Ria Percival
| 190px Percival playing for New Zealand in 2011. |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ria Dawn Percival | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Brentwood, Essex, England | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FF USV Jena | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| -2008 | Lynn-Avon United | 37 | (14) |
| 2008–2010 | F.C. Indiana | 7 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Ottawa Fury | ||
| 2011–2012 | FFC Frankfurt | 21 | (0) |
| 2012- | FF USV Jena | 21 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | New Zealand | 59 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national woman's team[1] and currently plays for FF USV Jena of the Frauen Bundesliga.[2]
Biography
Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia,[3] and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria.[4]
Percival made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006,[1] and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[5] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).
Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games[6] where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4).
On 9 March 2011 Percival earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the playoff for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup.[7]
Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ Football Ferns join German Bundesliga
- ^ "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 3 Aug 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 3 Aug 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Retrieved 3 Aug 2011.
- ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ Ferns finish Cyprus Cup with Mexico defeat
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
