Malmö 8 (0)
2011–2012 Sydney FC 6 (2)
2013 Marconi Stallions
2013–2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 8 (2)
National team‡
1999– Australia 130 (20)
Teams managed
2014–2017 Sydney Uni women
2017 Australia (Assistant)
2017–2020 Canberra United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2011

Playing career

Club career

Garriock began her career playing football in Australia. She played for Marconi Stallions, NSW Sapphires, and Queensland Sting before moving overseas.

She signed with Adirondack Lynx of Women's Premier Soccer League in 2006. She made six appearances in 2006 before returning to the Australian National Team. In 2007, she made a further five appearances. In total, she made 11 appearances for Adirondack Lynx, while scoring 10 goals and chipping in eight assists.[1]

Garriock was on the move once again in 2008, playing for Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark, before moving back to Australia to play for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League.[2]

In 2009, Garriock was selected for the Women's Professional Soccer league in the United States. In the 2008 WPS International Draft, she was picked 12th overall by Chicago Red Stars. For the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, she appeared for Chicago in 5 games (0 starts, 89 total minutes) and recorded an assist. It was announced on 30 September 2009 that Chicago had waived their option for a second year, thus making Garriock a free agent.[3]

She returned to her previous team, Sydney FC, following her release from Chicago.

In October 2013, Garriock joined Western Sydney Wanderers.[4]

Garriock retired from national league football after the 2013–14 W-League season.[5]

International career
Garriock playing for Australia

Garriock first represented the Australia in October 1999 in a friendly against China at 16 years old. She has represented her country in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[6][7]

She has also appeared for Australia in the 2003 and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. She scored two goals in 2003 and one in 2007.[8]

In 2013, Garriock was selected for a national team tour that included a match against the United States, though did not play in the match. After the tour, Football Federation Australia denied a claim from Garriock to cover childcare expenses for her young daughter. A subsequent appeal to the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal was unsuccessful.[9][10]

Coaching career

Garriock was appointed senior head coach of the Sydney Uni SFC women's first team in 2014.[11][12]

In 2017, Garriock was appointed an assistant coach of Australia for the 2017 Algarve Cup.[13]

On 22 May 2017, Garriock was appointed head coach of Canberra United.[14] She was let go in February of 2020.

Personal

Garriock was born in Campbelltown in the western suburbs of Sydney. She attended Westfields Sports High School.[15][16]

Garriock started the Macarthur Youth Football Academy, based in the southwestern Sydney area of Camden.[17]

In 2003, Garriock's brother, Nathan, died from injuries sustained during an altercation at a party he attended in Camden, NSW.[18][19]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 2000Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia China PR1–11–1Friendly
219 January 2002Tom Flood Sports Centre, Bendigo, Australia South Korea4–14–1Friendly
35 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia Samoa15–019–02003 OFC Women's Championship
49 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia Papua New Guinea9–013–02003 OFC Women's Championship
511–0
613–0
725 September 2003Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States China PR1–01–12003 FIFA Women's World Cup
828 September 2003Providence Park, Portland, United States Ghana1–21–22003 FIFA Women's World Cup
914 August 2004Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece Greece1–01–02004 Olympics
101 February 2005Quanzhou Sports Center, Quanzhou, China Russia1–05–02005 Four Nations Tournament
1123 February 2007Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan Uzbekistan6–010–02008 Olympics qualifying
1212 August 2007BCU International Stadium Chinese Taipei3–07–02008 Olympics qualifying
1319 August 2007Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China China PR1–03–1Friendly
1412 September 2007Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, China Ghana4–04–12007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1529 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Chinese Taipei1–04–02008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
162–0
1715 June 2008Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea United States1–11–22008 Peace Queen Cup
1817 June 2008Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea Italy1–03–02008 Peace Queen Cup
192–0
2020 February 2010Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Club
NSW Sapphires
Fortuna Hjørring
Sydney FC
LdB FC Malmö

Country
Australia

Individual

Coaching
Sydney Uni SFC
  • NPL NSW Womens 1 Coach of the Year: 2014[22]

References
  1. "Australian World Cup Player and Olympian, Heather Garriock selected 12th overall in the WPS International Draft". Adirondack Lynx. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. Ormond, Aidan (30 January 2009). "Garriock Back To Haunt Italians". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  3. "WPS Free Agency Opens". Chicago Red Stars. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  4. "Wanderers announce strong squad for upcoming W-League season". The Women's Game. 10 October 2013.
  5. Odong, Ann (18 January 2016). "Heather Garriock slips quietly into retirement". Zela. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. "Centurion still has many caps ahead of her". Football Federation Australia. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  7. "Athletes - Heather Garriock". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Heather Garriock". FIFA. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  9. Adno, Carly (8 April 2016). "Former Matilda Heather Garriock says she'll continue her fight for better support for footballing mothers". Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  10. Foster, Craig (9 April 2016). "Heather Garriock case demonstrates that football in Australia needs to take better care of its family". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  11. "Heather Garriock appointed as SUSFC Women's Premier League Head Coach". Sydney Uni Soccer Football Club. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. "Women's NPL1". Sydney Uni Soccer Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  13. "Garriock to share Matildas assistant role". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  14. Odong, Ann (22 May 2017). "Canberra United appoint Matildas legend Heather Garriock as head coach". The Women's Game.
  15. "Campbelltown-born Garriock leads by example in W-League". Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser. Fairfax Regional Media. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  16. "Hall of Fame". Westfields Sports High School. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  17. Garriock, Heather (19 June 2011). "This Sporting Life: Heather Garriock". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  18. Glendinning, Lee (29 July 2003). "Teen bashed to death after car hit partygoers, court told". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  19. "Family heartbreak of Matildas ace Garriock". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 September 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  20. "Women's NSL - Season 1999/2000 - Finals". OzFootball.
  21. "Mori picks up award". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Sportal. 4 June 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  22. "Winners galore at Premier Leagues Gala Dinner". Football NSW. 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sarah Walsh		 Western Sydney Wanderers captain
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Caitlin Cooper
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