Emelia Makris returns to Adelaide United, speaks on power of culture

Emilia Makris, formerly known arsenic Emilia Murray, has returned to Adelaide United, signing a three-year contract.

Makris archetypal signed with the Reds successful the 2021/22 run aft progressing done the Football SA elite pathway.

She went connected to marque 29 appearances and people three goals during her archetypal stint, including a memorable debut strike against Sydney FC successful November 2023 astatine conscionable 18 years of age.

“I’m truly excited to beryllium backmost home. This is the Club that gave maine an accidental arsenic a youngster and I’m looking to repay that implicit the adjacent fewer seasons,” she said successful the nine announcement.

The 20-year-old is Greek and Indigenous, and successful a caller interrogation with aleagues.com.au for Indigenous Football Week, spoke of the value of culture.

“Before each crippled I ever I cognize what I’m representing” she said.

“I’m representing my family, it’s not conscionable me, I’m playing for something bigger than myself.

“I think of small maine and however I tin correspond them and besides promote them to cognize that they tin bash precisely the aforesaid arsenic maine and turn up and, you know, beryllium on, yeah, beryllium successful the A-League, beryllium successful the world stage. Yeah, I conscionable want to beryllium an illustration so that they cognize that it’s possible.”

On the planetary stage she captained the Young Matildas astatine the '22 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament successful Canberra and Queanbeyan, and was astir precocious selected successful the squad for the 2024 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup qualifying campaign.

Earlier this year, she made three appearances for the Young Matildas astatine the ASEAN Women’s Championship 2025 successful Vietnam, scoring once.