Sarah Gregorius
{{Short description|New Zealand footballer (born 1987)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sarah Gregorius
| image = Sarah Gregorius.jpg
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| fullname = Sarah Joelle Gregorius{{Cite news|title=List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011}}
| height = {{height|m=1.57}}{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=20 June 2015}}
| position = Striker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lower Hutt, New Zealand[http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/sarah-gregorius/ Profile] at NZF
| currentclub = Miramar Rangers
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| clubs1 = Lynn-Avon United
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| clubs2 = Three Kings United
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| clubs3 = Eastern Suburbs AFC
| years4 = 2011–2013
| caps4 = 41
| goals4 = 7
| clubs4 = SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
| years5 = 2013–2015
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| clubs5 = Liverpool
| years6 = 2015
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| clubs6 = AS Elfen Saitama
| nationalyears1 = 2006
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U-20
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2020
| nationalcaps2 = 100
| nationalgoals2 = 34
| nationalteam2 = New Zealand
| club-update = 21 June 2015
| nationalteam-update = 4 March 2020
| years7 = 2016-
| clubs7 = Miramar Rangers
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Sarah Joelle Gregorius (born 6 August 1987), is a New Zealand association football player who plays for Miramar Rangers and has 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=1 October 2010}}
Education
Gregorius completed a master's degree at Massey University, with a thesis exploring cultural distance in female footballers.{{cite thesis |last=Gregorius |first=Sarah |year=2017 |type=Masters thesis |title=The world at her feet : an exploration of the experiences of cultural distance for professional female footballers |publisher=Massey Research Online, Massey University |hdl=10179/12233 |url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/12233}}
International career
Gregorius was a member of the New Zealand side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, playing in all three games at the finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (0–3) and Russia (2–3), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=108/edition=10292/matches/match=102920018/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119140001/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=108/edition=10292/matches/match=102920018/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2007|title=Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand |publisher=FIFA|date=23 August 2006}}
She made her senior Football Ferns debut in a 14–0 win over Vanuatu in the Oceania Women's Nations Cup on 29 September 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id42.htm|title=Football Ferns – Line-ups|
publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|access-date=1 October 2010}} She scored her first senior international goal in her second appearance as she claimed a hat-trick in a 10–0 win over Cook Islands on 1 October 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=729&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=10&cHash=213297187c|title=Ferns continue scoring ways|publisher=New Zealand Football|access-date=1 October 2010}}
She played all New Zealand's matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, with 6 matches overall (3 in each tournament).{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=252520/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110132622/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=252520/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2012 |title=FIFA player's stats |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 June 2015}}
Gregorius scored a goal against England in a friendly match on June 1, 2019, helping New Zealand win 1–0.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=new+zealand+vs+england+womens#sie=m;/g/11fkd4n2d1;2;/g/11b6x__21s;dt;fp;1;;|title=England vs New Zealand: Women's Friendlies · 2 Jun 19|website=www.google.com|access-date=2019-06-30}}
She was part of New Zealand's 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sarah-gregorius-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/sarah-gregorius-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Sarah Gregorius Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-04-13}} She also played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12226024|title=Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=29 April 2019}}
On 4 March 2020, Gregorius played her 100th match for New Zealand against Belgium in the 2020 Algarve Cup, when she also announced her retirement from international football.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/120030410/sarah-gregorius-retires-from-international-football-after-her-100th-football-ferns-cap|title=Sarah Gregorius one of the lucky ones as she retires after her 100th Football Ferns match|website=stuff.co.nz|date=5 March 2020}}
Club career
In July 2013, Gregorius signed for FA WSL league-leaders Liverpool from German Frauen-Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23441976|title=Sarah Gregorius among four Liverpool Ladies signings|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|date=24 July 2013|access-date=24 July 2013}}
Honours
=Club=
; Liverpool
- Women's Super League (1): 2013
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International goals
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| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 17 June 2012 | Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand | {{fbw|CHN}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | rowspan=3| 25 October 2014 | rowspan=3| Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | rowspan=3| {{fbw|TGA}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 16–0 | rowspan=3| 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 3. | align=center|7–0 | |||||
| 4. | align=center|10–0 | |||||
| 5. | rowspan=3| 19 November 2018 | rowspan=8| Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia | rowspan=3| {{fbw|TGA}} | align=center|7–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 11–0 | rowspan=8| 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 6. | align=center|8–0 | |||||
| 7. | align=center|9–0 | |||||
| 8. | rowspan=3| 25 November 2018 | rowspan=3| {{fbw|FIJ}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 10–0 | ||
| 9. | align=center|3–0 | |||||
| 10. | align=center|10–0 | |||||
| 11. | rowspan=2| 1 December 2018 | rowspan=2| {{fbw|FIJ}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 | ||
| 12. | align=center|7–0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIFA player|252520|Sarah Gregorius}}
- [http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/sarah-gregorius/ Profile] at NZF
- [http://www.as-elfen.or.jp/player/p10.html Profile] {{in lang|ja}} at AS Elfen Saitama
- {{Soccerway|sarah-joelle-gregorius/193578}}
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