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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tanya Oxtoby
| image = Tanyaoxtoby glory.JPG
| caption = Oxtoby with [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|Perth Glory]] in 2010
| fullname = Tanya Helen Oxtoby<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/2012/registrations-list-march-2012.ashx|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2012 and 31/03/2012|format=PDF|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|6|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Wickham, Western Australia|Wickham]], Australia
| height = 1.68 m<ref name=WF>{{WorldFootball.net}}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre-back]]<ref name=WF/>
| currentclub = [[Northern Ireland women's national football team|Northern Ireland]] (manager)
| years1 = 2002–2003
| clubs1 = Northern Redbacks
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2003–2004
| clubs2 = Northern NSW Pride
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 2004–2008
| clubs3 = Western Waves
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 2008–2012
| clubs4 = [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|Perth Glory]]
| caps4 = 40
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2012
| clubs5 = [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]]
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2012
| clubs6 = [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton]]
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| totalcaps = 54
| totalgoals = 0
| manageryears1 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs1 = [[Nottingham Forest Women F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| manageryears2 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs2 = [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|Perth Glory]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs3 = [[Australia women's national under-20 soccer team|Australia U20]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2016–2018
| managerclubs4 = [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2018–2021
| managerclubs5 = [[Bristol City W.F.C.|Bristol City]]
| manageryears6 = 2021
| managerclubs6 = [[Scotland women's national football team|Scotland]] (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs7 = [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2023–
| managerclubs8 = [[Northern Ireland women's national football team|Northern Ireland]]
}}
'''Tanya Helen Oxtoby''' (born 15 June 1982) is an Australian [[association football|soccer]] coach and former player, who is currently the manager of the [[Northern Ireland women's national football team|Northern Ireland women's national team]].

A [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|centre-back]] during her playing career, she signed for FA WSL club [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]] in February 2012, after four seasons playing for [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|Perth Glory]] in the Australian [[A-League Women|W-League]]. In July 2012, she agreed to manage [[Nottingham Forest L.F.C.|Nottingham Forest Ladies]], in addition to her playing duties with Doncaster. After finishing her playing career with [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton]], she worked full-time as a coach with [[Notts County Ladies F.C.|Notts County Ladies]], as their Development Team Manager.

After returning home to Australia in 2015 to the club she captained, Oxtoby became the assistant coach for Perth Glory Women, helping guide the Glory to their only Premiers Plate, winning the league, as well as their first ever grand final appearance. During this period, she also set up Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching, her own coaching and mentoring business for female footballers and coaches. She also spent 18 months working with the [[Australia women's national under-20 soccer team|Australian under 20]] team, as an assistant coach and video analyst.

Following a successful stint back in Australia, Oxtoby was offered a role as Head Coach and Director of Development at Notts County Ladies in early 2016, a role coupled with first team assistant coach duties. Oxtoby became the Head of Women's Football and Futsal at the [[University of Nottingham]], to oversee the entire development pathway for Notts County Ladies. In 2016, Oxtoby was recruited by [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Ladies]] to become an assistant coach with the first team in the Women's Super League. From 2018 to 2021, she was the manager of [[Bristol City W.F.C.|Bristol City]], and then served as an assistant coach with the [[Scotland women's national football team]] and [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]].

==Playing career==
Born in [[Wickham, Western Australia]], Oxtoby began playing as an eight-year-old in the [[Pilbara]] town of Wickham, initially playing in a team coached by her father.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davutovic |first=David |date=19 July 2020 |title=Bristol boss still calls WA home |work=The Sunday Times|location=Perth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arach.net.au/~jacoba/wasoccer/NewsSepOct08.htm|title=Glory Women Far From Downhearted|accessdate=17 November 2008|publisher=FootballWA.net|date=27 October 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Between 1995 and 1999, she attended the Soccer Excellence Program at [[John Curtin College of the Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jc.wa.edu.au/Elite%20Player%20Profiles%201990-2009.pdf?id=87|title=Elite Player Profiles 1990–2009|accessdate=19 February 2012|last=Rickers|publisher=John Curtin College of the Arts|first=Peter|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318024838/http://www.jc.wa.edu.au/Elite%20Player%20Profiles%201990-2009.pdf?id=87|archivedate=18 March 2012}}</ref> In 1999, Oxtoby was selected for the Australian Under–19 Schoolgirls team but did not make the touring squad to England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nswschoolsfootball.org.au/images/aus_girls_teams_1987_2006.pdf|title=Australian Schoolgirls Teams 1987–2006|accessdate=17 November 2008|publisher=NSW School Football|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723195727/http://www.nswschoolsfootball.org.au/images/aus_girls_teams_1987_2006.pdf|archivedate=23 July 2008}}</ref>

In 2005, Oxtoby was appointed [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the Western Waves in the Australian [[Women's National Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=WomenSoccer.com.au {{!}} 2006 {{!}} April |url=http://www.womensoccer.com.au/?m=200604 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

