Courtney Newbon

Courtney Newbon (born 14 September 2000) is an Australian soccer player, who is the goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women. She had previously kept for Western Sydney, Perth Glory and Central Coast.

Early years Courtney Newbon was born in 2000 in Hobart, to Trish and Russell Newbon. As a four-year-old, she began playing soccer with Bangor Brumbies in 2005 alongside a team of boys. From 2010 Newbon played for Sutherland Sharks juniors and eventually became their goalkeeper.

Club career Newbon began her senior club career by playing for Football NSW Institute from 2015 to 2017, which competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (NPL NSW). She switched to another NPL NSW club, Bankstown City for 2018. Her new club finished the 2019 season as both NPL NSW Premiers and Champions.

In November 2019, Newbon signed with W-League (later renamed as A-League Women) team Western Sydney Wanderers for their 2019–20 season. She made her debut on 19 January 2020, Newbon returned to Sydney University during the W-League off-season (mid-2020), which won the 2020 Premiership. After her second Wanderers season, she had made a total of eight appearances for the club.

Newbon transferred to Perth Glory for their 2021–2022 season providing five appearances and keeping two clean sheets. and was also awarded that league's Goalkeeper of the Year for 2022. Newbon switched to NPL NSW team, Sydney Olympic in 2023. where she appeared four times and kept one clean sheet. as a replacement for injured, fellow keeper Miranda Templeman. She debuted for Victory after Williams herself was injured in a match. During the 2023–24 season, she appeared 12 times providing four clean sheets. Victory reached the final series but they lost their Elimination final against Central Coast Mariners 2–4 in a penalty shootout, being drawn 0-0 after extra-time.

For the following Victory season, Newbon had 23 appearances and provided the most clean sheets for any club with 11. Victory finished second to Premiers and cross town rivals, Melbourne City and runner-up to Champions, Central Coast Mariners. As from October 2025, her A-League career total of clean sheets reached 18 from 56 appearances at various clubs. She was later selected for the A-Leagues All Stars Women team that will play against Women's Super League (WSL) club Chelsea in the 2026 game at Allianz Stadium in Moore Park, Sydney as part of the 2026 Sydney Super Cup.

Honours

Club: NPL NSW: Sydney University Premiers: (2019, 2020, 2022); Champions (2019) A-League Women: Melbourne Victory Second: (2024–25); Runners-up: (2024–25)

Individual NPL NSW: Sydney University Goalkeeper of the Year (2022) A-League Women: Goalkeeper of the Year (2026)