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Kirsty Yallop
Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kirsty Lee Yallop[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mallbackens
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lynn-Avon United
2009–2010 Pali Blues 10 (1)
2010–2011 Kristianstads DFF 21 (1)
2011–2015 Vittsjö GIK 85 (11)
2015–2016 Brisbane Roar 8 (2)
2016– Mallbackens 10 (0)
International career‡
2004– New Zealand U-20
2004– New Zealand 90[3] (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986), is an association football player who represented New Zealand at the international level[4] and currently plays for Mallbackens in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.

International career

Yallop made her senior international debut in a 0–6 loss to the United States on 10 October 2004.[5]

Yallop captained the U-20 side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (0–3) and Russia (2–3), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw,[6]

Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games,[7] playing the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with Japan.[8]

Attending her first Women's World Cup at Germany 2011, Yallop earned her 50th cap in her only appearance at the finals in a 1–1 draw with Mexico as New Zealand won their first ever point at a Senior Women's World Cup.[9][10]

She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11]

She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[12]

Club career

At club level she played for Lynn-Avon United before moving to Kristianstads DFF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan in 2010. For the 2011 season she moved to second tier side Vittsjö GIK. In her first year at Vittsjö the team attained promotion to Damallsvenskan.[13]

On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ Profile at NZF
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  5. ^ "A-International Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006.
  7. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Match Report – Japan vs New Zealand". FIFA. 6 August 2008.
  9. ^ "Match Report – New Zealand vs Mexico". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Never-say-die Ferns claim historic World Cup point". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Kirsty Yallop Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  12. ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  13. ^ Statistics in Soccerway
  14. ^ "Kiwi international joins Roar Women". Template:ALeague BR. 31 October 2015.
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