Full name Ria Dawn Percival Name Ria Percival Position Defender Years Team Weight 57 kg | Number 2 Height 1.61 m Playing position Role Footballer Current team FF USV Jena | |
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Date of birth (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 26) Place of birth Basildon, Essex, England | ||
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Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional women's footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national team and currently plays for FF USV Jena of the Bundesliga.
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Football Ferns Ria Percival from the OFCWNC
Career
Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile, where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria.
Percival made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).
Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4).
On 9 March 2011 Percival earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the playoff for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup.
Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.
She again featured for all three of New Zealand's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, taking her to World Cup tally of 9 matches.