Leticia McKenna

Leticia Lee McKenna (born 7 August 2002) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Melbourne City and the Australia national team. She has previously played for Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar. McKenna represented Australia in the Australia U20s and Australia U23s.

Early life McKenna was born on 7 August 2002. She is of Croatian descent. She grew up in the Perth suburb of Cockburn, with a younger sister, Tijan, who is also a soccer player. At six-years old she joined Cockburn City SC juniors. She represented Football West National Training Centre (FW NTC), which competes in the National Premier Leagues WA Women (NPL WA Women) at under-13, under-15 and under-19 before joining their seniors in 2017.

Club career As a 16-year-old McKenna debuted in the W-League (later known as A-League Women) 2018–19 season, for Perth Glory. McKenna was also a member of Perth's 2–4 winning semi-final team against league premiers, Melbourne Victory in February 2019, where she provided an assist for their star striker, Sam Kerr's third goal. The team finished runners-up to champions Sydney FC;

In McKenna's second season (2019–20) at Perth Glory, she scored one goal across 12 games. where she played 12 games and helped Brisbane reach runners-up in the league.

In September 2021, McKenna joined Melbourne City, for the 2021–22 season By the start of 2024–25 season, she had kicked three goals across 55 appearances for City, and a total of six goals from 92 appearances for A-League Women teams since 2018. She was named to the Young Matildas for two friendlies against New Zealand and then a training camp in mid-May 2022. However, she was dropped from the final squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in Costa Rica in August of that year.

McKenna joined the 23-player squad for the Australia women's national under-23 soccer team (U23 Matildas), which competed at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship in Vietnam from 6 to 19 August. She scored in her team's 9–0 defeat of Timor Leste to reach the semi-finals. McKenna kicked the second goal in the 2–1 win against Vietnam in that match on 16 August, and helped Australia U23 win the final against Myanmar and become ASEAN Champions.

McKenna received her first call-up to the senior national team (Matildas) for the 2026 FIFA Series in Nairobi, Kenya, held on 11 and 15 April. She scored her debut goal on 11 April, in a 5–0 defeat of fellow visitors, Malawi.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 11 April 2026 Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya 5–0 5–0 2026 FIFA Series

Honours Regional ASEAN Women's Championship: 2025

Club A-League Women: Championship Runners-up: 2018–19, League Runners-up: 2020–21

Individual Football West: Female Footballer of the Year: 2019