Cortnee Vine
Cortnee Vine is an Australian soccer player who plays as a right-back or winger for the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL and for the Australia national team.
Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Vine grew up in Queensland and began playing football at age five. She started her professional club career with Brisbane Roar in 2015, then played for Newcastle Jets, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Sydney FC, with a loan spell at Sydney Olympic in 2022. In June 2024 she signed with the North Carolina Courage on a three-year contract, making her NWSL debut in August 2024 and her first goal for the Courage in September 2024.
While with Sydney FC, Vine helped the club win the league title in 2020/21 and achieve a premiership and championship double in 2022/23, including seven goals in 21 games that season. She also spent time on loan at Sydney Olympic in 2022.
Internationally, Vine has represented Australia at the U-17 and U-20 levels and made her senior debut at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. She played in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she scored a decisive penalty to send Australia to the semifinals. In 2024 she was named in the Matildas squad for Paris 2024 after a brief withdrawal from Olympic qualifying for personal reasons. She was selected again for Olympic qualifiers and then the Tokyo/Paris cycle through 2024.
Off the pitch, Vine has been in a relationship with fellow footballer Charlotte McLean since 2019. She has worked for JD Sports and Football NSW, studied information technology, and took a brief break from football in late 2024 to focus on her mental health, returning to regular competition in 2025.
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