Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Yallop
Personal information
Full nameKirsty Lee Yallop
Date of birth4 November 1986
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Vittsjö GIK
Number24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
–Lynn-Avon United
2009Pali Blues10(1)
2010Kristianstads DFF21(1)
2011–Vittsjö GIK21(8)
National team‡
2004-New Zealand U-20
2004-New Zealand50(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 September 2012.

† 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 the international level,[1] making her senior international debut in a 0-6 loss to the 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 Vittsjö GIK. In her first year at Vittsjö the team attained promotion to Damallsvenskan.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "A-International Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Match report - Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  5. ↑ "Match Report - Japan vs New Zealand". FIFA. 6 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Match Report - New Zealand vs Mexico". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Never-say-die Ferns claim historic World Cup point". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Statistics in Soccerway

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