{{Short description|Australian soccer player and media personality}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Amy Duggan | image = Amy Taylor.jpg | caption = Amy Duggan in 2008 | fullname = Amy Elizabeth Duggan | birth_name = Amy Elizabeth Taylor | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|06|11}} | birth_place = Canberra, Australia | death_date = | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Tuggeranong United FC | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Canberra City FC | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = | clubs3 = Canberra Eclipse | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = | clubs4 = Canberra Olympic FC | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = | clubs5 = Hampton Roads Piranhas | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1997–2005 | nationalteam1 = Australia | nationalcaps1 = 27 | nationalgoals1 = 3 }} '''Amy Elizabeth Duggan''' ({{nee|'''Taylor'''}}; born 11 June 1979) is an Australian retired soccer player and media personality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women in Sport Luncheon|url=http://www.yourstation.com.au/i98fm/index.php/blue/guide/women-in-sport-luncheon|work=i98fm|accessdate=31 December 2012|date=27 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Football career== Amy Taylor was born in Canberra, Australia, and grew up in Tuggeranong.<ref name=can>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/dismay-grows-over-win-shift-to-wollongong-20130627-2oyzi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614114427/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/dismay-grows-over-win-shift-to-wollongong-20130627-2oyzi.html |archive-date=14 June 2017 |url-status=live|title=Dismay grows over WIN shift to Wollongong|first=Megan|last=Doherty|date=27 June 2013 |publisher=}}</ref> She started playing soccer at Tuggeranong United FC. At club level, she played nearly 100 games for the Canberra Eclipse in the now defunct Australian Women's National Soccer League,<ref name=mat/> and played professionally for Hampton Roads Piranhas in the USL W-League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/5906/olympics-players-on-women39s-soccer-rosters-w.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024092520/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/5906/olympics-players-on-women39s-soccer-rosters-w.html |archive-date=24 October 2021 |url-status=live|title=OLYMPICS: Players on women's soccer rosters with U.S. connections|date=25 August 2004}}</ref>
She was a member of the Australia women's national soccer team, known as "The Matildas", playing as a defender in over thirty international matches. She was first selected to the Australian women's national team in 1997, at the age of 17—just six years after she began playing the sport. That same year she was called up for the 1997 Women's U.S. Cup to replace injured defender Bridgette Starr, scoring her first international goal as the Matildas lost 9–1 to the United States. Taylor was an unused substitute during the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup,<ref name=mat>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010504080719/http://www.ausport.gov.au/matildas/amy_taylor.htm Amy Taylor profile], Matildas official website</ref> and that same year she appeared on the cover of nude calendar featuring current Matilda's players, designed to lift the profile of the women's game and raise funds to support the national team's activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/543803.stm|title=BBC News – ASIA-PACIFIC – Nude footballers kick up a fuss|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314183217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/543803.stm |archive-date=14 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> She wound up cut out of the Australian team for the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref name=mat/>
After one year away from international soccer, Taylor returned to the Matildas in 2004 to take part in the Olympic qualifiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?clubID=22534&c=2-2472-0-0-0|title=Team Profile – Australia – SportsTG|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702091533/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?clubID=22534&c=2-2472-0-0-0 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She was again an alternate player for the 2004 Olympics tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/42/oft_04_tr_ath_149.pdf |title=Olympic Football Tournaments: Athens 2004 |website=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003925/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/42/oft_04_tr_ath_149.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>
Known as a determined defender and combative tackler, Taylor succumbed to a number of ankle injuries and underwent two reconstructive surgeries. She retired from international football in 2005 to take on a career in the media full time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Listen: Former Matilda turned media personality reflects on capticating career |url=https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/06/04/listen-or-former-matilda-turned-media-personality-reflects-on-captivating/ |website=SEN |year=2023 |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref>
