Tameka Yallop
 Tameka Butt playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Klepp | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mudgeeraba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | QAS | ||
| 2008– | Brisbane Roar | 97 | (48) |
| 2012 | Boston Breakers | 8 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 8 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Iga F.C. Kunoichi (loan) | ||
| 2016 | Mallbackens | 14 | (2) |
| 2017– | Klepp | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Australia U-17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Australia U-20 | 16 | (3) |
| 2007– | Australia | 58 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 August 2017 | |||
Tameka Butt (born 16 June 1991)[1] is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Klepp in the Norwegian Toppserien, and Brisbane Roar in the W-League. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.
Playing career
Club
Brisbane Roar (2008–)
Butt has played for the Brisbane Roar since 2008 and:
- won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for 2012/13;
- won the Julie Dolan Medal (Westfield W-League Player of the Year) Award for 2013/14;
- won the Brisbane Roar Goal of the Year Award for 2013/14;
- was presented with Hat Trick Awards for 2009, 2011/12 and 2013/14 (a hat trick of hat tricks);[2]
- is the second highest W-League goal scorer of all time (as of 12 February 2017).
Boston Breakers (2012)
Butt signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.[3]
FFC Frankfurt (2013–2014)
In January 2013, Butt signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.[4]
Iga F.C. Kunoichi (2014)
Butt was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.[5]
Mallbackens IF (2016)
In March 2016, Butt signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.
Klepp IL (2017)
In March 2017, Butt signed for Norwegian club Klepp.[6]
International
Butt has been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007 including for the following major events:
- 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup (China) - winners
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup (Germany) - reached quarter finals
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (Canada) - reached quarter finals
- 2016 Rio Olympics (Brazil) - reached quarter finals
She was also:
- captain of the Australian Under-20s National Team from 2007–2009
- captain of the squad that won the 2008 ASEAN Women's Cup Championship
- member of the 2008 AFC Under-20s Women's Asian Championship squad
- member of the 2007 AFC Women's Under-17 Asian Championship team
Career statistics
International goals
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 August 2007 | Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong |  Hong Kong |
4–0 | 8–1 | 2008 Olympics qualifying |
| 2 | 3 September 2011 | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China |  Thailand |
4–0 | 5–1 | 2012 Olympics qualifying |
| 3 | 11 September 2011 | Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China |  South Korea |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2012 Olympics qualifying |
| 4 | 22 November 2012 | Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China | Hong Kong |
1–0 | 4–0 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2 |
| 5 | 6 July 2013 | Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, France |  France |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 24 November 2013 | WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia |  China |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 25 October 2015 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China | China |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 27 July 2017 | CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States |  United States |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 Tournament of Nations |
Honours
Club
International
Individual
References
- ^ "Player profile – Tameka Butt". Brisbane Roar FC. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ "Tameka Butt". Soccer Way. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Juchem, Marcus (1 February 2013). "Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Tameka Butt and Elise Kellond-Knight sign with Japanese side Iga FC". The Women's Game. 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Spillere". kleppil.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
External links
- Tameka Yallop – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Brisbane Roar player profile
- Boston Breakers player profile
- Tameka Yallop on X
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- Australian women's soccer players
- Living people
- 1991 births
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Brisbane Roar FC (W-League) players
- Boston Breakers (WPSL Elite) players
- 1. FFC Frankfurt players
- Iga Football Club Kunoichi players
- Mallbackens IF players
- Sportspeople from New South Wales
- W-League (Australia) players
- Women's Premier Soccer League Elite players
- Japan Women's Football League players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Australia women's international soccer players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate women's footballers in Japan
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Australian expatriates in Germany
- Australian expatriates in Sweden
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Women's association football midfielders
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- LGBT association football players
- LGBT sportspeople from Australia