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Sam Kerr: Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Height.

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Sam Kerr: Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Height. Samantha Kerr began playing football at an early age. She didn’t even turn 10 when she began playing Australian-style soccer. Being surrounded by football players helped Kerr grow to enjoy sports at a young age.

Sam Kerr Biography

Currently playing for Chelsea is an Australian soccer star, Samantha Kerr. As the league’s all-time top scorer, Sam has also made a contribution to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

She leads the Australia women’s national soccer team while participating in the English FA Women’s Super League. With Perth Glory, from 2008 until 2012, she started her career at the age of 15. In the Australian W-League, this accomplished person held a record.

Sam Kerr’s Net Worth

Sam Kerr’s net worth is estimated to be $2.5 Million.

Sam Kerr Age

Sam Kerr was born on 10 September 1993, which makes her 29 years old.

Sam Kerr Career

After spending time away with the national team in preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kerr made nine appearances for Sky Blue during the 2016 season.

Throughout the regular season, she scored five goals. Following two goals, an 80th-minute equalizer against the Orlando Pride and a game-winning goal against the Pride a few days later, Kerr was awarded the Week 18 NWSL Player of the Week.

In a three-team transaction involving the Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash, Kerr and Nikki Stanton were moved by the Sky Blue FC to the Chicago Red Stars on January 18, 2018.

She had a sluggish start to the 2018 campaign, not scoring until the eighth game when she helped the team tie 1-1 with the North Carolina Courage.

She won the NWSL Player of the Month award in August for the third time in her career after scoring five goals in total, including two goals each against Portland Thorns FC and Orlando Pride.

Kerr became the first player to win the NWSL Golden Boot more than once at the conclusion of the 2018 season after scoring 16 goals and winning the Golden Boot for two straight seasons. She was also selected as a forward for the NWSL Best XI.

On November 13, 2019, Chelsea made the announcement that Kerr will sign a two-and-a-half-year deal and play for the team for the second half of the 2019–20 FA WSL season.

Sam Kerr made her Chelsea debut on January 5 against Reading and scored her first goal against Arsenal two weeks later. She earned her first prize with Chelsea as they defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Continental League Cup Final for the 2019–20 season. On a points-per-match system, Chelsea eventually won the 2019–20 league championship despite having a shortened season because of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Sam Kerr Height And Weight

Sam Kerr’s height is 1.67 meters tall and her weight is 66kg.

Sam Kerr Past And Present Relationship

Kerr is presently engaged to American footballer Kristie Mewis. She previously dated Nikki Stanton, a former Perth Glory and Chicago Red Stars player.

Sam Kerr Family And Siblings

Sam was born in Western Australia into a sporting family. Her father, like her uncles, was a footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). J. Miller, one of her uncles, was a hockey great who won the Melbourne Cup with Galilee in 1966.

Her father, Roger Kerr, is half-Indian and was born in Calcutta. His father was a featherweight fighter, while his mother was a basketball player from India. As a result, the urge to engage in sports raced through her veins.

Sam Kerr Children

There is not much information about Sam Kerr’s children.