Laini Freier

Laini Freier ( ; born 24 July 2001) is an Australian retired professional soccer player who most notably played as a winger for A-League Women club Brisbane Roar and represented the Australia women's national team (the Matildas).

She is the twin sister of VfL Wolfsburg and Matildas player Sharn Freier. The two played at Brisbane Roar together in the 2024–25 A-League Women season.

Laini retired, aged 24, from both international and club soccer at the end of 2025. She indicated that she would be focusing on her family life and work career.

Early and personal life Twin sisters Laini and Sharn Freier were born in 2001 and grew up in Pine Rivers, Queensland and attended Pine Rivers State High School. She began playing soccer at the age of five.

She married in August 2025. She followed with stints at The Gap during 2020 and 2021, Moreton Bay United (senior women) in 2022 and Brisbane City in 2023 and 2024. She appeared 17 times for Brisbane Roar and provided 9 goals. Freier followed with another hat-trick in their next game, against Western United. After the A-League season, she returned to Brisbane City the rest of 2025. earning her first cap against the USWNT.