==2000 Matildas Calendar and Magazine Appearances== In 1999–2000, she starred nude in the Matildas Football Calendar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citynews.com.au/2013/canberra-confidential-the-naked-sportsreader/|title=Canberra Confidential: The naked sportsreader|date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024092242/https://citynews.com.au/2013/canberra-confidential-the-naked-sportsreader/ |archive-date=24 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/amy-taylor-matildas-2000-nude-calendar_202010|title= Amy Taylor the Matildas Soccer Star Nude in 2000 Matildas Calendar}}</ref> She also starred in a bikini in several ''Inside Sport'' magazines including as covergirl of the August 2000 ''Inside Sport'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidesport.com.au/amy|title=Inside Sport Amy Taylor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023223945/https://www.insidesport.com.au/amy |archive-date=23 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/amy-taylor-matildas-august-2000-inside-sport-magazine_202010|title= Article about Amy Taylor in the August 2000 ''Inside Sport Magazine''|date= 30 December 2023}}</ref>
Amy Taylor also starred in the March 2001 Issue of the Australian ''Ralph Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archive.org/details/ralph-magazine-march-2001|title= Crowd pleaser Soccer star Amy Taylor plays in our favourite position|date= March 2001}}</ref> She also received an offer to star naked in ''Zoo Weekly'' (magazine).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/matildas-star-amy-taylor-wont-be-getting-her-gear-off-ng-fab5a31e45573c258be233e139a4289e|title=Matildas star Amy Taylor won't be getting her gear off|date=25 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024094828/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/matildas-star-amy-taylor-wont-be-getting-her-gear-off-ng-fab5a31e45573c258be233e139a4289e |archive-date=24 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Media career== Her appearance on the Matilda's calendar led to appearances in various magazines and print ads as a model. She joined WIN Television in Australia as a presenter on a fishing program called ''Fishing Australia''. She became the sports presenter for ''WIN News'', becoming one of WIN's most popular personalities.<ref name=can/>
In 2008, Duggan co-hosted the first series of football-reality television program ''Football Superstar'' on pay TV channel FOX8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23928321-5012974,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627225647/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23928321-5012974%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2008 |title=Former Matilda teams up with McFadden – Herald Sun |date=27 June 2008 }}</ref> For the second series in 2009, she was replaced by Lee Furlong after the birth of her first child.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/brian-mcfadden-stings-matildas-star-amy-taylor-ng-81473a9bea139c15c53d4e7a0c7faf21|title=brian McFadden stings Matildas star Amy Taylor |work=Perth Now|date=21 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024093731/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/brian-mcfadden-stings-matildas-star-amy-taylor-ng-81473a9bea139c15c53d4e7a0c7faf21 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |url-status=live |accessdate=24 October 2021}}</ref>
While continuing her role on ''WIN News'', she has also hosted and commentated for ABC's telecast of the W-League national women's competition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s2675245.htm |title=ABC1 for W-League's second season |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2 September 2009 |accessdate=4 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023052859/http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s2675245.htm |archive-date=23 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then went on to Host W-League and Matilda's matches for Fox Sports from 2015 to 2018 before signing with Optus Sport in 2019 for the 2019 Women's World Cup.
From August 2016, Amy started hosting a four-hour weekly music program on Wollongong's i98FM, called ''Chilled Sundays''.<ref>{{cite web |title=i98FM welcomes Amy Duggan to on-air line up with Chilled Sundays |url=https://i98fm.com.au/story/i98fm-welcomes-amy-duggan-to-on-air-line-up-with-chilled-sundays |website=i98fm |date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
Amy Duggan began presenting on Wollongong radio station ABC Illawarra on Friday mornings starting on 13 October 2023.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=ABC Illawarra Mornings (13 October 2023)|url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/illawarra-mornings/illawarra-mornings/102948142|series=2023|access-date= 21 October 2023 |first=Amy|last=Duggan |network=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|station=97.3 ABC Illawarra|date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027054700/http://www.wintv.com.au/illawarra/personalities/item/446/ WIN Television Presenter Profile]
{{Australia squad 1998 OFC Women's Championship}} {{Australia Squad 1999 Women's World Cup}}
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