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Erin Nayler
Nayler playing for New Zealand in 2019
Personal information
Full name Erin Nicole Nayler[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-17)17 April 1992(age 32)[1]
Place of birth Auckland,New Zealand[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 IPFW Mastodons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lynn-Avon United
Forrest Hill Milford
Eastern Suburbs AFC
2015 Norwest United AFC
2016 Sky Blue FC 0 (0)
2016–2017 Olympique Lyonnais Féminin 0 (0)
2017 Grenoble Foot 38 11 (0)
2017–2020 Bordeaux 32 (0)
2020–2021 Reading 1 (0)
2022 Umeå IK 22 (0)
2023 Norrköping 0 (0)
2023–2024 Bayern Munich 1 (0)
International career‡
2010–2012 New Zealand U-20 10 (0)
2013– New Zealand 84[3] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:45, 9 July 2023

Erin Nicole Nayler(born 17 April 1992) is a New Zealand professionalassociation footballgoalkeeper,who played forBayern Munichof the GermanFrauen-Bundesliga.[4]She has representedNew Zealandat international level.[5]

Early life[edit]

Nayler started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of 10.[6][7]Playing forWestlake Girls High Schoolwith her father Mark as coach, Nayler won manySecondary Schooltournaments before graduating in 2009.[8]Afterwards she went toIndiana University – Purdue University Fort Waynein 2010,[9]spending one year playing for theIPFW Mastodonsand studying biology.[10]She is got a degree in Molecular Biology atMassey University.[6][11]While once engaged to Jordan Carter,[7]since 2022 she's in a relationship with a woman, goalkeeping coach Mikaela Jacobson.[12]

Career[edit]

Nayler was a member of theNew Zealand U-20side at the2010and2012Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games at both events.[13][14]The performances earned her a spot at thesenior New Zealand team,the "Football Ferns", for the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15]Nayler was the only uncapped member of New Zealand's squad and did not feature in the tournament.[16]She was also a standby player for the2012 Olympics.[17]

With Bordeaux in 2018.

Nayler's eventual senior début happened at the2013 Cyprus Cup,in a 2–0 win overItaly.[18]

She played all three matches of New Zealand at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cupin Canada.[19]Nayler was chosen as Player of the Match during her second game, as she kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 tie withthe hostsin Edmonton.[20]

In 2015, Nayler was captain ofNorthern Footballas they won theNational Women's League,the top-flight women's football tournament of New Zealand.[21]She also played forNorwest Unitedof theNorthern League.[16]In 2016, Northern Football manager Paul Greig had become assistant coach ofSky Blue FC,in the United States'National Women's Soccer League,and led his new team to sign Nayler.[22]However, she was released by Sky Blue after 26 days and no games played, and Sky Blue signed another outfielder instead.[23][24]

Nayler then hoped to use the2016 Olympics,where she was again the Ferns' starting goalie, to see if she attracted the attention of any foreign clubs.[25]In the Olympics, Nayler had a clean sheet in New Zealand's second game, a defeat ofColombiaby 1–0, but the Ferns fell in the group stage following defeats to the United States and France.[26]

Shortly after the Games, Nayler signed a two-year contract withOlympique Lyonnaisof France.[27]In 2017 she was loaned to women's team ofGrenoble Foot 38,who played theDivision 2,after seeing no playing time as the third goalkeeper.[28][29]For the 2017–18 season, Nayler signed with the female squad ofFC Girondins de Bordeaux,who played in theDivision 1.[30]At the end of her first season, where Bordeaux finished seventh, Nayler renewed her contract for an additional two years.[31]

In April 2019, Nayler was named to the final 23-player squad for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[32]

In August 2020, Nayler announced she had signed forFA Women's Super LeagueclubReading.Unable to dislodge the incumbent goalkeeperGrace Moloneyand unhappy at a lack of playing opportunities, Nayler left after one season.[33]

On 27 October 2021,DamallsvenskanclubUmeå IKannounced the signing of Nayler ahead of their2022season, where she played during 2022.[34]

On 1 December 2022, Damallsvenskan clubIFK Norrköpingannounced the signing of Nayler ahead of their2023season.[35]

Bayern Munichannounced in August 2023 that Nayler had signed a one-year contract with the club.[4]Nayler played as a substitute in the last home match of2023–24 Frauen-Bundesligaseason against1. FC Nürnberg.[36]

Honours[edit]

