Rebecca Tegg
{{short description|New Zealand footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rebecca Tegg
| image = Rebecca Tegg.jpg
| image_size = 150
| fullname = Rebecca Tegg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|12|18}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_date =
| height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2008–2009 |caps1 = 10 |goals1 = 1 |clubs1 = Melbourne Victory
| totalcaps = |totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2007– |nationalcaps1 = 10 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalteam1 = New Zealand
| ntupdate = 15 January 2009
}}
Rebecca Tegg (born 18 December 1985) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm|title=Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|access-date=22 September 2008}}
Tegg made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 19 July 2007, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/teams/team=1883725/squadlist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713192919/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/china2007/teams/team=1883725/squadlist.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2008|title=New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup|publisher=FIFA|access-date=22 September 2008}} where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0-2) and China (0-2).
Tegg was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2-2) before losing to Norway (0-1) and Brazil (0-4).{{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-date = 5 July 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171737/http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019
|url-status = dead
}}
Tegg formally played for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.
Tegg has a master's degree from Auckland University of Technology, with a thesis examining a soccer intervention for children.{{cite thesis |last=Tegg |first=Rebecca |year=2008 |type=Masters thesis |title=Developing positive physical activity experiences, perceptions and habits: a soccer based intervention in children |publisher=Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology |hdl=10292/397 |url=https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/items/c12d6651-1d57-4fb7-b7f3-2021f8d16b82}}
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External links
- {{FIFA player|276031|Rebecca Tegg}}
{{New Zealand Squad 2007 Women's World Cup}}
{{New Zealand Squad 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Football)}}
{{2008 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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Category:New Zealand women's association footballers
Category:New Zealand women's international footballers
Category:Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Auckland University of Technology alumni
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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