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Kirsty Yallop

Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Kirsty Lee Yallop
Date of birth	(1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
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	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

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

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. In October 2017, it was confirmed that she did not re-sign with Melbourne Victory for a further season. 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.

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,

Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, 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 20 September 2017, after playing two games against United States, Yallop announced her retirement from international football.

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop's engagement to Klepp IL teammate and Australia international Tameka Butt was announced on Butt's Twitter account. The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019. 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.

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. ^ "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) . "I can finally officially call you my beautiful wife 💙💙" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
23. 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

• Kirsty Yallop – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kirsty Yallop at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
• Kirsty Yallop club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
• Kirsty Yallop at Soccerway
• Profile at nzfootball.co.nz at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 June 2015)
• Profile at nzsoccer.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 November 2008)

New Zealand squads

v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 OFC Women's Championship (3rd title) GK Bindon DF Bromley DF Erceg MF Ferrara DF Green FW Henderson MF Hoyle DF Jackman FW Kete MF Longo MF McColl MF Moorwood DF Percival GK Puckrin DF Oostdam MF Riley FW N. Smith DF R. Smith FW Thompson MF Yallop Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 R. Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood (c) 9 Hearn 10 McColl 11 Yallop 12 M. Smith 13 Tegg 14 Hill 15 Kete 16 Leota 17 Oostdam 18 Howard Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 OFC Women's Championship (4th title) 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Morwood (c) 9 Hearn 10 Milne 11 Yallop 12 Jackman 13 Armstrong 14 White 15 Gregorius 16 Kete 17 Wilkinson 18 Hill 20 Clansey Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith (c) 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 McLaughlin 15 Kete 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Bowen 19 Hill 20 Clansey 21 Nayler Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Hill 15 Stott 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Rolls Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg (c) 6 Stott 7 Riley 8 Pereira 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Moore 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Bott 19 Millynn 20 Cleverley 21 Rolls 22 Kete 23 Lichtwark Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Duncan 5 Erceg (c) 6 Stott 7 Riley 8 Pereira 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Moore 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Rolls Coach: Readings

• 1986 births
• Living people
• New Zealand women's association footballers
• Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Pali Blues players
• USL W-League (1995–2015) players
• Kristianstads DFF players
• Vittsjö GIK players
• Brisbane Roar FC (women) players
• Mallbackens IF players
• Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
• Damallsvenskan players
• A-League Women players
• Association footballers from Auckland
• New Zealand women's international footballers
• Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand lesbian sportswomen
• New Zealand LGBTQ footballers
• FIFA Women's Century Club
• Women's association football midfielders
• Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
• Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
• Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
• Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Norway
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers
• Massey University alumni
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen