Introduction
Larissa Rose Crummer (born 10 January 1996) is an Australian international football player who currently plays for Newcastle in the W-League and the Australia women's national football team, also known as the Matildas. She previously played for W-League clubs Melbourne City, Brisbane Roar FC and Sydney FC.
Early life
Raised in Tewantin, Queensland a suburb located in Australia's Sunshine Coast Region, Crummer began playing football at the age of 5.
Crummer scored 12 goals at the national titles in 2011 and was a member of the Brisbane Premier League-winning team Peninsula Power FC the same year.She was a student at the Kawana Waters State College Football School of Excellence.
Club career
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Sydney FC
At the age of 16, Crummer made her professional debut for Sydney FC during the 2012–13 season helping the team win the league championship playing primarily as a defender.
Brisbane Roar FC
The following season she returned to Queensland to play for Brisbane Roar for the 2013–14 season. She made 13 appearances for the club and scored one goal. The Roar finished fourth during the regular season with a 7–3–2 record. The team advanced to the semi-finals where they defeated Canberra United 2–1 but were defeated 2–0 by Melbourne Victory in the Grand Final.
Crummer returned to the Roar for the 2014 season and made ten appearances for the club. The team finished in sixth place during the regular season.
Melbourne City, 2015-2018
In September 2015, Crummer signed with Melbourne City. During the team's first match of the season against Sydney FC, she scored the team's first-ever goal in the 11th minute and followed with another in the last six minutes of the first half for a 6–0 win.On 21 November, she scored a brace to help defeat her former team Brisbane Roar 4–0. On 6 December, she scored a brace against Melbourne Victory contributing to City's 4–0 win over the rival team and extending City's regular season record to 8–0–0.
In May 2016 Crummer signed on loan at Victorian NPLW club Alamein FC.
She returned to Melbourne City for the 2016–17 W-League campaign, but after making only three appearances her season was cut short by a foot injury in January 2017.
Crummer returned to Melbourne City for the 2017–18 W-League season. She appeared in 8 games and scored 3 goals as Melbourne City won their third consecutive W-League Championship.
Seattle Reign FC, 2017
In January 2017, Crummer signed with Seattle Reign FC, effective upon the conclusion of the 2016–17 W-League season. Due to injury she only appeared in four games for Seattle, scoring one goal. She was released by the club in February 2018.
Newcastle Jets, 2018-present
On August 20, 2018 Crummer signed a one-year to join the Newcastle Jets for the 2018-19 W-League season.
International career
At the age of 14, Crummer was called up to the Young Matildas. She made her debut for the Matildas and scored her first international goal against the Netherlands in March 2015. The same year, she was the youngest player on the team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada where she made two appearances for Australia.
Crummer was again called in to the Matildas for the 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, but she suffered a knee injury during a training match prior to the competition and was replaced on the squad by Ashleigh Sykes. She recovered in time to be named to the Matildas' Olympic squad, where she made two appearances as a substitute.
Crummer was named to the Australian squad for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup, but she did not appear in any games. Australia finished Runner-up to Japan, and qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Career statistics
International goals
| Key (expand for notes on“international goals” and sorting) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
| # | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
| Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
| Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
| Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
| Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
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Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4 March 2015 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Netherlands
|
5350.03005 1–0 |
5650.06005 1–0 |
2015 Cyprus Cup |
| 2. | 23 July 2016 | Estádio Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza, Brazil |  Brazil
|
5350.03005 1–0 |
5650.06005 1–3 |
Friendly |
| 3. | 28 February 2018 | Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal |  Norway
|
5350.03005 4–3 |
5650.06005 4–3 |
2018 Algarve Cup |
| 4. | 26 March 2018 | nib Stadium, Perth, Australia |  Thailand
|
5350.03005 5–0 |
5650.06005 5–0 |
Friendly |
Honours
Club
- Sydney FC
- W-League Championship: 2012–13
- Melbourne City
- W-League Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17
- W-League Premiership: 2015–16
Individual
- W-League Golden Boot: 2015–16
- W-League Young Player of the Year: 2015–16