Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986) is a New Zealand association football player. She played for the New Zealand women's national football team from 2004 to 2017.[4] Yallop made history by scoring New Zealand’s first ever goal at an Olympic Games in 2008.[5]
Club career
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.[6]
On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[7]
On 9 December 2016, Yallop joined Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Bianca Henninger.[8][9] In October 2017, it was confirmed that she did not re-sign with Melbourne Victory for a further season.[10] In 2017, Yallop joined Norwegian side Klepp.
International career
Yallop made her senior international debut in a 6–0 loss to the United States on 10 October 2004.[11]
Yallop captained the U-20 side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (3–0) and Russia (3–2), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw,[12]
Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics,[13] 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.[14]
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.[15][16]
She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[17]
She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[18]
On 20 September 2017, after playing two games against United States, Yallop announced her retirement from international football.[19]
Personal life
In December 2017, Yallop's engagement to Klepp IL teammate and Australia international Tameka Butt was announced on Butt's Twitter account.[20] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.[21][22] Later in 2020 they had a daughter together.
Yallop has a master's degree from Massey University, completing her thesis on international rugby sevens players.[23]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 April 2007 | Lae, Papua New Guinea |  Tonga |
1–0 | 6–1 | 2007 OFC Women's Championship |
| 2. | 5–0 | |||||
| 3. | 13 April 2007 |  Papua New Guinea |
4–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 4. | 6–0 | |||||
| 5. | 8 March 2008 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 6. | 14 June 2008 | Suwon, South Korea |  South Korea |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2008 Peace Queen Cup |
| 7. | 6 August 2008 | Qinhuangdao, China |  Japan |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
| 8. | 10 March 2009 | Paralimni, Cyprus |  Netherlands |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2009 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 9. | 12 March 2009 | Nicosia, Cyprus |  France |
1–0 | 1–1 (5–6 p) | |
| 10. | 3 October 2010 | Auckland, New Zealand |  Tahiti |
5–0 | 7–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship |
| 11. | 4 March 2011 | Larnaca, Cyprus |  Switzerland |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2011 Cyprus Women's Cup |
References
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Profile Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
- ^ "New Zealand's National Representatives". ultimatenzsoccer.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "How being fearless and determined shaped Kirsty Yallop into a World Cup star". Sport New Zealand Website. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Statistics in Soccerway
- ^ "Kiwi international joins Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Kalinic, Dejan (9 December 2016). "Victory signs New Zealand international Yallop". Melbourne Victory. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Victory sign Kiwi midfielder on injury replacement deal". MFootball. 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
- ^ "A-International Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
- ^ "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "Match Report – Japan vs New Zealand". FIFA. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008.
- ^ "Match Report – New Zealand vs Mexico". FIFA. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Never-say-die Ferns claim historic World Cup point". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Kirsty Yallop Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Yallop retires". Twitter. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Mathew Whitehead (27 December 2017). "Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop". SBS.
- ^ Tameka Butt (9 December 2018). "<<none>>". PlayersVoice.
- ^ Tameka Butt (9 February 2019) [tamekabutt]. "I can finally officially call you my beautiful wife 💙💙" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ Yallop, Kirsty (2018). Observed versus expected match-running outputs of international female rugby sevens players (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/15235.
External links
- Kirsty Yallop – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kirsty Yallop at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
- Kirsty Yallop club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Kirsty Yallop at Soccerway
- Profile at nzfootball.co.nz at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 June 2015)
- Profile at nzsoccer.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 November 2008)
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