Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Yallop
Personal information
Full name Kirsty Lee Yallop
Date of birth 4 November 1986 (1986-11-04) (age 25)
Place of birth Auckland
Date of death New Zealand
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Kristianstads DFF
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lynn-Avon United
2010 Kristianstads DFF 21 (1)
2011– QBIK Vittsjö 10 (4)
National team
2004- New Zealand U-20
2004- New Zealand 50 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2011

Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986), is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level,[1] making her senior international debut in a 0-6 loss to United States on 10 October 2004.[2]

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,[3]

Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games,[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7]

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 QBIK Vittsjö. In her first year in QBIK the team attained promotion to the Dammallsvenskan.[8]

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