Kim Nye

{{short description|English-born New Zealand footballer}}

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| position = Defender

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Kim Barbara Nye (born 10 May 1961) is a former New Zealand association football player who represented her country.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66090082 | title=Women's World Cup: Maureen Jacobson & Kim Nye - Millwall Lionesses to New Zealand trailblazers | work=BBC Sport | date=6 July 2023 }}

Nye scored on her Football Ferns debut in a 2–0 win over Australia on 26 March 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id42.htm|title=Football Ferns – Line-ups|website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=20 February 2009}} and ended her international career with 16 caps and 3 goals to her credit.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm|title=Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives|website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|accessdate=2008-09-22}}

Nye represented New Zealand at the Women's World Cup finals in China in 1991{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1991_fifa_womens_world_cup.html |title=1991 FIFA World Cup|publisher=New Zealand Football|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902063914/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1991_fifa_womens_world_cup.html |archivedate=2007-09-02 }}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=3373/teams/team=1883725.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991 – Team New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812151420/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D103/edition%3D3373/teams/team%3D1883725.html |archivedate=12 August 2009 }} playing all 3 group games; a 0–3 loss to Denmark,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=3373/matches/match=21930/report.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991: Match Report Denmark - New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415045722/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D103/edition%3D3373/matches/match%3D21930/report.html |archivedate=2009-04-15 }} a 0–4 loss to Norway{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=3373/matches/match=21984/report.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991: Match Report – Norway v New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000052/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D103/edition%3D3373/matches/match%3D21984/report.html |archivedate=2009-02-09 }} and a 1–4 loss to China, in which she scored New Zealand's only goal of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=3373/matches/match=21953/report.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991: Match Report – China PR v New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619164548/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D103/edition%3D3373/matches/match%3D21953/report.html |archivedate=2008-06-19 }}