An Australian Matildas soccer player has been forced to remove sexually suggestive photos from her Facebook profile after a 13-year-old fan found them while looking up her sporting hero online.

Football Federation Australia yesterday ordered Olympian Lisa De Vanna to hide the images after a complaint from the young girl's mother.

Matildas player Lisa De Vanna

The Facebook images, which could be viewed by the public, showed 25-year-old De Vanna in a series of lewd poses.

Friends of the player posted profane comments on one of the photos, which showed friends of the soccer star posing jokingly with a large blow-up penis.