Maggie Jenkins
New Zealand footballer (born 2001)
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Margaret Ellen Jenkins (born 14 June 2001), also known as Maggie Jenkins, is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a forward for Wellington United. She has represented New Zealand in football at both age group and international level.[2]
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| Full name | Margaret Ellen Jenkins[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 June 2001[1] | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||
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Current team | Wellington United | ||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2020–2024 | UCF Knights | 42 | (6) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Wellington United | ||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Northern Lights | 20 | (10) | ||||||||
| 2024-2025 | ALG | 24 | (9) | ||||||||
| 2025- | Wellington United | 8 | (15) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | New Zealand U17 | 15 | (14) | ||||||||
| 2017– | New Zealand U20 | 7 | (8) | ||||||||
| 2017– | New Zealand | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||
Jenkins was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan aged 15,[3] and again at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay,[4] as well as at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France.[1] She won a bronze medal making history for New Zealand at 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay, New Zealand's only medal at a FIFA tournament.
Jenkins made her senior début in a 5–0 win over Thailand on 28 November 2017.[5] Jenkins has been part of multiple Football Ferns tours: in 2021 to Canada and South Korea, in 2022 to Los Angeles, and in 2023 ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.
