Anna Green (footballer)

Anna Green
Personal information
Full name Anna Green[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990[1]
Place of birth Stockport, England[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Mallbackens
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Three Kings
Eastern Suburbs AFC
2011 Adelaide United 10 (0)
2012–2013 Lokomotive Leipzig 31 (3)
2013–2014 Sydney FC 2 (0)
2014–2015 Notts County 1 (0)
2016– Mallbackens 14 (1)
National team‡
2008–2010 New Zealand U-20 13 (0)
2006– New Zealand 56[3] (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015

Anna Green (born 20 August 1990), is an Association footballer who plays for Mallbackens in the Damallsvenskan and represents New Zealand at international level.[4] She has also played for Three Kings United (ASB League), Adelaide United and Sydney FC (W-League) and Lokomotive Leipzig[5] (Bundesliga).

In January 2014 Green agreed a transfer to Notts County of the FA WSL. Under the terms of the deal she would join the English club after finishing the Australian season with Sydney FC and taking part in the Cyprus Cup.[6]

International career

Green made her international debut as a substitute in a 0-3 loss to China on 14 November 2006.[7] She was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games, featuring in the losses to Norway (0-1) and Brazil (0-4).[8]

Green travelled with the New Zealand U-20 squad to the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Chile, again featuring in two of New Zealand's group games.[9] In 2010, she represented New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany, appearing in all three group games.[10] She was also part of the squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ Germany will be the next stop for city's Green. Manawatu Standard
  6. ↑ "Second Kiwi Signs For Notts County". She Kicks. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Line-ups, 2006-". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2008-07-04. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  9. ↑ "New Zealand (NZL)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup, Germany 2010 – Team – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 17 October 2010.


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