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Amber Hearn
Amber Hearn in 2014
Personal information
Full name Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn[1]
Date of birth (1984-11-28)28 November 1984(age 39)[2]
Place of birth Henderson,New Zealand[3]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Arsenal
2005–2006 Doncaster Rovers Belles
2009–2010 Ottawa Fury 12 (6)
2011 Lynn-Avon United
2011–2017 FF USV Jena 109 (36)
2017–2018 1. FC Köln 22 (4)
2018–2019 Dux Logroño
International career
2004–2018 New Zealand 125 (54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn(born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand former professionalsoccerplayer who representedNew Zealandbetween 2004 and 2018.[4]A prolific scorer, she is the country's all-time top scorer and the highest scoring international for theOceania Football Confederation.

Personal life[edit]

Hearn is ofMāoridescent, and affiliates to theNgāpuhiiwi.[5]

Club career[edit]

At club level she has played inEnglandforArsenalandDoncaster Rovers Belles.[6]The 2009/10 season she played for theOttawa Fury Womenof theUSL W-League.[7]She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to GermanBundesligasideFF USV Jena.[8]

In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the2010 OFC Women's Championshipshe won the golden boot with 12 goals.[9]

International career[edit]

Hearn was included in the New Zealand squad for the2008 Summer Olympics,[10]starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a penalty as one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw withJapan.[11] Selected for the2011 FIFA Women's World Cupin Germany,[12]Hearn again scored against Japan, although they ultimately lost the match 2–1.[13]She played the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's games, helping secure their first ever point at a Women's world cup in a 2–2 draw withMexico.

Hearn holds the record for goals scored for the New Zealand women's team in internationals, scoring her 30th international goal against China in June 2012.[14]

She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cupin Canada.[15]

In February 2020, Hearn retired officially from international football, after playing her last match for the national team in June 2018.[16]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

See also:List of international goals scored by Amber Hearn
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Caps Goals Caps Goals Caps Goals
New Zealand 2004 — 5 0 5 0
2005 — 1 0 1 0
2006 — 0 0 0 0
2007 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 3[a] 1 6 1 9 2
2009 — 8 3 8 3
2010 5[b] 12 8 4 13 16
2011 3[c] 1 10 1 13 2
2012 5[d] 2 11 6 16 8
2013 — 11 4 11 4
2014 3[b] 7 12 2 15 9
2015 3[c] 0 10 2 13 2
2016 4[e] 3 8 3 12 6
2017 — 6 2 6 2
2018 0 0 3 0 3 0
Total 26 26 99 28 125 54
  1. ^Appearances inSummer Olympics
  2. ^abAppearances inOFC Women's Championship/OFC Women's Nations Cup
  3. ^abAppearances inFIFA Women's World Cup
  4. ^One appearance and two goals inOFC 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

Honours[edit]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^"FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players"(PDF).FIFA. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 November 2019.Retrieved18 May2023.
  2. ^ab"Amber Hearn Profile".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2011.Retrieved20 June2015.
  3. ^"Amber Hearn".New Zealand Olympic Committee.Archivedfrom the original on 17 May 2022.Retrieved18 May2023.
  4. ^"Football Ferns great Amber Hearn announces retirement".New Zealand Herald.New Zealand Media and Entertainment. 26 February 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 28 October 2020.Retrieved27 April2023.
  5. ^"43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics".Te Karere.5 August 2016.Retrieved6 August2016.
  6. ^"Hall of Fame".Doncaster Rovers Belles. Archived fromthe originalon 31 August 2009.Retrieved31 July2009.
  7. ^"2010 Ottawa Fury Stats".uslsoccer.com. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2010.Retrieved7 July2011.
  8. ^"Jena signs Amber Hearn"(in German). womensoccer.de. 6 July 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 15 July 2011.Retrieved7 July2011.
  9. ^"Jena signs Amber Hearn"(in German). jenapolis.de. 6 July 2011.Retrieved7 July2011.
  10. ^"Olympic Football Squads Named".New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 5 July 2008.Retrieved4 July2008.
  11. ^"Match Report - Japan vs New Zealand".FIFA. 6 August 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 27 August 2008.
  12. ^"FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 12 July 2011.Retrieved22 June2011.
  13. ^Match Report, Japan - New Zealand
  14. ^"New Zealand Women's Goalscorers".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved28 June2015.
  15. ^"FIFA player's stats".FIFA.Archived fromthe originalon 25 October 2012.Retrieved28 June2015.
  16. ^Voerman, Andrew (26 February 2020)."Football Ferns' leading goalscorer Amber Hearn slips quietly into retirement".Stuff.co.nz.Retrieved31 January2021.
  17. ^"IFFHS All Time Oceania Women's Dream Team".International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 13 June 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 8 November 2021.Retrieved9 September2021.
  18. ^"IFFHS Woman Team - OFC - of the Decade 2011–2020".International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 31 January 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 6 November 2021.Retrieved9 September2023.

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