Kirsty Yallop

Kirsty Yallop
Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kirsty Lee Yallop[1]
Date of birth (1986-11-04) 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 as of 13 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2015

Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986) is a New Zealand former footballer who played as a midfielder. She played for the New Zealand women's national football team from 2004 to 2017.[4] Yallop made history by scoring New Zealand’s first ever goal at an Olympic Games in 2008.[5]

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.[6]

On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[7]

On 9 December 2016, Yallop joined Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Bianca Henninger.[8][9] In October 2017, it was confirmed that she did not re-sign with Melbourne Victory for a further season.[10] 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.[11]

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,[12]

Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics,[13] 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.[14]

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.[15][16]

She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[17]

She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[18]

On 20 September 2017, after playing two games against United States, Yallop announced her retirement from international football.[19]

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop's engagement to Klepp IL teammate and Australia international Tameka Butt was announced on Butt's Twitter account.[20] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.[21][22] Later in 2020 they had a daughter together named Harley. In March 2025, the couple announced on Instagram that they would be having a second child.[23]

Yallop has a master's degree from Massey University, completing her thesis on international rugby sevens players.[24]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 April 2007 Lae, Papua New Guinea  Tonga 1–0 6–1 2007 OFC Women's Championship
2. 5–0
3. 13 April 2007  Papua New Guinea 4–0 7–0
4. 6–0
5. 8 March 2008 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea 2–0 2–0 2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
6. 14 June 2008 Suwon, South Korea  South Korea 1–0 1–2 2008 Peace Queen Cup
7. 6 August 2008 Qinhuangdao, China  Japan 1–0 2–2 2008 Summer Olympics
8. 10 March 2009 Paralimni, Cyprus  Netherlands 2–0 2–0 2009 Cyprus Women's Cup
9. 12 March 2009 Nicosia, Cyprus  France 1–0 1–1 (5–6 p)
10. 3 October 2010 Auckland, New Zealand  Tahiti 5–0 7–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship
11. 4 March 2011 Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland 1–0 2–1 2011 Cyprus Women's Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ Profile Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
  3. ^ "New Zealand's National Representatives". ultimatenzsoccer.com. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  5. ^ "How being fearless and determined shaped Kirsty Yallop into a World Cup star". Sport New Zealand Website. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. ^ Statistics in Soccerway
  7. ^ "Kiwi international joins Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Victory sign Kiwi midfielder on injury replacement deal". MFootball. 9 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
  11. ^ "A-International Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  12. ^ "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
  13. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  14. ^ "Match Report – Japan vs New Zealand". FIFA. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008.
  15. ^ "Match Report – New Zealand vs Mexico". FIFA. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
  16. ^ "Never-say-die Ferns claim historic World Cup point". FIFA. 6 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Kirsty Yallop Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  18. ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Yallop retires". Twitter. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  20. ^ Mathew Whitehead (27 December 2017). "Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop". SBS.
  21. ^ Tameka Butt (9 December 2018). "<<none>>". PlayersVoice.
  22. ^ Tameka Butt (9 February 2019) [tamekabutt]. "I can finally officially call you my beautiful wife 💙💙" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Instagram".
  24. ^ 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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