In 2008, she was appointed captain of [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|Perth Glory]]'s women's team in the [[Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)|W-League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_newsdisplay&id=24355|title=Glory W-League skipper|accessdate=17 November 2008|publisher=[[Perth Glory FC]]|date=22 October 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301124913/http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_newsdisplay&id=24355|archivedate=1 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1848&tid=273|title=Player profiles|accessdate=17 November 2008|publisher=[[Perth Glory FC]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217035402/http://perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1848&tid=273|archivedate=17 February 2011}}</ref> She was one of only a few players of Indigenous descent to play in the W-League, and the first indigenous player to captain her side.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2421856.htm|title=The Glory Girls|accessdate=24 February 2009|work=[[Stateline (TV program)|Stateline WA]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=14 November 2008}}</ref>

In February 2009, she was named best player for the Glory, winning the Most Glorious Women's Player award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mandurah.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-sport/Oxtoby-voted-most-Glorious-/7518329/|title=Oxtoby voted most Glorious|accessdate=24 February 2009|publisher=[[Community Newspaper Group]]|date=6 February 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104956/http://mandurah.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-sport/Oxtoby-voted-most-Glorious-/7518329/|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> Oxtoby collected the same award for her performances in the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/perthglory/news-display/oxtoby-named-perths-best/44696|title=Oxtoby named Perth's best|publisher=Football Australia|date=24 January 2012|accessdate=27 January 2012|first=Chris|last=Correia|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507155338/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/perthglory/news-display/oxtoby-named-perths-best/44696|archivedate=7 May 2012}}</ref> Overall, she played 40 matches for the Glory between 2008 and 2012.<ref name="mediaguide">{{cite web | url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=2860234 | title=Westfield W-League 2013/14 and Westfield Matildas Media Guide|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521083632/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=2860234|archivedate=21 May 2014 | publisher=Football Federation Australia | accessdate=1 January 2014 | author=Howe, Andrew}}</ref>

Oxtoby, who has dual English–Australian citizenship, joined Glory teammate [[Katie Holtham]] at [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]] for the 2012 [[FA WSL]] season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/playerProfile/tanya_oxtoby.html|title=Defenders/ Tanya Oxtoby|publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles|accessdate=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225164852/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/playerProfile/tanya_oxtoby.html|archive-date=25 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In 2007, Oxtoby was appointed assistant coach of the [[Football West]] National Training Centre. During 2008, she was appointed [[Western Australia]] women's Under-15 coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballwest.com.au/content/view/914/224/|title=Alistair Edwards Resigns|accessdate=17 November 2008|publisher=[[Football West]]|date=1 November 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080722151522/http://www.footballwest.com.au/content/view/914/224/  |archivedate = 22 July 2008}}</ref>

In July 2012, Oxtoby was appointed manager and head coach of English [[FA Women's Premier League Northern Division]] club [[Nottingham Forest L.F.C.|Nottingham Forest]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5742|title=Forest Appoint Aussie Oxtoby|publisher=[[She Kicks (magazine)|She Kicks]]|accessdate=25 July 2012|date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126005344/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/5742|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> a role she combined with playing for Doncaster in the FA WSL.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/news/tanya_in_dual_role.html|title=Tanya in Dual Role|publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC|accessdate=25 July 2012|date=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126005344/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/news/tanya_in_dual_role.html|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2013, Oxtoby accepted a coaching role with the reserve team of WSL club [[Notts County Ladies F.C.|Notts County Ladies]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Tanya Oxtoby joins coaching staff.|url=http://www.nclfc.co.uk/news/tanya_oxtoby_joins_coaching_staff.html|accessdate=22 July 2016|publisher=[[Notts County Ladies F.C.]]|date=27 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920192933/http://www.nclfc.co.uk/news/tanya_oxtoby_joins_coaching_staff.html|archive-date=20 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> before she returned to Australia.

After returning home to Australia in 2014 to the club she captained, Oxtoby become the assistant coach for Perth Glory Women.{{cn|date=October 2024}} She helped guide the Glory to the Premiers plate winning the league, and their first ever grand final appearance. During this period, she also set up Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching, her own coaching and mentoring business for female footballers. She also spent 18 months working with the [[Australia women's national under-20 soccer team|Australian under 20]] team, as an assistant coach and video analyst.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Following a successful stint with back in Australia, she then moved back to Notts County Ladies in early 2016 as their Director of Development and first team assistant coach, and become Head of Women's Football and Futsal at the [[University of Nottingham]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=England international Laura Bassett joins University coaching team – The University of Nottingham |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/news-and-events/news/news/england-international-laura-bassett-joins-university-coaching-team.aspx |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=www.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

In 2017, Oxtoby was recruited by [[Birmingham City W.F.C.|Birmingham City Ladies]] to become an assistant coach with a focus on out of possession with the first team in the Women's Super League. Oxtoby was then recruited at the Talent Identification and Transition Manager for English Colleges Women's National Team, a position she held for two years. She also served as lifestyle advisor for Team GB Goal Ball, a Paralympic sport.

