Friday, September 7, 2012

Female Footballer - Hannah Wilkinson, New Zealand footballer

Hannah Lilian Wilkinson (born 28 May 1992) is a member of the Football Ferns, the New Zealand women's association football team.

Wilkinson first played for the New Zealand under 20 side in January 2010 and impressed national selector John Herdman with 5 goals in 3 games, including a hat-trick in her first, earning herself a call up to the senior side for friendlies against Australia and a trip to the Cyprus Cup. She made her senior international début for New Zealand in the starting lineup in a friendly against Australia on 17 February 2010.

In 2010 she represented New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, appearing in all three group games.






Female Footballer - Ria Percival, New Zealand professional footballer

Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national woman's team and currently plays for FFC Frankfurt of the Frauen Bundesliga.

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.






Female Footballer - Kim Little, Scottish female football

Kim Alison Little (born 29 June 1990) is a Scottish female international football midfielder. She plays her club football for FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies and has represented Scotland at senior international level. She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Little was one of two Scots selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.

Little began her career with Buchan Girls FC before moving onto Hibernian Ladies. She left to join Arsenal Ladies in March 2008 and scored her first goal for the club in April, in a 4–1 win over Chelsea before 5,000 fans at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal manager Vic Akers told reporters: "Make a note of this kid, she's going to be a big player." Little played in every league match during the 2008–09 season bar one, scoring 24 goals.

The following season Little's prolific goalscoring from midfield helped Arsenal overcome the departure of Kelly Smith. After 47 goals in all competitions, she was named Players' Player of the Year in June 2010.

At the 2011 FA Women's Cup final, Little was named Player of the Match and scored the opening goal in Arsenal's 2–0 win over Bristol Academy. After the game Arsenal manager Laura Harvey described Little as "world class."






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