Grace Macintyre
# Grace Macintyre

Grace Macintyre is an Australian soccer player who last played as a defender for the Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-league.

## Club career

Macintyre started playing soccer at the age of 6 with the local club Kotara Bears. Six years later she joined Newcastle Jets' Emerging Jets program. In 2012, she debuted in the W-League for the Newcastle Jets senior team at the age of 16.

Macintyre missed the 2015–16 W-League season due to injury. Upon her return to play during the first round of the 2016–17 W-League season, she switched from playing as an attacker to playing as a defender, tagging Melbourne City's left-back Steph Catley, performing very well to draw praise from her coach, Craig Deans. Despite her great performances over the season, following a knee reconstruction, Macintyre didn't re-sign with the Newcastle Jets.

As well as playing at the senior level, Macintyre also represented Merewether United of the Women's Premier League during the 2017 season.

## International career

Macintyre was selected in 2009 by the Australian under-14 team, firstly as part of a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, and subsequently as part of the squad selected to play in the Asian Football Confederation Under-14 Girls Festival of Football in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. In 2011, she was selected by the Australian under-17 team for their New Zealand tour. Two years later she was selected by the Australian under-20 team to participate in the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in China. She started one game in the tournament, in Australia's only victory, which was against Myanmar.

## Style of play

Macintyre started out playing as a forward and later converted to a defender position. She is a versatile player, who controls one-on-one situations and has a powerful shot.

## Personal life

Macintyre studied occupational therapy at the University of Newcastle, while working as a nanny and a support worker.

