Kate Loye

{{short description|New Zealand footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kate Loye

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| fullname = Kate Margaret Loye{{cite news|url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2012/pdf/FU20W_2012_SquadLists.pdf|title=List of Players - 2012 FIFA Women's U20 World Cup|work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|accessdate=13 June 2019|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180051/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fu20w/2012/pdf/fu20w_2012_squadlists.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|1.66|m|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

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| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 |nationalteam1 =New Zealand U17 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2011–2012 |nationalteam2 = New Zealand U20 |nationalcaps2 = |nationalgoals2 =

| nationalyears3 = 2015– |nationalteam3 = New Zealand |nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0

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| nationalteam-update = 11:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

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Kate Loye was born in Tamahere, New Zealand on 15 May 1993 and has represented New Zealand in association football at international level.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm|title=Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=|accessdate=13 June 2019}}

Loye was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/teams/team=1915093/squadlist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705151742/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/trinidadandtobago2010/teams/team=1915093/squadlist.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2013|title=Squad List - New Zealand|author=|publisher=FIFA|date=|accessdate=13 June 2019}} and again at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan where they were eliminated at the group stages.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2012/pdf/FU20W_2012_SquadLists.pdf|title=Squad List - New Zealand|author=|publisher=FIFA|date=|accessdate=13 June 2019|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180051/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fu20w/2012/pdf/fu20w_2012_squadlists.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Loye made her senior début as a substitute in a 1–5 loss to Brazil on 1 December 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/2014_now.htm |title=Football Ferns-Line-ups |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=13 June 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501100448/https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/2014_now.htm |archive-date=1 May 2019 }}