Amber Hearn

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| name = Amber Hearn

| image = 2014-10-11 - Fußball 1. Bundesliga - FF USV Jena vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim IMG 4442 LR7,5.jpg

| caption = Amber Hearn in 2014

| fullname = Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn{{Cite news |date= |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players |work= |publisher=FIFA |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122041659/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|28|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Amber Hearn Profile |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=298793/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701135407/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=298793/index.html |archive-date=1 July 2011 |access-date=20 June 2015 |publisher=FIFA}}

| birth_place = Henderson, New Zealand{{Cite web |title=Amber Hearn |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/amber-hearn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517214349/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/amber-hearn/ |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2023 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}

| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}

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| position = Forward

| years1 = 2004–2005

| caps1 =

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| clubs1 = Arsenal

| years2 = 2005–2006

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| clubs2 = Doncaster Rovers Belles

| years3 = 2009–2010

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 6

| clubs3 = Ottawa Fury

| years4 = 2011

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| clubs4 = Lynn-Avon United

| years5 = 2011–2017

| caps5 = 109

| goals5 = 36

| clubs5 = FF USV Jena

| years6 = 2017–2018

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 4

| clubs6 = 1. FC Köln

| years7 = 2018–2019

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| clubs7 = Dux Logroño

| nationalyears1 = 2004–2018

| nationalcaps1 = 125

| nationalgoals1 = 54

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

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Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn (born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand former professional soccer player who represented New Zealand between 2004 and 2018.{{Cite news |date=26 February 2020 |title=Football Ferns great Amber Hearn announces retirement |work=New Zealand Herald |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football-ferns-great-amber-hearn-announces-retirement/FOHJFORDXUTYVZLQ54ZY3OTUQ4/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028144954/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football-ferns-great-amber-hearn-announces-retirement/FOHJFORDXUTYVZLQ54ZY3OTUQ4/ |archive-date=28 October 2020}} A prolific scorer, she is the country's all-time top scorer and the highest scoring international for the Oceania Football Confederation.

Personal life

Hearn is of Māori descent, and affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.{{cite news | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/43-m-ori-athletes-head-rio-olympics-6485449 | title=43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics | date=5 August 2016 | work=Te Karere | access-date=6 August 2016}}

Club career

At club level she has played in England for Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers Belles.{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE&subcat=adhoc&action=full&id=16 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831014049/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE |archive-date=31 August 2009 }} The 2009/10 season she played for the Ottawa Fury Women of the USL W-League.{{cite web|title=2010 Ottawa Fury Stats|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/2466030.html#STATS|publisher=uslsoccer.com|access-date=7 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628162057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/2466030.html#STATS|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}} She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to German Bundesliga side FF USV Jena.{{cite web|title=Jena signs Amber Hearn|url=http://www.womensoccer.de/2011/07/06/jena-verpflichtet-amber-hearn/|publisher=womensoccer.de|access-date=7 July 2011|language=de|date=6 July 2011|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715140919/http://www.womensoccer.de/2011/07/06/jena-verpflichtet-amber-hearn/|url-status=dead}}

In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the 2010 OFC Women's Championship she won the golden boot with 12 goals.{{cite web|title=Jena signs Amber Hearn|url=http://www.jenapolis.de/132148/neuseelaendische-nationalstuermerin-amber-hearn-spielt-beim-ff-usv-jena/ |publisher=jenapolis.de|access-date=7 July 2011|language=de|date=6 July 2011}}

International career

Hearn was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics,{{cite news|title=Olympic Football Squads Named |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |date=4 July 2008 |access-date=4 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171737/http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019 |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }} starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a penalty as one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with Japan.{{cite web|title = Match Report - Japan vs New Zealand|url= https://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051833/report.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080827205712/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051833/report.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 27 August 2008|publisher = FIFA|date = 6 August 2008}}

Selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team=1883725/squadlist.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |access-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712210106/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team%3D1883725/squadlist.html |archive-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} Hearn again scored against Japan, although they ultimately lost the match 2–1.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701174857/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255997/match=300144442/report.html Match Report, Japan - New Zealand] 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 with Mexico.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id37.htm |title=New Zealand Women's Goalscorers |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=28 June 2015}}

