By Kieran Yap 28/8/25
Above: The Player Edition Nike boot designed with Sam Kerr.
Sam Kerr has joined some of the world’s greatest athletes in having her own Nike shoe. The football boot, a player edition of the Mercurial Superfly 10.
The boot design is a tribute to Sam’s journey as a professional footballer, showcasing the unique attitude she brings to the pitch, and her enduring love for Perth and her roots.
“Through the creation process it was always important that the boot should tell my story,” Kerr said through Nike.
“How this kid from East Fremantle got this far following her dreams.
“The colours of the boot are what I think of when I think of home – Perth’s ocean and sunsets. It’s a reminder of where I’m from,” she continued.
The boot is adorned with messaging personal to Australia’s record goal scorer. “Consistent” for her mantra, “Perth Swagger” for a nod to her hometown’s unique identity and “Forever Forward” for her on-pitch position.
It also includes numbers like “2009” for her debut year with the Matildas, “Golden in 2017” for her first golden boot, and “2020 for the Blues” as a celebration of Chelsea’s landmark campaign.
Each boot will also feature Kerr’s signature on the heel and the design is a nod to one of her sporting idols. They feature a stripe down the toe to evoke Cathy Freeman’s famous body suit of the Sydney Olympics and the number “2000” at the top of the stripe.
The timing of the boots release could not have come better, with Kerr preparing to return from a long-term knee injury and begin the quest for another WSL title with Chelsea.
With her return to the Australian national team hopefully imminent, Matildas fans could be seeing Kerr scoring in her personalised Mercurial 10’s in the forthcoming games against Wales.
It also marks another big moment in women’s football, with a personalised boot almost unheard of when Kerr made her debut for the national team. With specialised women’s boots becoming more common, and participation in Australia continuing to grow, it feels fitting that our most successful individual player has her own personalised Nike boot.
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