Kirsty Yallop
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.
| Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kirsty Lee Yallop[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1986[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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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]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.[22]
References edit
- ^ a b c (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Profile 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.
- ^ Statistics in Soccerway
- ^ . Brisbane Roar. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Kalinic, Dejan (9 December 2016). . 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.
- ^ . FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
- ^ . New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ . FIFA. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008.
- ^ . 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.
- ^ . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ . 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 edit
- – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kirsty Yallop at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) ()
- club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Kirsty Yallop at Soccerway
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 June 2015)
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 November 2008)