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Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Yallop

New Zealand footballer

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.

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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]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]

International goals

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References

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    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.
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    "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
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    "Match Report – Japan vs New Zealand". FIFA. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008.
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    "Match Report – New Zealand vs Mexico". FIFA. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
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    "Never-say-die Ferns claim historic World Cup point". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
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    "Kirsty Yallop Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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    "Yallop retires". Twitter. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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    Mathew Whitehead (27 December 2017). "Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop". SBS.
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    Tameka Butt (9 December 2018). "<<none>>". PlayersVoice.
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    Tameka Butt (9 February 2019) [tamekabutt]. "I can finally officially call you my beautiful wife 💙💙" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
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    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.
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