She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=298793/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025201432/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=298793/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |title=FIFA player's stats |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 June 2015}}

In February 2020, Hearn retired officially from international football, after playing her last match for the national team in June 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/119816106/football-ferns-leading-goalscorer-amber-hearn-slips-quietly-into-retirement|title=Football Ferns' leading goalscorer Amber Hearn slips quietly into retirement|first=Andrew|last=Voerman|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|date=26 February 2020|access-date=31 January 2021}}

Career statistics

= International =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \|Year ! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" \|Competitive ! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" \|Friendly ! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" \|Total
scope="col" \|Caps ! scope="col" \|Goals ! scope="col" \|Caps ! scope="col" \|Goals ! scope="col" \|Caps ! scope="col" \|Goals
rowspan="15" \|New Zealand \|2004 \| colspan="2" \|— \|5 \|0 \|5 \|0
2005 \| colspan="2" \|— \|1 \|0 \|1 \|0
2006 \| colspan="2" \|— \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
2007 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
2008 \|3{{Efn\|Appearances in Summer Olympics\|name=OLY}} \|1 \|6 \|1 \|9 \|2
2009 \| colspan="2" \|— \|8 \|3 \|8 \|3
2010 \|5{{Efn\|Appearances in OFC Women's Championship/OFC Women's Nations Cup\|name=OFC}} \|12 \|8 \|4 \|13 \|16
2011 \|3{{Efn\|Appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup\|name=WC}} \|1 \|10 \|1 \|13 \|2
2012 \|5{{Efn\|One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, four appearances in Summer Olympics}} \|2 \|11 \|6 \|16 \|8
2013 \| colspan="2" \|— \|11 \|4 \|11 \|4
2014 \|3{{Efn	name=OFC}} \|7 \|12 \|2 \|15 \|9
2015 \|3{{Efn	name=WC}} \|0 \|10 \|2 \|13 \|2
2016 \|4{{Efn\|One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, three appearances and one goal in Summer Olympics}} \|3 \|8 \|3 \|12 \|6
2017 \| colspan="2" \|— \|6 \|2 \|6 \|2
2018 \|0 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|3 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !26 !26 !99 !28 !125 !54

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition

! rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year

! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Competitive

! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Friendly

! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Total

scope="col" |Caps

! scope="col" |Goals

! scope="col" |Caps

! scope="col" |Goals

! scope="col" |Caps

! scope="col" |Goals

rowspan="15" |New Zealand

|2004

| colspan="2" |—

2005

| colspan="2" |—

2006

| colspan="2" |—

2007

2008

|3{{Efn|Appearances in Summer Olympics|name=OLY}}

2009

| colspan="2" |—

2010

|5{{Efn|Appearances in OFC Women's Championship/OFC Women's Nations Cup|name=OFC}}

|12

|13

|16

2011

|3{{Efn|Appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup|name=WC}}

|10

|13

2012

|5{{Efn|One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, four appearances in Summer Olympics}}

|11

|16

2013

| colspan="2" |—

|11

2014

|3{{Efn

name=OFC}}

|12

|15

2015

|3{{Efn

name=WC}}

|10

|13

2016

|4{{Efn|One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, three appearances and one goal in Summer Olympics}}

|12

2017

| colspan="2" |—

2018

colspan="2" |Total

!26

!99

!28

!125

!54

Honours

;Individual

IFFHS All-time Women's Dream Team: Oceania{{Cite web |date=13 June 2021 |title=IFFHS All Time Oceania Women's Dream Team |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108203638/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |access-date=9 September 2021 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}
IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade: 2011–2020{{cite web |date=31 January 2021 |title=IFFHS Woman Team - OFC - of the Decade 2011–2020 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106165717/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/933 |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=9 September 2023 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}

References

External links

{{FIFA player|298793|Amber Hearn}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150621071324/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/amber-hearn/ Profile] at NZF
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150630100823/http://www.ffusvjena.de/teams/allianz-frauen-bundesliga/mannschaftskader-allianz-frauen-bundesliga.html Team] {{in lang|de}} at FF USV Jena
{{Soccerway|amber-hearn/55779}}

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