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Merissa Smith Personal information Full name Merissa Louise Smith Date of birth 11 November 1990 Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Rutgers University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Three Kings United Rutgers University National team‡ 2006– New Zealand U-20 2006– New Zealand 15 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 15, 2009Merissa Smith (born 11 November 1990) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]
Smith made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0-3 loss to China on 14 November 2006, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[2] where they lost to Brazil 0-5, Denmark (0-2) and China (0-2).
Smith was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games where they drew with Japan (2-2) before losing to Norway(0-1) and Brazil (0-4).[3]
She appeared in a group game for New Zealand at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals, and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile.[4]
References
- ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/teams/team=1883725/squadlist.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2008-07-04. http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/teams/team=1888612/squadlist.html. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
External links
- Merissa Smith – FIFA competition record
New Zealand squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 
New Zealand squad – 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Football) New Zealand squad – 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1 Wood • 2 Campbell • 3 Green • 4 Hoyle • 5 Armstrong • 6 Erceg • 7 Percival • 8 Hassett • 9 Leota • 10 Longo • 11 Wall • 12 Wood • 13 Esson • 14 Smith • 15 Milne • 16 Fisher • 17 Stratford • 18 Vincent • 19 McLaughlin • 20 White • 21 Brook • Coach: HerdmanCategories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- New Zealand association footballers
- New Zealand women's soccer players
- Olympic footballers of New Zealand
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Tauranga
- New Zealand women's football (soccer) biography stubs
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