The ‘football, football, football’ life of Matildas star Steph Catley and her goalkeeper future husband Dean Bouzanis

The football journey for Matildas star Steph Catley began at a young age when she was the only lady in her bro’s group. From there, she “fell for the video game” and now the 29-year-old stands as one half of Australian football’s golden couple after falling for fellow gamer Dean Bouzanis. SEE THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sam Kerr’s biggest objectives. Enjoy every Matilda’s FIFA Women’s World Cup match live and release on 7plus >> The Matildas vice-captain in January revealed her engagement to Dean Bouzanis, a goalkeeper for Reading in the English Championship, with the set conference when they were betting the females’s and males’s Melbourne City groups. “Nice, somebody’s got to take the function,” Catley chuckles when inquired about owning the ‘golden couple’ title. It is little surprise Catley explains her life as “football, football, football” as she counts down the days to the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup on house soil after an effective season with Arsenal. “My life is quite football, football, football,” she informs 7NEWS. com.au. “Dean is football consumed, most likely more than I am, and he enjoys all my video games and analyses them carefully. I enjoy his video games however he is most likely way more into my video games. “We discuss football a lot, we see it a lot and it is our lives so it does control. We have a pet dog now (Calvin) so he sort of offers us a little bit of a diversion, which is great.” Steph Catley displays her engagement ring Credit: Instagram – @stephcatleyCatley is getting ready for her 3rd look on the greatest phase and is among the Matildas’ crucial gamers, with her rate and ability down the left flank vital for Australia. The nation will next month host a guys’s or ladies’s FIFA World Cup for the very first time ever, and Catley is delighted for the chance to play in front of her loved ones – something she never ever believed was possible. “The World Cup on house soil, I do not believe you can actually request for far more,” Catley stated. “I have actually dipped into 2 other World Cups and it’s constantly the best honour to be at a World Cup representing Australia and as a footballer, you do not even dream to have a house World Cup due to the fact that you do not even believe it’s going to be possible, or a thing that’s going to occur in your life time. “To be in the generation that it has actually occurred to and we have the ability to play in front of our family and friends in the most significant competition a footballer can play in is truthfully a dream come to life. “I want it was tomorrow, I’m so thrilled to start.” Catley knows what sort of effect hosting the World Cup can have for Australian females’s football – she has actually experienced it very first hand while strolling through the streets of London after England’s Lionesses won the European champion in 2015. If the Matildas achieve success at the upcoming competition, Catley stated the result it will have will be felt best throughout Australian football, from the grassroots to the nationwide level. Matildas and Arsenal colleagues Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley commemorate with the League Cup prize that Arsenal won previously this season. Credit: Instagram – @caitlinfoord”If you take a look at the success of the Lionesses at the Euros and what it provided for ladies’s football and ladies’s sport in the UK and the WSL (Women’s Super League), that summarises what is possible if your nationwide group succeeds at a significant competition,” Catley stated. “It’s a house competition for us, we are playing in front of a lot of girls, young kids that will ideally see us and desire be female or male footballers in the future in Australia. “If we succeed, then we can have that sort of causal sequence that has actually taken place over here in England and the W-League (A-League ladies) can benefit and grassroots football can benefit too.” Catley started her profession in the house in the W-League competitors with Melbourne Victory in 2009 when she was simply 15, prior to creating an effective profession in the United States and eventually signing up with Arsenal in 2020. The Matildas veteran made her global launching in 2012 and has actually collected 109 caps for her nation. Catley stated the increase of females’s football in Australia has actually been substantial, with the development of the sport altering profoundly considering that her very first video game in green and gold. “It’s a totally various scope to when I made my Matildas launching,” Catley discussed. “When I initially was available in, ladies’s football was so under the radar, and it wasn’t actually discussed at global level or on a huge scale at all. “Now, you take a look at where our gamers are messing around the world at the clubs they’re at, the important things they’re doing at club land. “A gamer like Sam (Kerr), Caitlin (Foord), all these gamers that are growing in the most significant leagues worldwide which for our group as the Matildas is so essential. “A great deal of our gamers reviewing and playing in these major leagues and succeeding in these major leagues has actually benefited our nationwide group due to the fact that we have actually had the ability to keep growing and taking on the very best countries on the planet.” Matildas stars Steph Catley, Alanna Kennedy and Lydia Williams commemorate after FIFA revealed Australia as the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup hosts. Credit: Getty ImagesCatley explained Matildas captain and fan preferred Sam Kerr as a “unique gamer”, having actually seen her journey up close. “I like having fun with Sam. I’ve matured with her and viewing her journey has actually been actually, actually fantastic,” Catley stated. “She has actually come up until now and worked so tough and she definitely is worthy of all the distinctions that have actually come her method. “She is a really unique gamer and we are fortunate to have her on our group. She is likewise an unique individual, we like her and we are really fortunate to have her as our captain and as our striker.” Australia held its breath when Catley suffered an injury while betting Arsenal with worries her World Cup dream may be over. Speedster Steph Catley is constantly harmful out large for the Matildas. Credit: Getty ImagesCatley remained in a moon boot after the occurrence, however stated it will not be a problem come the very first video game versus Ireland on July 20. “I’m feeling actually excellent,” Catley stated. “I did have a couple of niggles towards the back end of the season which was aggravating. “The injury (being on crutches and in a moon boot) wasn’t perfect however thankfully it occurred when I had plenty of time to sort of get myself. “I’ve had the ability to get a number of video games in at the end of the season which has actually been excellent. “My body feels fantastic and I’m ending the season healthy and all set to get ready for the World Cup, I can’t wait!” View every Matildas match and crucial knockout video games, consisting of the semi-finals and last, live and complimentary on Seven and 7plus. The Matildas have actually had lots of fantastic minutes for many years, however this year they have the opportunity to make their greatest mark yet as they fight it out in the Women’s World Cup on house soil. The Matildas have actually had lots of terrific minutes throughout the years, however this year they have the possibility to make their most significant mark yet as they fight it out in the Women’s World Cup on house soil.
Learn more