Abby Erceg
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abby May Erceg[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 November 1989||
Place of birth | Whangarei, New Zealand[2] | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Western New York Flash | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2004 | Three Kings United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Three Kings United | 36 | (17) |
2007–2008 | Western Springs FC | 22 | (12) |
2009 | Three Kings United | 23 | (15) |
2009–2010 | Espanyol | 11 | (0) |
2010 | Fencibles United | 25 | (14) |
2011–2013 | Adelaide United | 22 | (0) |
2013–2014 | FF USV Jena | 30 | (5) |
2014–2015 | Chicago Red Stars | 25 | (0) |
2016– | Western New York Flash | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | New Zealand U-20 | 24 | (13) |
2006– | New Zealand | 116[3] | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015 |
Abby May Erceg (born 20 November 1989) is a professional New Zealand footballer who is a member of the New Zealand national team.[4] Erceg currently plays for Western New York Flash in the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has previously played for Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL, Espanyol in the Superliga Femenina, and Adelaide United in the Australian W-League. Erceg was the first player (male or female) from New Zealand to play 100 international matches.
Club Career
Erceg signed with German side Jena in 2013.[5] She was loaned to the Chicago Red Stars, an NWSL club, and played there for two months during the Bundesliga's 2014 summer break. After she returned and played the first half of the 2014–15 Bundesliga season, she and the Jena club ended her contract during the winter break.[6]
Erceg then signed with the Chicago Red Stars in May 2014.[7]
In November 2015, the Red Stars traded her to the Western New York Flash.[8]
International career
Erceg made her full Football Ferns début 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,[9] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).
Erceg 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 USA (0–4).[10]
She was included in the U-20 squad for the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Chile.[11] Erceg earned her 50th cap for New Zealand aged just 21 when starting New Zealand's 2011 Cyprus Cup opening match against the Netherlands on 2 March 2011 and becoming the third most capped female player in New Zealand Football history with 62 caps to her name. Erceg was also a part of the team that qualified for the Women's Football World Cup that took place in Germany, in 2011 where they finished 12th overall.
In the first game of the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup she became the first player from New Zealand to reach 100 international caps.[12]
She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[13]
References
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External links
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- Abby Erceg – FIFA competition record
- Profile at NZF
- New Zealand Football profile
- Abby Erceg at Soccerway
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- Olympic footballers of New Zealand
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand people of Croatian descent
- Sportspeople from Whangarei
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Adelaide United FC W-League players
- FF USV Jena players
- Chicago Red Stars (NWSL) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- New Zealand expatriates in Germany
- New Zealand expatriates in the United States
- FIFA Century Club
- Association football defenders
- Western New York Flash (NWSL) players
- National Women's Soccer League players