Sarah Gregorius
New Zealand footballer (born 1987)
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Sarah Joelle Gregorius (born 6 August 1987), is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Miramar Rangers and has represented New Zealand at international level.[4]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sarah Joelle Gregorius[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lower Hutt, New Zealand[3] | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Miramar Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lynn-Avon United | |||
| Three Kings United | |||
| Eastern Suburbs AFC | |||
| 2011–2013 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 41 | (7) |
| 2013–2015 | Liverpool | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | AS Elfen Saitama | 1 | (0) |
| 2016- | Miramar Rangers | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006 | New Zealand U-20 | 11 | (4) |
| 2010–2020 | New Zealand | 100 | (34) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 March 2020 | |||
Education
Gregorius completed a master's degree at Massey University, with a thesis exploring cultural distance in female footballers.[5]
International career
Gregorius was a member of the New Zealand side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, playing in all three games at the finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (0–3) and Russia (2–3), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw.[6]
She made her senior Football Ferns debut in a 14–0 win over Vanuatu in the Oceania Women's Nations Cup on 29 September 2010.[4][7] She scored her first senior international goal in her second appearance as she claimed a hat-trick in a 10–0 win over Cook Islands on 1 October 2010.[8]
She played all New Zealand's matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, with 6 matches overall (3 in each tournament).[9]
Gregorius scored a goal against England in a friendly match on June 1, 2019, helping New Zealand win 1–0.[10]
She was part of New Zealand's 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams.[11] She also played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[12]
On 4 March 2020, Gregorius played her 100th match for New Zealand against Belgium in the 2020 Algarve Cup, when she also announced her retirement from international football.[13]
Club career
In July 2013, Gregorius signed for FA WSL league-leaders Liverpool from German Frauen-Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.[14]
Honours
Club
- Liverpool
- Women's Super League (1): 2013
Individual
- IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[15]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 17 June 2012 | Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand |  China | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 25 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea |  Tonga | 2–0 | 16–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 3. | 7–0 | |||||
| 4. | 10–0 | |||||
| 5. | 19 November 2018 | Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia | Tonga | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 6. | 8–0 | |||||
| 7. | 9–0 | |||||
| 8. | 25 November 2018 |  Fiji | 2–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 9. | 3–0 | |||||
| 10. | 10–0 | |||||
| 11. | 1 December 2018 | Fiji | 2–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 12. | 7–0 | |||||