1. Samantha May Kerr was born on 10 September 1993 and is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea, and the Australia women's national team, which she has captained since 2019.
62 Facts About Sam Kerr
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Sam Kerr is the all-time leading Australian international scorer, with 69 international goals, and was the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States until 2024.
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Sam Kerr started her career at the age of 15 with Perth Glory where she played from 2008 to 2012, before moving to Sydney FC.
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Sam Kerr later played for Sky Blue FC and the Chicago Red Stars in the same league.
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In 2019, Sam Kerr indicated her interest to play in Europe, and having fielded multiple offers from clubs such as Olympique Lyonnais, Sam Kerr ultimately signed with Chelsea, so far winning 8 trophies with the club, including back-to-back-to-back Women's Super League titles, as well as helping the team reach the UEFA Women's Champions League final for the first time in 2021.
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Sam Kerr earned her first senior international cap in 2009 at the age of 15 and has since represented Australia at the 2010,2014,2018, and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup tournaments, the 2011,2015,2019, and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups, and the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Sam Kerr was born in East Fremantle, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
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Sam Kerr is the daughter of Roxanne and Roger Kerr.
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Sam Kerr's father, a professional Australian rules football player, was born in Calcutta to an English father and an Indian mother who played basketball.
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Sam Kerr's mother comes from a sporting family: her father Harry and uncle Con Regan were professional footballers in the West Australian Football League and another uncle JJ Miller was a champion jockey who won the Melbourne Cup in 1966 with Galilee.
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Sam Kerr played the sport until switching to association football at the age of 12, mostly due to gender restrictions.
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Sam Kerr first started playing football as a junior at Western Knights in Mosman Park.
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Sam Kerr made her debut for Perth Glory at the age of 15 during the 2009 W-League season.
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In 2013, Sam Kerr signed with the Western New York Flash.
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Sam Kerr made 19 starts in her 21 appearances for the club and scored six goals.
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Sam Kerr was named NWSL Player of the Week for week 9 after recording a brace and assist against Portland.
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In 2015, Sam Kerr joined Matildas teammate Caitlin Foord at Sky Blue FC following their participation at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
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Sam Kerr was named NWSL Player of the week for Week 18 after scoring two goals: an 80th-minute equaliser against the Orlando Pride and a game-winning goal against the Pride a few days later.
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At the age of 23, Sam Kerr sat atop the all-time NWSL goalscoring table.
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Sam Kerr won the NWSL Golden Boot and MVP award after finishing the 2017 season with a record-breaking 17 goals.
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On 18 January 2018, Sam Kerr was traded to the Chicago Red Stars along with Nikki Stanton by the Sky Blue FC in a three-team trade with the Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash.
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Several days prior to the championship game, Sam Kerr was named the 2019 NWSL MVP, the first, and currently only, NWSL player to ever receive the award twice.
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Sam Kerr received, for the third year in a row, the NWSL Golden Boot, leading the league with 18 goals and five assists, despite missing some games over the summer to play with Australia in the World Cup.
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Sam Kerr was named Player of the Year by the National Women's Soccer League Players Association, who presented their own awards for the first time.
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Sam Kerr made her Chelsea debut against Reading on 5 January 2020 and scored her first goal two weeks later against Arsenal.
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Sam Kerr scored 21 goals in 22 games, winning the Golden Boot, making her the first player to win it in three different leagues.
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That same season, Kerr helped Chelsea reach the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time, before being defeated by Barcelona.
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Sam Kerr ended the 2021 calendar year as the leading goalscorer in the WSL, with 23 goals, and was second in total assists with 10, behind Kirby.
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Sam Kerr ended the season with 32 goals and 9 assists across all competitions, winning the Women's Super League for the third consecutive time, and the FA Women's Cup for the second consecutive time.
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Sam Kerr received the PFA Players' Player of the Year, in addition to being named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year for second consecutive year.
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Sam Kerr finished as top goal scorer, netting 32 times in all competitions.
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Sam Kerr scored twice as Chelsea beat Manchester United on the final day of the season, with her well-taken volley against the Red Devils being voted the Goal of the Season.
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Sam Kerr scored the winning goal at Wembley as the Blues secured their second consecutive FA Cup.
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Sam Kerr scored her first UEFA Champions league hat-trick against Paris FC on 23 November 2023.
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On 7 January 2024, Chelsea confirmed that Sam Kerr had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a warm weather training camp in Morocco and would miss the remainder of the season.
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On 13 June 2024, Sam Kerr signed another two-year contract extension, keeping her at the club until 2026.
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On 13 March 2025, it was announced that Sam Kerr was to be included in Chelsea's upcoming Champions league squad, her first time to be included in a squad since her ACL injury.
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In May 2010, Sam Kerr was named to the Matildas squad to compete at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.
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In 2011 at age 17, Sam Kerr was named to Australia's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad by head coach Tom Sermanni as one of seven players who were under twenty years of age.
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Sam Kerr made her World Cup debut coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute of Australia's first group stage match against Brazil.
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In July 2017, Sam Kerr was the top goalscorer at the inaugural Tournament of Nations in the United States.
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Sam Kerr was named 2017 AFC Women's Footballer of the Year.
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In February 2019, Sam Kerr was named captain of the Matildas by newly appointed head coach Ante Milicic.
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Sam Kerr's goal was her first at a World Cup tournament and she celebrated by punching the corner flag to honour Tim Cahill, the all-time leading goalscorer for the Socceroos.
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Sam Kerr is the first Australian player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup tournament and the tenth player to score four goals.
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At the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Sam Kerr scored 5 goals in Australia's opening match of the group stage against Indonesia, and in the process, equalled and surpassed the Australian international goal-scoring record, among both male and female Australian internationals, previously set by Tim Cahill.
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Sam Kerr was able to achieve the feat within fewer matches, needing 105 matches to equal the 50 goals set by Cahill, who set the record within 108 international appearances.
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Sam Kerr missed the opening match against Ireland as a result of a calf injury.
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Sam Kerr ultimately missed all three group games but could have taken the pitch against Canada if they needed her.
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Sam Kerr made her first appearance in the 2023 World Cup in the 80th minute of the Matildas' win in the round of 16 clash with Denmark.
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Sam Kerr was again used as a substitute in the Australia's historic quarter-final victory over France, scoring a goal in the concluding penalty shootout.
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Sam Kerr's goal was widely praised as one of the best of the tournament thus far, and was later nominated for the FIFA Puskas Award for 2023.
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In 2013, Sam Kerr was featured in an hour-long episode of ESPN's Aussies Abroad entitled, The Matildas, which profiled four Australian national team players and their experience playing internationally.
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Sam Kerr was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series starting in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.
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Sam Kerr was featured on the cover of the July 2011 issue of Australian FourFourTwo along with four of her national team teammates: Melissa Barbieri, Kyah Simon, Thea Slatyer, and Sarah Walsh.
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Sam Kerr was crowned world's best women's footballer in the FIFA 23 Women's World Cup - alongside Spain's Alexia Putellas.
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Sam Kerr's brother, Daniel Kerr, is a former player for the West Coast Eagles.
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Sam Kerr is in a relationship with American soccer player Kristie Mewis.
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Sam Kerr was previously in a relationship with former Perth Glory and Chicago Red Stars teammate Nikki Stanton.
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Sam Kerr was the Australian flag-bearer at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.
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In Twickenham on 30 January 2023, Sam Kerr was detained overnight after vomiting out of a taxi window and disputing the driver's clean up fee.
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Sam Kerr pleaded not guilty, and was cleared of the charge in February 2025.