Bayern Munich

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup"(PDF).Fédération Internationale de Football Association.Retrieved20 June2015.
  2. ^"Profile".NZF.Retrieved19 August2016.
  3. ^"Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup".The New Zealand Herald.29 April 2019.
  4. ^ab"FC Bayern Women sign goalkeeper Erin Nayler".fcbayern.com.FC Bayern Munich. 31 August 2023.Retrieved31 August2023.
  5. ^"Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved10 October2011.
  6. ^ab"Thrill of the save fuels Nayler | New Zealand Football".Nzfootball.co.nz.4 March 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 10 August 2016.Retrieved19 August2016.
  7. ^abMcFadden, Suzanne (19 July 2021)."Olympic Bonds: The Ferns keeper and her dive teacher".Newsroom.
  8. ^"Westlake Girls High take out the champs".Stuff.31 January 2009.Retrieved2 July2019.
  9. ^"Fort Wayne Mastodons Athletics – Women's Soccer Adds Three to 2010 Roster".Gomastodons.com.3 February 2010.Retrieved19 August2016.
  10. ^"Fort Wayne Mastodons Athletics – Erin Nayler – 2010 Women's Soccer".Gomastodons.com.Retrieved19 August2016.
  11. ^"Rollagranola Meets… New Zealand Football Star Erin Nayler!".Rollagranola. 5 March 2020.
  12. ^"Fußball-WM-Rekord: Über 100 lesbische und queere Spielerinnen".www.l-mag.de.Retrieved6 September2023.
  13. ^"Squad List – New Zealand".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 2 September 2012.Retrieved10 October2013.
  14. ^"Squad List – New Zealand".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 23 October 2013.Retrieved10 October2013.
  15. ^"Nayler named in World Cup squad".Auckland Football Federation. 8 June 2011.Retrieved10 October2011.
  16. ^ab"Football Ferns > Player Profiles > Erin Naylor".New Zealand Football.Retrieved10 October2011.
  17. ^"Oceania Football Confederation".Oceaniafootball.com.29 June 2012.Retrieved19 August2016.
  18. ^"Football Ferns-Line-ups".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved10 October2013.
  19. ^"FIFA player's stats".FIFA.Archived fromthe originalon 11 November 2012.Retrieved28 June2015.
  20. ^"Nayler: We fought hard | New Zealand Football".Nzfootball.co.nz.12 June 2015.Retrieved19 August2016.
  21. ^"Northern Football halt Mainland's dominance with national women's league final win".Stuff.co.nz.Retrieved19 August2016.
  22. ^"Erin Nayler signs for Sky Blue FC".New Zealand Football.2 May 2016.Retrieved3 May2016.
  23. ^Wilson, Clay (6 July 2016)."Rio Olympics helps Football Ferns keeper Erin Nayler move on from club dumping".Stuff.Retrieved6 September2016.
  24. ^"Former Friar Zimmerman Signs Pro Contract".Big East Conference. 5 July 2016.Retrieved6 September2016.
  25. ^"Rio Olympics helps Football Ferns keeper Erin Nayler move on from club dumping".Stuff.co.nz.Retrieved19 August2016.
  26. ^"Football Ferns' Olympic campaign over after 3–0 loss to France".Stuff.10 August 2016.
  27. ^"Féminines: La gardienne Erin Nayler s'engage avec l'OL pour 2 ans".www.OL.fr.
  28. ^"A la rencontre de Erin Nayler, internationale néo-zélandaise".GF38.15 January 2017.
  29. ^"NZ Football – HOME".www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  30. ^"Erin Nayler joins the Girondines!".Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
  31. ^"Poignant test for Football Ferns keeper".Newsroom.7 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
  32. ^"Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup".New Zealand Herald.
  33. ^Rollo, Phillip (28 May 2021)."Football Fern looking forward to Olympics after 'horrible experience' in England".Stuff.Retrieved8 December2022.
  34. ^"Landslagsmålvakten Erin Nayler klar för Umeå IK FF".umeaik.se(in Swedish). Umeå IK. 27 October 2021.Retrieved8 November2021.
  35. ^"VÄLKOMMEN TILL IFK, ERIN NAYLER!".
  36. ^"FC Bayern Women victorious in final home game of season".fcbayern.com.FC Bayern München. 12 May 2024.Retrieved12 July2024.
  37. ^"Up close: Our VLOG on trophy presentation at Hoffenheim".fcbayern.com.FC Bayern München. 23 May 2024.Retrieved12 July2024.
  38. ^"IFFHS WOMAN TEAM – OFC – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020".IFFHS.31 January 2021.

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