Annalie Longo

Annalie Longo
Personal information
Full nameAnnalie Antonia Longo[1]
Date of birth1 July 1991
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Three Kings United
Sydney FC
National team‡
2008New Zealand U-17
2006–New Zealand U-2024(2)
2006–New Zealand31(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2011

Annalie Antonia Longo (born 1 July 1991) is a female association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.[2] She played for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League.

Career

Longo made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0-3 loss to China PR on 14 November 2006, becoming New Zealand's youngest senior football international,[3] and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[4] where they lost to Brazil 0-5, Denmark (0-2) and China PR (0-2). Longo is the second youngest player to represent any country at a senior FIFA World Cup.[3]

Longo also represented New Zealand at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals where she played in all three games.

She scored New Zealand's first goal at the 2008 inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup although they were effectively eliminated from contention in the 1-2 loss to Denmark, having previously lost 0-1 to Canada in the opening game.[5]

Longo was again included in the U-20 squad for the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup finals to be played in Chile, featuring in 2 of their three group games.[6] In 2010 she represented New Zealand at a third Under-20 World Cup, this time in Germany, appearing in all three group games.[7]

Personal

She was a student at Auckland's Epsom Girls' Grammar School.

In an interview Longo gave in November 2014, she said she lives in Kaiapoi but also spends half of her week in Auckland for national trainings.[8] While in Kaiapoi, she plays for Mainland Pride and then spends the rest of her time coaching at the Grasshopper Soccer programme - a non-competitive programme for kids aged 2-10 years, where the focus is on fun and skill development.[9] She said that she enjoyed working with young children and enjoyed watching them develop.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Soccer: Longo road to a third Cup". New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
  5. ↑ "NZ women eliminated from U-17 World Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 1 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand (NZL)". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  7. ↑ "FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup, Germany 2010 – Team – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  8. ↑ Northern Outlook, 19 November 2014, p 6
  9. ↑ Northern Outlook, 19 November 2014, p 6
  10. ↑ Northern Outlook, 19 November 2014, p 6

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