Georgia Plessas

Georgia Plessas (born 2 October 1998) is an Australian women's footballer who plays as a midfielder for Western Sydney Wanderers in the W-League and for the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team. She made her W-League debut as a 16-year old in 2014 and her international debut at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship.
Early life
Plessas was born on 2 October 1988 and grew up in Carlton, a suburb of Sydney, and attended Endeavour Sports High School. She played junior football for the Sutherland Sharks.
In July 2012 Plessas was selected for the NSW Metro team that participated at the under-14 national championships. Her performance at the tournament, including a hat trick of goals in the final match, helped lead her team to win the championship and earned Plessas selection in the tournament's All-Star team. Her performance at the tournament was rewarded with selection to the later the same month. At the end of 2012 Plessas was selected for the under-15 New South Wales state representative squad. Plessas made a second appearance as a substitute a week later in a 0-3 loss to Canberra United. After two seasons with Sydney, during which she made a second appearance, she transferred to the Western Sydney Wanderers for the 2016-17 season. scoring the equalizer in a 1-1 draw against the host nation during the round robin stage.
In November 2016 Plessas was part of the squad for the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification tournament held in China. She started both matches and scored a goal against the Northern Mariana Islands, helping Australia qualify for the August 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.
Upon her return from international duty, Plessas made her debut for the Wanderers on 13 November 2016, coming on as a substitute at half time in a 2-0 loss to her former team Sydney FC. The following weekend she made her first appearance in the starting 11 of a W-League match, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over Adelaide United. She made a further two appearances as a substitute during the season, as the Wanderers finished second to last in the 9-team competition.
 
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