Tameka Yallop (née Butt; born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer midfielder who plays for Brann in the Norweigan Toppserien. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League, West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League, and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.
![]() Yallop playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tameka Yallop[1] | ||
Birth name | Tameka Butt[2] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 31)[3] | ||
Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brann | ||
Youth career | |||
Mudgeeraba | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | QAS | ||
2008–2018 | Brisbane Roar | 108 | (49) |
2010 | → Ottawa Fury (loan) | ||
2012 | Boston Breakers | 8 | (3) |
2013 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 8 | (3) |
2014 | → Iga F.C. Kunoichi (loan) | ||
2016 | Mallbackens | 19 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Klepp IL | 58 | (32) |
2018–2019 | Melbourne City | 10 | (3) |
2019–2021 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | (6) |
2021–2022 | West Ham United | 16 | (1) |
2022– | Brann | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | Australia U-17 | 7 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Australia U-20 | 16 | (3) |
2007– | Australia | 103 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021 |
Yallop joined the Brisbane Roar (then the Queensland Roar) in 2008, as they were one of the founding members of the W-League. They won the W-League Championship and Premiership in 2008–09. In the 2010–11 season, Brisbane returned to the Grand Final, where Yallop scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2–1 victory.[4]
She briefly played with the Ottawa Fury in 2010.[5]
Yallop won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the 2012–13 season. She was the recipient of the Julie Dolan Medal for W-League Player of the year in 2014.[6]
As of February 2018, Yallop ranks 5th in all-time W-League history with 108 appearances and ranks 3rd in goals with 49.[7]
Yallop signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.[8]
In January 2013, Yallop signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.[9]
Yallop was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.[10]
In March 2016, Yallop signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.
In March 2017, Yallop signed for Norwegian club Klepp.[11]
After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Yallop signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.[12]
In October 2019, the Brisbane Roar announced that Yallop would be returning to Brisbane for the 2019–20 W-League season,[13] where she scored in their first game of the season. On 5 December, Tameka became the first Brisbane Roar player (including men, women and youth) to score 50 goals for the club.[14]
In May 2021, Yallop joined English club West Ham United. Playing 16 games with 1 goal in the FAWSL, 3 games in Women's FA Cup and 3 games in FA Women's League Cup.[15] In August 2022, she left the club by mutual consent.[16]
In August 2022, Yallop joined Norwegian club Brann on a one-year contract with a further six months option.[17]
Yallop has represented the Young Matildas at various age levels. She was a member of the 2007 AFC Women's U-17 Asian Championship team and 2008 AFC Women's U-20s Women's Asian Championship team. Yallop captained the Australian U-20s National Team from 2007 to 2009 which included winning the 2008 AFF Women's Championship.
Yallop has been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007. She was part of the team that won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Yallop played for Australia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015.
In 2016, Yallop was named to her first Olympic Team for Rio 2016.[18] Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Yallop did not appear in any games.[4]
At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Yallop scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the United States. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations[19]
At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Yallop appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1–0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[20]
Yallop was a member of the Matildas Tokyo 2020 Olympics squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA.[21]
Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting) | |
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Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
# | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player |
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 4 August 2007 | Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong | ![]() |
5350.03005 4–0 |
5650.06005 8–1 |
2008 Olympics qualifying |
2. | 3 September 2011 | Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2012 Olympics qualifying |
3. | 11 September 2011 | Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2012 Olympics qualifying |
4. | 22 November 2012 | Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2 |
5. | 6 July 2013 | Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, France | ![]() |
5350.03005 1–0 |
5650.06005 2–0 |
Friendly |
6 | 24 November 2013 | WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
7. | 25 October 2015 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China | ![]() |
5350.03005 1–0 |
5650.06005 1–1 |
2015 Yongchuan International Tournament |
8. | 27 July 2017 | CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States | ![]() |
5350.03005 1–0 |
5650.06005 1–0 |
2017 Tournament of Nations |
9. | 22 November 2017 | AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
10. | 26 July 2018 | Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City | ![]() |
5350.03005 2–0 |
5650.06005 3–1 |
2018 Tournament of Nations |
11. | 21 January 2022 | Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India | ![]() | 13–0 | 18–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
In December 2017, Yallop announced her engagement to her Klepp IL teammate Kirsty Yallop on her Twitter account.[22] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.[23] Following the marriage they both took on the surname Yallop.[24]
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