Meikayla Moore

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]

Meikayla Moore
Moore in 2019
Personal information
Full name Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996[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

Career

Moore was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 Women's World Championship, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games.[4]

Moore made her senior début for the Football Ferns as a substitute in a 4–0 win over China on 26 September 2013.[5]

She was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

In April 2019, Moore was named to the final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup,[6] however while in France training before the tournament started, Moore snapped her Achilles.[7]

15 months later she had recovered enough from the injury to sign for Liverpool who play in the FA Women's Championship.[7][8]

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;[9][10] Moore is the first player footballer believed to have recorded a hat-trick of own goals which were not deliberat. Some sources mention that she is the second player to achieve this, after Stan Van den Buys with Germinal Ekeren who contributed by scoring three own goals for Anderlecht on 22 January 1995 in the Belgian first division, but this has not been confirmed because the third goal was scored by Johan Walem, who touched the ball before the ball cross the goal line.[11][12][13]

In June 2023, Ava Collins, Moore and Kate Taylor were named as reserve players for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[14] However, Moore declined to join the squad as a reserve player and Grace Wisnewski was called up as a reserve player instead of her.[15]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 June 2018Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Japan1–11–3International Friendly
2.25 November 2018Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia Fiji5–010–02018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
3.1 December 2018 Fiji4–08–0
4.September 6, 2022Titan Stadium, Fullerton Philippines1–12–1Friendly

Notes

    References
    1. "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. "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
    5. "Football Ferns-Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
    6. "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup".
    7. "Football Ferns centre-half makes comeback from Achilles injury". Accident Compensation Corporation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
    8. "New Zealand footballer Meikayla Moore signs with famous English club Liverpool". Stuff. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
    9. Rollo, Phillip (20 February 2022). "Football Ferns defender Meikayla Moore scores hat-trick of own goals against USA". Stuff.
    10. "Liverpool's Meikayla Moore scores unwanted hat-trick playing for New Zealand". Belfast Telegraph. 20 February 2022.
    11. "What the USWNT learned from New Zealand win despite Meikayla Moore's 3 own goals". ESPN.com. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
    12. "VAN DE BUYS ..The record holder for most OWN GOALS scored". YouTube.
    13. "RSC Anderlecht 2:3 (Eerste klasse A 1994/1995, 19. Round)". worldfootball.com.
    14. "Football Ferns squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". New Zealand Football. 30 June 2023.
    15. Voerman, Andrew (6 July 2023). "FIFA Women's World Cup: Meikayla Moore turns down Football Ferns training invite". Stuff.
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