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Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at the international level[4] and last played for Melbourne Victory in Australia's W-League.

Kirsty Yallop

Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Kirsty Lee Yallop[1]
Date of birth	(1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand[2]
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Lynn-Avon United
2009–2010	Pali Blues	10	(1)
2010–2011	Kristianstads DFF	21	(1)
2011–2015	Vittsjö GIK	85	(11)
2015–2016	Brisbane Roar	8	(2)
2016	Mallbackens	17	(0)
2016–2017	Melbourne Victory	3	(0)
2017–2018	Klepp	44	(6)
National team‡
2004	New Zealand U-20
2004–2017	New Zealand	104[3]	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

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.[5]

On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[6]

On 9 December 2016, Yallop joined Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Bianca Henninger.[7][8] In October 2017, it was confirmed that she did not re-sign with Melbourne Victory for a further season.[9] 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.[10]

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,[11]

Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics,[12] 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.[13]

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.[14][15]

She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[16]

She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[17]

On 20 September 2017, after playing two games against United States, Yallop announced her retirement from international football.[18]

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop's engagement to Klepp IL teammate and Australia international Tameka Butt was announced on Butt's Twitter account.[19] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand on 9 February 2019.[20][21]

References

External links

• Kirsty Yallop – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kirsty Yallop at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
• Kirsty Yallop club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish)
• 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)

На других языках

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[de] Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Lee Yallop (* 4. November 1986 in Auckland) ist eine neuseeländische ehemalige Fußballspielerin, die von 2004 bis 2017 für die neuseeländische Nationalmannschaft spielte.

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- [en] Kirsty Yallop

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[it] Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Yallop (Auckland, 4 novembre 1986) è un'ex calciatrice neozelandese, di ruolo centrocampista, dirigente del Klepp.

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