Meikayla Moore
_(cropped).jpg) Moore in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burwood AFC | |||
| Avon United | |||
| Coastal Spirit | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Köln | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Duisburg | 31 | (1) |
| 2020– | Liverpool | 8 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | New Zealand U-17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | New Zealand U-20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013– | New Zealand | 41 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1:00, 22 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2020 | |||
Meikayla Moore (born 4 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liverpool in the English FA Women's Championship and the New Zealand national team.[3]
Career
Moore was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games.[4]
Moore made her senior début for the Football Ferns as a substitute in a 4–0 win over China on 26 September 2013.[5]
She was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]
In April 2019, Moore was named to the final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup,[6] however while in France training before the tournament started, Moore snapped her Achilles.[7]
15 months later she had recovered enough from the injury to sign for Liverpool who play in the FA Women's Championship.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b c d "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Profile at NZF
- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Football Ferns-Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12226024
- ^ a b "Football Ferns centre-half makes comeback from Achilles injury". Accident Compensation Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand footballer Meikayla Moore signs with famous English club Liverpool". Stuff. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
External links
- Meikayla Moore – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at NZF
- Meikayla Moore at Soccerway
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- 1. FC Köln (women) players
- MSV Duisburg (women) players
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Association footballers from Christchurch
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of New Zealand
- Women's association football defenders
- New Zealand women's association football biography stubs