List of international goals scored by Amber Hearn

Amber Hearn is a New Zealand professional footballer who represented the New Zealand women's national football team as a forward between 2004 and 2018. She scored 54 international goals in 125 caps for the "Football Ferns", making her the country's all-time top scorer. On 18 February 2004, Hearn made her debut for the senior New Zealand team aged 19 against Australia in the 2004 Australia Cup,[1] and scored her first international goal on 16 June 2008 against Argentina in Suwon, South Korea.[2]

Hearn scored 54 international goals in 125 caps for New Zealand.[1]

Hearn scored three international hat-tricks, two against the Cook Islands and one against Vanuatu in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also netted twice on eight separate occasions.[3] Out of all her opponents, she scored the most against the Cook Islands, netting seven goals against the Polynesian side.[3] Hearn scored two goals at the Olympics, 19 at the OFC Women's Nations Cup, one in the FIFA Women's World Cup and four in OFC Olympic qualification. The remainder of her goals, 28, have come in friendlies.[3] Hearn's most productive year in terms of international goals was 2010, when she scored 16 goals in 13 games for the "Football Ferns".[3] Over a 15-year career with New Zealand, she won the 2010 and 2014 OFC Nations Cup, scoring in the 2010 final against Papua New Guinea.[3][4]

She played her final match for New Zealand against Japan on 10 June 2018 in a friendly.[1] Hearn announced her international retirement in February 2020, citing her desire to move into coaching.[1] "My goal was always for us to be successful on the world stage," she explained in 2020 following her announcement.[1] Hearn often insisted that she never took notice of her record-breaking exploits in front of goal and was more concerned with helping the "Football Ferns" compete on the world stage.[1]

Goals edit

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hearn goal.[3]
Table key
Indicates New Zealand won the match
Indicates the match ended in a draw
Indicates New Zealand lost the match
List of international goals scored by Amber Hearn
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 16 June 2008 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea   Argentina 1–0 1–0 2008 Peace Queen Cup [5]
2 6 August 2008 Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China   Japan 2–0 2–2 2008 Summer Olympics [6]
3 12 January 2009 Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China   South Korea 1–4 3−4 2009 Four Nations Tournament [7][8]
4 7 March 2009 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus   Russia 2–3 2–4 2009 Cyprus Cup [9]
5 10 March 2009 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus   Netherlands 1–0 2–0 2009 Cyprus Cup [9]
6 24 February 2010 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus   Italy 1–0 1–0 2010 Cyprus Cup [9]
7 26 February 2010 GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus   Netherlands 1–0 1–1 2010 Cyprus Cup [9]
8 1 March 2010 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus   Scotland 1–0 3–0 2010 Cyprus Cup [9]
9 3–0
10 29 September 2010 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   Vanuatu 1–0 14–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship [10]
11 2–0
12 3–0
13 5–0
14 14–0
15 1 October 2010 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   Cook Islands 1–0 10–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship [11]
16 5–0
17 9–0
18 3 October 2010 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   Tahiti 2–0 7–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship [12]
19 3–0
20 6 October 2010 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   Solomon Islands 4–0 8–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship [13]
21 8 October 2010 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   Papua New Guinea 10–0 11–0 2010 OFC Women's Championship final [4]
22 15 June 2011 St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland   Wales 1–0 2–0 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup [14]
23 27 June 2011 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany   Japan 1–1 1–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup [15]
24 28 February 2012 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus   Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 2012 Cyprus Cup [9]
25 2–0
26 6 March 2012 Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus   Netherlands 1–1 2–2
(a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
2012 Cyprus Cup [9]
27 31 March 2012 Okara Park, Whangārei, New Zealand   Papua New Guinea 4–0 8–0 2012 OFC Women's Olympic qualification [16]
28 8–0
29 17 June 2012 Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand   China 3–1 3–1 Friendly [17]
30 20 June 2012 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand   China 1–0 1–0 Friendly [18]
31 17 July 2012 St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland   Colombia 1–0 2−1 2012 Matchworld Women's Cup [19]
32 11 March 2013 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus   England 1–0 1–3 2013 Cyprus Cup [9]
33 22 September 2013 Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland   Brazil 1–0 1–0 2013 Valais Women's Cup [20]
34 25 September 2013 St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland   China 2–0 4–0 2013 Valais Women's Cup [21]
35 4–0
36 15 February 2014 Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China   Mexico 1−0 1−2 2014 Four Nations Tournament [22]
37 25 October 2014 Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea   Tonga 14–0 16–0 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup [23]
38 16–0
39 27 October 2014 Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea   Papua New Guinea 2–0 3–0 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup [24]
40 29 October 2014 Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea   Cook Islands 3–0 11–0 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup [25]
41 7–0
42 9–0
43 11–0
44 25 November 2014 Randaberg Stadion, Randaberg, Norway   Norway 1–0 1–1 Friendly [26]
45 3 March 2015 Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara, Spain   Spain 2–2 2–2 Friendly [27]
46 28 November 2015 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil   Brazil 1−0 1−0 Friendly [28]
47 23 January 2016 PNGFA Academy, Lae, Papua New Guinea   Papua New Guinea 1–0 7–1 2016 OFC Women's Olympic qualification [29]
48 7–0
49 7 March 2016 Albufeira Municipal Stadium [pt], Albufeira, Portugal   Portugal 1–0 1–0 2016 Algarve Cup [30]
50 9 March 2016 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal   Iceland 1–1 1–1
(a.e.t.)
(5−6 p)
2016 Algarve Cup [31]
51 28 July 2016 Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   South Africa 2–0 4–1 Friendly [32]
52 6 August 2016 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil   Colombia 1–0 1–0 2016 Summer Olympics [33]
53 1 March 2017 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus   Scotland 2–3 2–3 2017 Cyprus Cup [9]
54 28 November 2017 PAT Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Thailand 1–0 5–0 Friendly [34]

Hat-tricks edit

List of international hat-tricks scored by Amber Hearn
No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date Ref.
1   Vanuatu 5 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 5–0', 14–0') 14–0 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 2010 OFC Women's Championship 29 September 2010 [10]
2   Cook Islands 3 – (1–0', 5–0', 9–0') 10–0 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 2010 OFC Women's Championship 1 October 2010 [11]
3   Cook Islands 4 – (3–0', 7–0', 9–0', 11–0') 11–0 Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup 29 October 2014 [25]

Statistics edit

  1. ^ Appearances in Summer Olympics
  2. ^ a b Appearances in OFC Women's Championship/OFC Women's Nations Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup
  4. ^ One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, four appearances in Summer Olympics
  5. ^ One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, three appearances and one goal in Summer Olympics

See also edit

References edit

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