Mary Fowler
Mary Fowler is an Australian footballer for Manchester City and the Matildas, an author and a L’Oréal Paris ambassador who shares her life on and off the pitch.
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Known for
Manchester City
Penguin
PenguinOverview
- From
- Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Known for
- Football with Manchester City and the Matildas
- International debut
- 2018, aged 15
- Breakout
- Australia’s home World Cup run in 2023
- Also creates
- Personal writing and children’s books
Mini bio
How it started.
Mary grew up in Cairns, playing football with her siblings on Trinity Beach. Her mother is Papua New Guinean and her father is Irish. After time living in the Netherlands, she returned to Australia, played in the NSW Women’s National Premier League and joined Adelaide United.
Finding her place.
She made her Matildas debut against Brazil in 2018 at 15. A move to Montpellier followed in January 2020, then Manchester City in 2022. At the Tokyo Olympics she scored in Australia’s quarter-final win over Great Britain.
A home World Cup.
In 2023, she helped Australia reach its first Women’s World Cup semi-final. She scored against Canada, set up Caitlin Foord against Denmark and converted a penalty in the shootout against France.
Life beyond football.
Writing became a way for Mary to understand herself outside the game. She brought that side of her life to Bloom in 2025, followed by children’s fiction in 2026. Her L’Oréal Paris ambassadorship has also taken her onto the runway.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2026Mary Fowler: Zoo TripAuthor
- 2026Mary Fowler: Race DayAuthor
- 2026Mary Fowler: Mary’s GameAuthor
- 2025Bloom: Creating a life I loveAuthor
Football
- 2022 onwardsManchester CityForward
- 2020–2022Montpellier HSCPlayer
- 2018 onwardsAustralia national teamMatildas international
Fashion and beauty
- 2025Le Défilé L’Oréal ParisRunway debut
- 2024L’Oréal Paris Australia and New ZealandBrand ambassador
Awards
Quotes
No matter what, I would always have myself to keep me company.Mary Fowler, Bloom extract published by Penguin Books Australia
Reflecting on independence and learning to value herself during the period around the 2023 home World Cup.
Trivia
- She is one of five siblings, known in the family as the “Fowler Five”.
- As a child, her sporting dream was to reach an Olympics, before she had even settled on a sport.
- She went to Trinity Anglican School in Cairns.
- The young heroine of her children’s books goes by Maz.
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