Heather Garriock


Heather Ann Garriock 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.

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.
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.
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 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.
She returned to her previous team, Sydney FC, following her release from Chicago.
In October 2013, Garriock joined Western Sydney Wanderers.
Garriock retired from national league football after the 2013–14 W-League season.

International career

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.
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.
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.

Coaching career

Garriock was appointed senior head coach of the Sydney Uni SFC women's first team in 2014.
In 2017, Garriock was appointed an assistant coach of Australia for the 2017 Algarve Cup.
On 22 May 2017, Garriock was appointed head coach of Canberra United.

Personal

Garriock was born in Campbelltown in the western suburbs of Sydney. She attended Westfields Sports High School.
Garriock started the Macarthur Youth Football Academy, based in the southwestern Sydney area of Camden.
In 2003, Garriock's brother, Nathan, died from injuries sustained during an altercation at a party he attended in Camden, NSW.

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 2000Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia1–11–1Friendly
219 January 2002Tom Flood Sports Centre, Bendigo, Australia4–14–1Friendly
35 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia15–019–02003 OFC Women's Championship
49 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia9–013–02003 OFC Women's Championship
59 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia11–013–02003 OFC Women's Championship
69 April 2003Belconnen Soccer Centre, Canberra, Australia13–013–02003 OFC Women's Championship
725 September 2003Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States1–01–12003 FIFA Women's World Cup
828 September 2003Providence Park, Portland, United States1–21–22003 FIFA Women's World Cup
914 August 2004Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece1–01–02004 Olympics
101 February 2005Quanzhou Sports Center, Quanzhou, China1–05–02005 Four Nations Tournament
1123 February 2007Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan6–010–02008 Olympics qualifying
1212 August 2007BCU International Stadium3–07–02008 Olympics qualifying
1319 August 2007Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China1–03–1Friendly
1412 September 2007Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, China4–04–12007 FIFA Women's World Cup
1529 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam1–04–02008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
1629 May 2008Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam2–04–02008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
1715 June 2008Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea1–11–22008 Peace Queen Cup
1817 June 2008Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea1–03–02008 Peace Queen Cup
1917 June 2008Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea2–03–02008 Peace Queen Cup
2020 February 2010Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland, New Zealand1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Playing

Club

;NSW Sapphires
;Fortuna Hjørring
;Sydney FC
;LdB FC Malmö
;Australia
;Sydney Uni SFC