Meikayla Moore

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Meikayla Moore
Moore in 2019
Personal information
Full name Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Glasgow City
Number 18
Youth career
Burwood AFC
Avon United
Coastal Spirit
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 FC Köln 8 (0)
2018–2020 Duisburg 31 (1)
2020–2022 Liverpool 24 (2)
2022– Glasgow City 13 (0)
International career‡
2012 New Zealand U17 10 (0)
2012–2016 New Zealand U20 9 (0)
2013– New Zealand 51 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2022

Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore (born 4 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League and the New Zealand national team.[3]

Club career[edit]

After playing for various clubs in New Zealand, Moore was signed by Bundesliga newcomers 1. FC Köln in 2018, for whom she played eight league games in the second half of the season. After the club was relegated as second-to-last at the end of the season, she moved to league rivals MSV Duisburg. In Duisburg, she made 20 league appearances.

On 4 November 2018, she scored her first Bundesliga goal in a 2-1 defeat to champions VfL Wolfsburg. Duisburg finished the season in ninth place. Due to injury, she was unable to play in the first half of the 2019/20 season. She only got fit again at the start of the second half of the season.[4] At the end of August 2020, she moved to English second division club Liverpool.[5][6] After two seasons, she moved north to Glasgow City.[7]

International career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Moore was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 U-17 World Cup, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games.[8]

In February 2014, she took part in the U-20 Oceania Championship in her home country. Moore played in two games and wore the captain's armband. With three victories, New Zealand won this championship. This qualified them for the 2014 U-20 World Cup in Canada, where Moore played in all of her team's matches. New Zealand finished second in the group stage behind European champions France, making it to the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the first time. However, they were eliminated by eventual runners-up Nigeria.

Senior[edit]

Moore made her senior debut for the Football Ferns as a substitute in the 4–0 win over China on 26 September 2013 in the Valais Cup final.[9]

In March 2014, she then took part in the 2014 Cyprus Cup, where New Zealand won the match for 11th place against Finland. Two months later, she took part in the 2014 Oceania Championship, where Moore played in three matches. On 14 May 2015, she was called up to New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA World Cup in Canada.[1]  She was also nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games.[10] She was substituted on in the 90th minute in the 1–0 win against Colombia.[11]

She became a regular player from the 2017 Cyprus Cup onwards. On 10 June 2018, she scored her first goal for the senior national team in a 3–1 defeat against Asian champions Japan.[12]

At the 2018 Oceania Championship, she played in four of the five games and scored two goals. As tournament winners, New Zealand qualified for the 2019 World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In April 2019, Moore was named to the final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA World Cup,[13] however while in France training before the tournament started, Moore snapped her Achilles.[5] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she played in two of the three games.

On 20 February 2022, Moore scored a perfect hat-trick of own goals in a match for New Zealand against the United States at the SheBelieves Cup, all in the first half;[14][15] Moore is the first footballer believed to have recorded a hat-trick of own goals which were not deliberate. Some sources mention that she is the second player to achieve this, after Stan Van den Buys, though the third of his own goals was technically scored by Johan Walem.[16][17][18] Moore's first two own goals were scored in the 5th and 6th minutes, and she was taken off in the 40th minute, with ESPN reporting that only the third goal (in the 36th minute) was due to her making "an obvious error", an ill-timed clearance kicking it into the goal (for the first, her block of a shot from wide bounced back into the net, and for the second, the ball hit her face to deflect into the net). The United States coach, Vlatko Andonovski, said that it was unfortunate that Moore was so unlucky, adding that "she's incredible and ... her positioning was very [good]".[16][19][15]

In June 2023, Moore, Ava Collins, and Kate Taylor were named as reserve players for the 2023 FIFA World Cup.[20] However, Moore declined to join the squad as a reserve player and Grace Wisnewski was called up as a reserve player instead.[21]

International goals[edit]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 June 2018 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand  Japan 1–1 1–3 International Friendly
2. 25 November 2018 Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia  Fiji 5–0 10–0 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
3. 1 December 2018  Fiji 4–0 8–0
4. September 6, 2022 Titan Stadium, Fullerton  Philippines 1–1 2–1 Friendly

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ Profile at NZF
  3. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Kiwis Abroad | Moore makes comeback". www.nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Football Ferns centre-half makes comeback from Achilles injury". Accident Compensation Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ "New Zealand footballer Meikayla Moore signs with famous English club Liverpool". Stuff. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Glasgow City sign New Zealand international Meikayla Moore from Liverp". Glasgow City FC. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Football Ferns-Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Experienced Squad of 18 Secure Football Call-up for Rio". New Zealand Olympic Team. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016 - Matches - FIFA.com". web.archive.org. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Ferns fall to classy Japan". www.nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". April 2024.
  14. ^ Rollo, Phillip (20 February 2022). "Football Ferns defender Meikayla Moore scores hat-trick of own goals against USA". Stuff.
  15. ^ a b "Liverpool's Meikayla Moore scores unwanted hat-trick playing for New Zealand". Belfast Telegraph. 20 February 2022.
  16. ^ a b "What the USWNT learned from New Zealand win despite Meikayla Moore's 3 own goals". ESPN.com. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  17. ^ "RSC Anderlecht 2:3 (Eerste klasse A 1994/1995, 19. Round)". worldfootball.com.
  18. ^ "First own goals hat-trick in world football!". IFFHS. 22 February 2022.
  19. ^ New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore scores hat-trick of own goals in SheBelieves Cup, retrieved 17 December 2023
  20. ^ "Football Ferns squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". New Zealand Football. 30 June 2023.
  21. ^ Voerman, Andrew (6 July 2023). "FIFA Women's World Cup: Meikayla Moore turns down Football Ferns training invite". Stuff.

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