Hayley Raso, the Australian professional soccer player and her ex-lover, Jenna McCormick are no longer dating, however, they still represent Australia’s Matildas and also played together at Brisbane Roar’s A-League Women’s team during the 2018 season.
Both began playing club football around the same time, but Raso received her first taste of international football when she was invited to the national squad in 2012, whereas McCormick waited seven years.
While McCormick has yet to play in a major football tournament, her former partner Raso was a member of the country’s women’s team in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which their country and New Zealand hosted.
Here’s what we’ve gathered about two, including career and love life.
Hayley Raso Was Born In Australia And Played Football In England And Spain
Hayley Raso was born on September 5, 1994, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The footballer is currently 30 years old.
Raso began her professional football career at the age of 17 after joining Canberra United, a W-League club in Australia’s capital city. She also helped the club capture the W-League title in 2011/12. After a year with Canberra, she came home to play for the Brisbane Roar in the 2013/14 season.
In 2015, she traveled outside of Australia for the first time in her professional career to the United States. She went on to play for 2 NWSL teams, the Washington Spirit and the Portland Thorns FC, for nearly 4 years.
English football beckoned in 2020, and she joined FA Women’s Super League club Everton. She then signed a two-year contract with Manchester City, which she held until June 2023.
Raso joined Real Madrid in July 2023, becoming the first Australian and the first Asian Confederation player to play for the Spanish club’s senior team. She left Real Madrid in 2024 and joined English club, Tottenham Hotspur.
Away from club football, the Australian winger was called up to the women’s senior national team and made her debut in June 2012, just two months before turning 18. She then represented Australia’s under-20 squad at the 2013 AFF Women’s Championship in Yangon, Myanmar, before returning to senior national team duties.
Raso represented Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the women’s team advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to Sweden in the semi-finals. She was also chosen to compete in her first FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023.
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Jenna McCormick Grew Up In Mount Gambier, But Her Football Career Took Off In Adelaide
Jenna McCormick was born on September 7, 1994, in Mount Gambier, Australia. She is now 30 years old.
McCormick grew up in Mount Gambier, where she played for Blue Lake Soccer Club. In 2011 when she was 17, she relocated to Adelaide and attended Tenison Woods College.
By the age of 18, she joined Adelaide United and made her W-League debut in December 2012. She moved to Canberra United in 2015, the same club where Raso began her professional career.
Over the next 2 to 3 years, she played in Iceland and Norway for Stjarnan and Medkila IL, respectively. In October 2018, she joined Brisbane Roar, where she came in contact with Raso, who was on loan at the club at the time.
Between 2019 and 2021, she played for Melbourne Victory FC, Real Betis, Melbourne City, and AGF Fodbold.
At the national team level, she made her debut for the Matildas in 2019, but she is yet to play in any major football tournament.
A Look At How Raso And McCormick’s Relationship Began
Hayley Raso and Jenna McCormick reportedly met while playing for Brisbane in 2017. Raso, who had previously played for the club, moved there on loan in 2017, while McCormick inked a contract for the 2018/19 W-League season.
What is unknown is if their very first meeting happened while they were playing for the club. However, we know that their romance blossomed during their time at the club.
Their relationship status was first made known in July 2017, when Jenna shared the first picture of herself and Hayley on X (formerly Twitter), with both soccer stars flashing big smiles for the camera.
Then, in February 2018, she posted another photo of them together, posing in front of a snowy mountain. Over the years, Hayley Raso kept their relationship largely private.
Sadly, after five years together, speculation about their breakup arose when photos surfaced of Jenna with journalist Hannah Holgersen. The couple had previously kept their romance so prate that their split might have gone unnoticed if Jenna hadn’t shared pictures with her new girlfriend!
McCormick is now in a new relationship with Hannah Bjrneboe Holgersen, a Danish freelance journalist and soccer player. Raso, on the other hand, has not specified who she is now dating.
