Olivia Chance
![]() Olivia Chance playing for the New Zealand women's national football team in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Tauranga, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brisbane Roar | ||
Number | 25 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | South Florida Bulls | 79 | (31) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2016 | Claudelands Rovers | ||
2016 | Breiðablik | 10 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Everton | 17 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bristol City | 14 | (0) |
2020 | Sheffield United | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Brisbane Roar | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | New Zealand U-17 | 9 | (3) |
2011– | New Zealand | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 April 2019 |
Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance (born 5 October 1993), is an association footballer who plays as a midfielder for Australian W-League club Brisbane Roar and has represented New Zealand at international level.[1] She formerly played for Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and Everton.
Playing career
Chance played her club football with Claudelands Rovers, helping them to become the first non-Auckland side in 15 years to win the national women's cup.[2]
College
Chance joined the South Florida Bulls in 2012. In her freshman year she was named to the All-Big East Rookie Team. She played four seasons for the Bulls leading the team in goals during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 season. Chance finished her college career with 31 goals from 79 appearances.[3]
Club
Breiðablik
In July 2016, Chance signed with Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK of the Úrvalsdeild.[4]
Everton
Chance moved to English club Everton in February 2017.[5] She made nine appearances for the Blues during the 2017 Spring Series scoring twice.[6]
Brisbane Roar
In November 2020, Chance left England and joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[7]
International
Chance was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing in all three games at the finals in Trinidad and Tobago.[8]
Chance and Terri-Amber Carlson were the only two new caps included in the women's national team to contest the 2011 Cyprus Cup[9] where she made her début in a 4–1 loss to The Netherlands in their opening game on 2 March 2011.[10][11]
International goals
- Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 4 March 2020 | Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 (7–6 p) | 2020 Algarve Cup |
References
- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Richens, Matt (20 September 2010). "Olivia makes the most of her chances". Waikato Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Player Profile". South Florida Bulls. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Olivia Chance í Breiðablik" (in Icelandic). blikar.is. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Blues Chance Excites Olivia". Everton F.C. 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Olivia Chance | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Westfield W-League chance for New Zealand International". Brisbane Roar. 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ Soccer: It's all being left to Chance
- ^ "Ferns open Cyprus Cup with Dutch defeat". NZ Football. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
- Olivia Chance at Soccerway
- Olivia Chance – FIFA competition record (archived)
- NZ Football profile
- Icelandic domestic stats at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- New Zealand expatriate association footballers
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
- South Florida Bulls women's soccer players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
- FA Women's Super League players
- Everton F.C. (women) players
- Brisbane Roar FC (W-League) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Sportspeople from Tauranga
- Women's association football forwards
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Bristol City W.F.C. players
- New Zealand women's association football biography stubs