Nina Meollo
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(on loan from Ipswich Town)
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| Full name | Nina Andrea Nadera Meollo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 June 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Real Bedford (on loan from Ipswich Town) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Norwich City | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ipswich Town | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Cambridge City (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → AFC Sudbury (loan) | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Real Bedford (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Philippines | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Nina Andrea Meollo[2] (born 23 June 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English side Real Bedford,[3] on loan from Ipswich Town.[4][5] Raised in England, she represents the Philippines at international level.
Club career
Meollo joined the youth program of Nowich City before moving to Ipswich Town in 2020. She made her first team debut for Ipswich in 2022.[3]
International career
In November 2023, Meollo was called up for the first time to the Philippines national football team.[7] She remained part of the squad for multiple friendlies and training camps.[8][9] Meollo made her international debut on 4 April 2025 in a friendly against United Arab Emirates, which the Philippines won 4–1.[10]
She was part of the squad for the women's football tournament of the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand which won the gold medal.[11]
At the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Olivia McDaniel was fielded as the Philippines' main goalkeeper. However in the quarterfinals against Japan, Meollo started as the goalkeeper instead.[12] The Philippines lost 0-7 but Meollo kept Japan from scoring until the last minute of the first half.[13]
