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Olivia Chance
Olivia Chance playing for the New Zealand women's national football team in 2011
Personal information
Full name Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-05)5 October 1993(age 30)
Place of birth Tauranga,New Zealand
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder,Left winger
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 South Florida Bulls 79 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Claudelands Rovers
2016 Breiðablik 10 (1)
2017–2019 Everton 17 (0)
2019–2020 Bristol City 14 (0)
2020 Sheffield United 2 (0)
2020–2021 Brisbane Roar 11 (2)
2021–2023 Celtic 55 (10)
International career‡
2010 New Zealand U-17 9 (3)
2011– New Zealand 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance(born 5 October 1993) is a New Zealandfootballerwho plays as anattacking midfielderor aleft wingerfor theNew Zealandat international level.[2]She formerly played forBreiðablikof the IcelandicÚrvalsdeild,EvertonandBristol Cityof the EnglishFA WSL,Sheffield Unitedof the EnglishFA Women's Championship,andBrisbane Roarof the AustralianW-League.

College career[edit]

Chance joined theSouth Florida Bullsin 2012. In her freshman year she was named to the All-Big East Rookie Team. She played four seasons for the Bulls leading the team in goals during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 season. Chance finished her college career with 31 goals from 79 appearances.[3]

Club career[edit]

Chance played club football withClaudelands Rovers,helping them to become the first non-Auckland side in 15 years to win the national women's cup.[4]

Breiðablik[edit]

In July 2016, Chance signed withIcelandicclubBreiðablik UBKof theÚrvalsdeild.[5]

Everton[edit]

Chance moved to English clubEvertonin February 2017.[6]She made nine appearances for the Blues during the2017 Spring Seriesscoring twice.[7]

Brisbane Roar[edit]

In November 2020, Chance left England and joined Australian clubBrisbane Roar.[8]

Celtic[edit]

In August 2021, following the2020 Summer Olympics,Chance joinedScottish Women's Premier LeagueclubCeltic.[9][10]

International career[edit]

Chance was a member of theNew Zealand U-17side at the2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cupplaying in all three games at the finals in Trinidad and Tobago.[11]

Chance andTerri-Amber Carlsonwere the only two new caps included in thewomen's national teamto contest the2011 Cyprus Cup[12]where she made her début in a 4–1 loss tothe Netherlandsin their opening game on 2 March 2011.[13][14]

Chance was named to the national team's roster for the2020 Summer Olympics.[15]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 March 2020 Vista Municipal Stadium,Parchal,Portugal Belgium 1–0 1–1(7–6p) 2020 Algarve Cup
2. 15 November 2022 Orangetheory Stadium,Christchurch,New Zealand South Korea 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours[edit]

Celtic

References[edit]

  1. ^"Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, New Zealand"(PDF).FIFA.7 July 2021. p. 9.Retrieved7 July2021.
  2. ^"Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved3 March2011.
  3. ^"Player Profile".South Florida Bulls.Retrieved6 October2016.
  4. ^Richens, Matt (20 September 2010)."Olivia makes the most of her chances".Waikato Times.Retrieved1 November2011.
  5. ^"Olivia Chance í Breiðablik"(in Icelandic). blikar.is.Retrieved6 October2016.
  6. ^"Blues Chance Excites Olivia".Everton F.C.5 February 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 1 May 2019.Retrieved3 June2017.
  7. ^"Olivia Chance | Everton Football Club".www.evertonfc.com.Archived fromthe originalon 20 June 2019.Retrieved30 December2017.
  8. ^"Westfield W-League chance for New Zealand International".Brisbane Roar.23 November 2020.
  9. ^"Celtic Sign New Zealand Olympian Olivia Chance from Brisbane Roar".The Celtic Star.14 August 2021.
  10. ^Carr, Colette (14 August 2021)."Celts sign Tokyo 2020 Olympian Olivia Chance".Celtic.
  11. ^"Squad List – New Zealand".FIFA. Archived fromthe originalon 2 November 2012.Retrieved3 March2011.
  12. ^Soccer: It's all being left to Chance
  13. ^"Ferns open Cyprus Cup with Dutch defeat".NZ Football. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2013.Retrieved3 March2011.
  14. ^"Football Ferns – Line-ups".The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website.Retrieved3 March2011.
  15. ^"Four Former USF Women's Soccer Players Named to Olympic Rosters for Tokyo Games".USF Athletics.Retrieved14 July2021.
  16. ^"#SWPLCup: Glasgow City 0-1 Celtic".Women’s Premier League.Archived fromthe originalon 6 March 2022.Retrieved26 May2022.

External links[edit]

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