Sarah Gregorius
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AS Elfen Saitama | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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 | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | New Zealand U-20 | 11 | (4) |
| 2010–2020 | New Zealand | 100 | (34) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2020 | |||
Sarah Joelle Gregorius (born 6 August 1987), is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level.[4] She plays for AS Elfen Saitama in the Japanese L. League.
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.[5]
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][6] 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.[7]
She played all New Zealand's matches at both the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, 6 matches overall (3 in each tournament).[8]
Gregorius scored a goal against England in a friendly match on June 1st 2019, helping New Zealand win 1–0.[9]
She was part of New Zealand's 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams.[10] She also played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[11]
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.[12]
Club career[]
In July 2013, Gregorius signed for FA WSL league-leaders Liverpool from German Frauen-Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.[13]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Liverpool
- Women's Super League (1): 2013
Individual[]
- IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020[14]
References[]
- ^ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ a b "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Profile at NZF
- ^ a b "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.
- ^ "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Ferns continue scoring ways". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "new zealand vs england womens - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Sarah Gregorius Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Sarah Gregorius one of the lucky ones as she retires after her 100th Football Ferns match". stuff.co.nz. 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Sarah Gregorius among four Liverpool Ladies signings". British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.
External links[]
- Sarah Gregorius – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at NZF
- Profile (in Japanese) at AS Elfen Saitama
- Sarah Gregorius at Soccerway
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