In July 2018, [[Bristol City W.F.C.|Bristol City Women]] named Oxtoby its new manager.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/oxtoby-appointed-vixens-manager/|title=Oxtoby appointed Vixens manager|date=4 July 2013|publisher=[[Bristol City F.C.]]|accessdate=4 July 2018|first=James|last=Crawley}}</ref> In her first season with Bristol City, she won two manager of the month awards and took them to a record breaking points tally finishing in 6th place in the Women's Super League,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/lma-manager-month-awards-september-2018/|title=LMA MANAGER OF THE MONTH AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 2018|publisher=League Managers Association|date=8 October 2018|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/lma-manager-month-awards-january-2019/|title=LMA MANAGER OF THE MONTH AWARDS – JANUARY 2019|publisher=League Managers Association|date=11 February 2019|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/oxtoby-rewarded-with-new-deal/|title=OXTOBY REWARDED WITH NEW DEAL|publisher=[[Bristol City F.C.]]|date=6 September 2019|accessdate=30 January 2022|quote=Appointed in June 2018, Oxtoby led the Robins to a sixth-placed finish in the 2018/19 Women’s Super League – their highest league position in the club’s history with a record points tally of 25.}}</ref> with the most notable results being draws against [[Chelsea W.F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Article/Bristol-City-v-Chelsea-report-190918|title=Bristol City 0 Chelsea 0|website=thefa.com|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45538109|title=Manchester City 2–2 Bristol City|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 September 2018|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref> She managed to ensure Bristol's safety in the WSL in the following season, despite having the lowest budget of all the teams competing within the league, as well as a crippling injury list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/bristol-city-women-statement/|title=BRISTOL CITY WOMEN STATEMENT|publisher=[[Bristol City F.C.]]|date=25 May 2020|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref> She is renowned as an exceptional player developer, identifying young English talent and providing them the opportunity to excel within her provided environment and earn game time at the highest level. The likes of [[Ebony Salmon]], [[Poppy Pattinson]], [[Katie Robinson]] and [[Aimee Palmer]] are among some of the best young talent to come through under her supervision. In August 2021, she stepped down as manager following her maternity leave, and was succeeded by Lauren Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58234975|title=Tanya Oxtoby: Bristol City manager steps down from role at Women's Championship club|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 August 2021|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref>

Following a short stint with the [[Scotland women's national football team]] as an assistant coach,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/mclaren-names-four-fresh-faces-for-swnt-s-june-friendlies/|title=McLaren names four fresh faces for SWNT's June friendlies|publisher=Scottish Football Association|date=31 May 2021|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Archer |first=Kenny |date=1 September 2023 |title=New Northern Ireland women's manager Tanya Oxtoby targeting top tournaments |url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/footballsoccer/2023/09/01/news/new_northern_ireland_women_s_manager_tanya_oxtoby_targeting_top_tournaments-3577845/ |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=The Irish News}}</ref> Oxtoby joined [[Women's Super League]] club [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] in the same role in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/09/03/tanya-oxtoby-joins-chelsea-women-as-assistant-coach|title=Tanya Oxtoby joins Chelsea Women as Assistant Coach|publisher=[[Chelsea F.C.]]|date=3 September 2021|accessdate=30 January 2022}}</ref>

On 1 September 2023, Oxtoby was officially appointed as the new manager of the [[Northern Ireland women's national football team|Northern Ireland women's national team]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1 September 2023 |title=Tanya Oxtoby delighted to be new NI women’s manager |url=http://www.irishfa.com/news/2023/september/tanya-oxtoby-delighted-to-be-new-ni-women-s-manager |access-date=4 September 2023 |website=Irish FA}}</ref> having signed a four-year contract with the [[Irish Football Association|Irish FA]].<ref name=":1" />

==Personal life==
As well as being a UEFA A licence coach, Oxtoby also holds a Diploma in Football Management from the League Managers Association (LMA), and is a qualified sports psychologist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2017 |title=Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching |url=https://tofcoaching.com/about-me/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2020, she announced that she was pregnant with a son with her partner Alice Kempski who plays for Cheltenham Town Ladies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55276653|title=Tanya Oxtoby: Bristol City Women boss announces pregnancy|accessdate=11 December 2020|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=11 December 2020}}</ref> She announced that she would be taking maternity leave with [[Matt Beard]] taking over coaching duties at Bristol City until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55666918|title=Bristol City women: Matt Beard set to take over until end of season|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 January 2021|accessdate=14 January 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football|English football|Sports|Australia}}
* [[Foreign players in the FA WSL]]
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==References==

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160722113133/http://www.tofc.com.au/TOFC/Home.html Tanya Oxtoby Football Coaching]
* {{Soccerway|tanya-oxtoby/99354}}
{{Current managers of UEFA women's national teams}}{{Bristol City W.F.C. managers}}

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