Ellie Carpenter has announced her engagement to teammate and partner Danielle van de Donk.
The Matildas defender shared the news to Instagram on Monday evening alongside a loved-up photo of the couple taken in front of a stunning ocean vista.
In the image, Ellie is seen embracing her fiancée as she flashes her stunning engagement ring.
Danielle captioned the touching frame with some tender words.
‘My person for life,’ she wrote, adding a red love heart and ring emoji.
Ellie Carpenter has announced her engagement to teammate and partner Danielle van de Donk. Both pictured
The Matildas defender shared the news to Instagram on Monday evening alongside a loved-up photo of the couple taken in front of a stunning ocean vista. In the image, Ellie is seen embracing her fiancée as she flashes her stunning engagement ring
The couple’s glorious news was soon inundated with kinds words from their friends and loved one.
‘Congratssss,’ wrote Matildas teammate Emily Van Egmond.
‘The girlssss, so happy for you both,’ added English professional footballer Alex Greenwood.
‘Congrats lovers,’ commented Alanna Kennedy, while Emily Gielnik echoed the sentiment.
‘My girrrrrrlllllssss so damn happy for you guys love you both so much,’ she wrote.
The announcement comes after Carpenter spoke out about the cruel abuse she received from online trolls following the Matildas’ loss to England in the Women’s World Cup semi-final
The announcement comes after Carpenter spoke out about the cruel abuse she received from online trolls following the Matildas’ loss to England in the Women’s World Cup semi-final on home soil.
She was forced to turn off the comments on her Instagram account after an unfortunate mistake in the 71st minute of the match that proved costly in Australia’s eventual 3-1 defeat.
Carpenter, who was Australia’s youngest athlete at the Rio Olympics, misjudged a longball and allowed Lauren Hemp to get a shot on goal and capitalise.
She opened up on what she endured ahead of Australia’s first Olympic Games qualifier against Iran on Thursday.
‘You see it [online abuse] everywhere, in different leagues and different sports codes as well,’ she said in Perth.
Carpenter says she’s not allowing the abuse to get to her or impact her performance
‘Obviously it’s a problem. And I know a lot of people are trying to make apps and platforms to try and stop abuse and things like that, so that’s good that people are aware of it and are trying to change it.’
Carpenter says that the abuse is part of being in the public eye and that she won’t allow it to affect her.
‘To be honest, I don’t really read or look into that,’ she said.
‘For me, it doesn’t really affect me at all. I do a job for my team and myself.
‘It (social media abuse) is everywhere these days.
‘And that just shows that the bigger you are or the bigger you get, the more criticism you get.
‘I had a great support system around me during that time and just during the whole World Cup really.
‘But it’s just what it is. Like I said the bigger you are, the more you get.’
The Aussie star wingback says that the bigger you get, the more abuse you are likely to receive
