Ria Percival

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Ria Percival
Personal information
Percival playing for New Zealand in 2011.
Full name	Ria Dawn Percival
Date of birth	(1989-12-07) 7 December 1989
Place of birth	Brentwood, Essex, England
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FF USV Jena
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
-2008	Lynn-Avon United	37	(14)
2008–2010	F.C. Indiana	7	(1)
2010–2011	Ottawa Fury
2011–2012	FFC Frankfurt	21	(0)
2012–	FF USV Jena	21	(3)
National team^‡
2006–	New Zealand	59	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2011

Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national woman's team^[1] and currently plays for FF USV Jena of the Frauen Bundesliga.^[2]

Biography

Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia,^[3] and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria.^[4]

Percival made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006,^[1] and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,^[5] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games^[6] where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4).

On 9 March 2011 Percival earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the playoff for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup.^[7]

Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.^[8]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
↑ Football Ferns join German Bundesliga
↑ "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
↑ "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
↑ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
↑ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
↑ Ferns finish Cyprus Cup with Mexico defeat
↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

External links

Ria Percival – FIFA competition record

v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Bromley 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 R. Smith 7 Thompson 8 Moorwood 9 Henderson 10 Longo 11 Oostdam 12 Puckrin 13 Riley 14 Ferrara 15 Jackman 16 Humphries 17 Tegg 18 Duncan 19 McColl 20 M. Smith 21 Howard Coach: Herdman

v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 R. Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 McColl 11 Yallop 12 M. Smith 13 Tegg 14 Hill 15 Kete 16 Leota 17 Oostdam 18 Howard Coach: Herdman

v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 McLaughlin 15 Kete 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Bowen 19 Hill 20 Clansey 21 Nayler Coach: Herdman

v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Hill 15 Stott 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Rolls Coach: Readings

Persondata
Name	Percival, Ria
Alternative names
Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	7 December 1989
Place of birth	England
Date of death
Place of death

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