Full name Kirsty Lee Yallop Years Team Date joined 2004 Number 11 Weight 60 kg | Playing position Height 1.65 m Name Kirsty Yallop | |
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Date of birth (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 29) Role Association football player Current teams New Zealand women's national football team, Brisbane Roar FC Profiles | ||
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986), is an association football player who represented New Zealand at the international level and currently plays for Melbourne Victory in Australia's W-League.
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International career
Yallop made her senior international debut in a 0–6 loss to the United States on 10 October 2004.
Yallop captained the U-20 side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (0–3) and Russia (2–3), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw,
Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games, 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.
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.
She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
On 20th September after playing two games against United States Yallop announced her retirement from international football.
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.
On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.
On 9 December 2016, Yallop joined Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Bianca Henninger.