Kirsty Yallop
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 Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kirsty Lee Yallop[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1986[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | 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[3] | (12) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 June 2015 | |||
Kirsty Lee Yallop (/ˈjæləp/ YAL-əp; born 4 November 1986) is a New Zealand former footballer who played as a midfielder. She played for the New Zealand women's national football team from 2004 to 2017.[4] Yallop made history by scoring New Zealand’s first ever goal at an Olympic Games in 2008.[5]
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.[6]
On 31 October 2015, Yallop joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.[7]
On 9 December 2016, Yallop joined Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Bianca Henninger.[8][9] In October 2017, it was confirmed that she did not re-sign with Melbourne Victory for a further season.[10] 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.[11]
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,[12]
Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics,[13] 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.[14]
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.[15][16]
She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[17]
She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[18]
On 20 September 2017, after playing two games against United States, Yallop announced her retirement from international football.[19]
Personal life
In December 2017, Yallop's engagement to Klepp IL teammate and Australia international Tameka Butt was announced on Butt's Twitter account.[20] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.[21][22] Later in 2020 they had a daughter together named Harley. In March 2025, the couple announced on Instagram that they would be having a second child.[23]
Yallop has a master's degree from Massey University, completing her thesis on international rugby sevens players.[24]
