Elise Kellond-Knight
Elise Kellond-Knight is an Australian international football player, who plays for Kristianstads DFF in the Damallsvenskan and the Australian national team. Kellond-Knight is a left footed set piece specialist.
Club career
At the annual Westfield W-League awards dinner in 2009, Kellond-Knight was jointly awarded the Young Player of the Year Award with Canberra United's Ellyse Perry.After leaving 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam at the end of 2017, Kellond-Knight was hoping to join the Reign FC in the NWSL, however a discovery claim by the North Carolina Courage prevented her from joining the Reign. In April 2018, she signed a short term deal with Hammarby in the Damallsvenskan. In June she extended her contract through the end of the season.
Kellond-Knight signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.
Reign FC announced on September 24, 2018 that Kellond-Knight had signed with them for the 2019 NWSL season.
On July 15, 2019, Kellond-Knight was traded to Washington Spirit in exchange for Sammy Jo Prudhomme. On October 26, 2019, Kellond-Knight returned to Brisbane Roar.
International career
For her performances at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Kellond-Knight was named as part of the All Star Teams for both tournaments.During a match against Brazil in the 2016 Olympics, a moment of Kellond-Knight and her teammate Lisa De Vanna went viral when during a short break, De Vanna absentmindedly tried to drink from the wrong end of a water bottle, prompting Kellond-Knight to quickly flip it in her hand.
On October 9, 2018, Kellond-Knight earned her 100th cap for Australia in a friendly against England, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
At the 2019 Women's World Cup, she scored a goal directly from a corner kick in the Round of 16 match against Norway.
Career statistics
International goals
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 22 May 2014 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup | |||
| 2. | 22 June 2019 | Allianz Riviera, Nice, France | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |