Tameka Yallop
{{Short description|Australian soccer player (born 1991)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tameka Yallop
| image = Tameka Butt Rio 2016 Olympics (cropped).jpeg
| image_size =
| caption = Yallop playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics
| full_name = Tameka Yallop{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Australia |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021}}
| birth_name = Tameka Butt{{cite news |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/81/29/12/oftwomenplayerlist_neutral.pdf |title=Official Squad Lists for Rio 2016 |publisher=FIFA |date=25 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125092111/https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/81/29/12/oftwomenplayerlist_neutral.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|6|16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1528&tid=275|title=Player profile – Tameka Butt|publisher=Brisbane Roar FC|access-date=7 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026045248/http://brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1528&tid=275|archive-date=26 October 2010}}
| birth_place = Orange, New South Wales, Australia
| height = {{height|m=1.58}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Brisbane Roar
| clubnumber = 13
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Mudgeeraba Soccer Club
| years1 = 2008
| clubs1 = QAS
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2008–2018
| clubs2 = Brisbane Roar
| caps2 = 108
| goals2 = 49
| years3 = 2010
| clubs3 = → Ottawa Fury (loan)
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2012
| clubs4 = Boston Breakers
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2013
| clubs5 = 1. FFC Frankfurt
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2014
| clubs6 = → Iga F.C. Kunoichi (loan)
| caps6 =
| goals6 =
| years7 = 2016
| clubs7 = Mallbackens
| caps7 = 19
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2017–2018
| clubs8 = Klepp IL
| caps8 = 58
| goals8 = 32
| years9 = 2018–2019
| clubs9 = Melbourne City
| caps9 = 10
| goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2019–2021
| clubs10 = Brisbane Roar
| caps10 = 21
| goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2021–2022
| clubs11 = West Ham United
| caps11 = 16
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2022–2023
| clubs12 = Brann
| caps12 = 7
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2023–
| clubs13 = Brisbane Roar
| caps13 = 27
| goals13 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam1 = Australia U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam2 = Australia U-20
| nationalcaps2 = 16
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3 = 2007–
| nationalteam3 = Australia
| nationalcaps3 = 132
| nationalgoals3 = 14
| pcupdate = 8 January 2025
| ntupdate = 27 February 2025
}}
Tameka Yallop ({{née}} Butt; born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar in the Australian A-League Women. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League, West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League, Brann in the Norwegian Toppserien, and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.
Early life
Yallop was born in Orange, New South Wales and moved with her family to the Gold Coast at five years of age.{{cite web |date=9 December 2019 |title=When love and finals collide |url=https://www.athletesvoice.com.au/tameka-butt-when-love-finals-collide/ |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=athletesvoice.com}} She started playing junior football at Five years of age for Mudgeeraba Soccer Club{{cite web |date=14 December 2011 |title=Q and A with Tameka Butt |url=https://brisbaneroar.com.au/news/q-and-a-tameka-butt |access-date=16 March 2022 |publisher=Brisbane Roar FC}} in the local Gold Coast league and attended All Saints Anglican School throughout her upbringing.{{cite web |last1=Cartwright |first1=Lexie |date=23 June 2015 |title=Gold Coast quartet have helped the Matildas reach the World Cup quarter-finals in Canada |url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/gold-coast-quartet-have-helped-the-matildas-reach-the-world-cup-quarterfinals-in-canada/news-story/504b2a71278950f9b36ddfcf1d0522e1 |accessdate=9 November 2018 |website=Gold Coast Bulletin }}
Club career
=Brisbane Roar, 2008–2018=
Yallop joined the Brisbane Roar (then the Queensland Roar) in 2008, as they were one of the founding members of the W-League. They won the W-League Championship and Premiership in 2008–09. In the 2010–11 season, Brisbane returned to the Grand Final, where Yallop scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2–1 victory.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/tameka-butt/68565/|title=T.Butt|access-date=6 October 2018}}
She briefly played with the Ottawa Fury in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/q-and-a-tameka-butt|title=Q and A with Tameka Butt|date=4 December 2011|work=Brisbane Roar}}
Yallop won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the 2012–13 season. She was the recipient of the Julie Dolan Medal for W-League Player of the year in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/player-of-the-year-tameka-butts-ankle-no-longer-rankles-as-afc-womens-asian-cup-looms/news-story/404127802854bb3b8a3175a22609fc07?nk=1dd1d404639088565734a01a00508a80-1538851915|title=Player of the year Tameka Butt's ankle no longer rankles as AFC Women's Asian Cup looms|work=adelaidenow |date=24 April 2014|access-date=6 October 2018}}
As of December 2024, Yallop ranks second in all-time A-League women history with 163 appearances and ranks third for goals with 66.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_top_player/aus-frauen-a-league-women/1/|title=Australia W-League Women All-time appearances 1–50|publisher=worldfootball.net|date=5 December 2024|access-date=15 December 2024}}
=Boston Breakers, 2012=
Yallop signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.{{cite web|title=Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon|date=25 January 2012 |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2012/01/25/tameka-butt-agrees-to-terms-with-boston-breakers-joins-fellow-australian-kyah-simon/|publisher=Equalizer Soccer|access-date=31 July 2013}}
=FFC Frankfurt, 2013–2014=
In January 2013, Yallop signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.{{cite web|url=http://www.womensoccer.de/2013/02/01/frankfurt-holt-australierin-tameka-butt/|title=Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt|publisher=WomenSoccer.de|access-date=18 May 2013|date=1 February 2013|first=Marcus|last=Juchem|language=de|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726032418/http://www.womensoccer.de/2013/02/01/frankfurt-holt-australierin-tameka-butt/|url-status=dead}}
=Iga F.C. Kunoichi, 2014=
Yallop was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.{{cite web|url=http://thewomensgame.com/2014/04/tameka-butt-and-elise-kellond-knight-sign-with-japanese-side-iga-fc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523022728/http://thewomensgame.com/2014/04/tameka-butt-and-elise-kellond-knight-sign-with-japanese-side-iga-fc/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2014|title=Tameka Butt and Elise Kellond-Knight sign with Japanese side Iga FC|publisher=The Women's Game|date=29 April 2014}}
=Mallbackens IF, 2016=
In March 2016, Yallop signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.
=Klepp IL, 2017–2018=
In March 2017, Yallop signed for Norwegian club Klepp.{{cite web|url=http://kleppil.no/klepp-elite/spillere/|title=Spillere|publisher=kleppil.no (in Norwegian)|access-date=27 June 2017|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702032215/http://kleppil.no/klepp-elite/spillere|url-status=dead}}
= Melbourne City, 2018–2019 =
After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Yallop signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.{{cite web|url=https://www.w-league.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fcs-w-league-team-takes-shape|title=Two Westfield Matildas headline raft of Melbourne City signings|access-date=6 October 2018|date=24 September 2018|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930034024/https://www.w-league.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fcs-w-league-team-takes-shape|url-status=dead}}
= Brisbane Roar, 2019–2021=
In October 2019, the Brisbane Roar announced that Yallop would be returning to Brisbane for the 2019–20 W-League season,{{Cite web |date=2020-11-04 |title=Tameka Yallop re-signs with Brisbane Roar |url=https://www.matildas.com.au/news/tameka-yallop-re-signs-brisbane-roar |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Matildas}} where she scored in their first game of the season. On 5 December, Tameka became the first Brisbane Roar player (including men, women and youth) to score 50 goals for the club.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=Yallop sets 'precious moment' aside in pursuit of Roar wins |url=https://www.matildas.com.au/news/yallop-sets-precious-westfield-w-league-goal-brisbane-roar |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Matildas}}
= West Ham United, 2021–2022=
In May 2021, Yallop joined English club West Ham United. Playing 16 games with 1 goal in the FAWSL, 3 games in Women's FA Cup and 3 games in FA Women's League Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57058123|title=Tameka Yallop: West Ham United sign Australia international midfielder|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 May 2021}} In August 2022, she left the club by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/tameka-yallop-departs-west-ham-united|title= Tameka Yallop departs West Ham United |publisher=West Ham United|date=3 August 2022}}
= Brann, 2022–2023=
In August 2022, Yallop joined Norwegian club Brann on a one-year contract with a further six months option.{{cite news|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/brann-forsterker-med-australsk-landslagsspiller/s/12-95-3424297870|title= Brann forsterker med australsk landslagsspiller |trans-title=Brann strengthens with Australian national team player|language=no|newspaper=Nettavisen|date=3 August 2022}}
= Brisbane Roar, 2023–=
In August 2023, Yallop returned to Australia, signing again with Brisbane Roar on a multi-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://brisbaneroar.com.au/news/matilda-tameka-yallop-returns-to-the-roar|title=Matilda Tameka Yallop returns to the Roar|website=Brisbane Roar|date=24 August 2023}}
International career
File:Tameka Yallop (2019 Women's World Cup).jpg]]
Yallop has represented the Young Matildas at various age levels. She was a member of the 2007 AFC Women's U-17 Asian Championship team and 2008 AFC Women's U-20s Women's Asian Championship team. Yallop captained the Australian U-20s National Team from 2007 to 2009 which included winning the 2008 AFF Women's Championship.
Yallop has been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007. She was part of the team that won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Yallop played for Australia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015.
In 2016, Yallop was named to her first Olympic Team for Rio 2016.{{Cite web |title=Tameka Yallop |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/tameka-yallop/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Australian Olympic Committee}} Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Yallop did not appear in any games.
At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Yallop scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the United States. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/07/28/australian-women-beat-us-1-0-in-tournament-of-nations/104066646/|title=Australian women beat U.S. in Tournament of Nations|website=USA Today |access-date=1 October 2018|date=28 July 2017}}
At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Yallop appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1–0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/international/asia/asian-cup--wc-qualifying/2018/s10031/final-stages/|title=WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP|access-date=1 October 2018}}
Yallop was a member of the Matildas Tokyo 2020 Olympics squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA.{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=The Roar}}
On 4 June 2024, Yallop was named in the Matildas team which qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, her third Olympic games selection.{{cite web|url=https://www.matildas.com.au/news/history-making-matildas-team-selected-paris-olympics|title=History making Matildas team selected for Paris Olympics|publisher=Football Australia|website=Matildas|date=4 June 2024}}
Career statistics
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Butt/Yallop goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score !Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row" |1
|4 August 2007 |Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong |{{fbw|HKG}} | align="center" |4–0 | align="center" |8–1 |
|---|
| scope="row" |2
|3 September 2011 |Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China |{{fbw|THA}} | align="center" |4–0 | align="center" |5–1 | |
| scope="row" |3
|11 September 2011 |Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China |{{fbw|KOR}} | align="center" |2–1 | align="center" |2–1 | |
| scope="row" |4
|22 November 2012 |Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China |{{fbw|HKG}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |4–0 |2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary | |
| scope="row" |5
|6 July 2013 |Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, France |{{fbw|FRA}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |2–0 | |
| scope="row" |6
|24 November 2013 |WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia |{{fbw|CHN}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |2–0 | |
| scope="row" |7
|25 October 2015 |Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China |{{fbw|CHN}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–1 |2015 Yongchuan International Tournament | |
| scope="row" |8
|27 July 2017 |CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States |{{fbw|USA}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–0 | |
| scope="row" |9
|22 November 2017 |Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia |{{fbw|CHN}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |3–0 | |
| scope="row" |10
|26 July 2018 |Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, United States |{{fbw|BRA}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |3–1 | |
| scope="row" |11
|21 January 2022 |Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India |{{fbw|IDN}} | align="center" |13–0 | align="center" |18–0 |
| scope="row" |12
|1 November 2023 |Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth, Australia |{{fbw|TPE}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|3–0 |
| scope="row" |13
|7 December 2024 |Kardina Park, Geelong, Australia |{{fbw|TPE}} |align=center|2–0 |align=center|6–0 |
Personal life
In December 2017, Yallop announced her engagement to her Klepp IL teammate Kirsty Yallop on her Twitter account.{{cite web|title=Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/fast-lane/article/2017/12/27/matildas-star-tameka-butt-announces-engagement-klepp-teammate-kirsty-yallop|publisher=SBS|author=Mathew Whitehead|date=27 December 2017}} The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/110549517/exfootball-fern-kirsty-yallop-marries-former-australian-player-tameka-butt|title=Ex-Football Fern Kirsty Yallop marries Australian player Tameka Butt|publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand|date=12 February 2019}} Following the marriage, they both took on the surname Yallop.{{cite tweet |user=TheMatildas |number=1113958892713562112 |date=4 April 2019 |title=Today is an extra special occasion for @TamekaButt, with a new surname on the back of her jersey following her marriage to @kirstyyallop11. }} In 2020, they had a daughter named Harley.{{cite web | url=https://www.matildas.com.au/player/tameka-yallop | title=Tameka Yallop | Matildas | date=31 July 2017 }} In March 2025, the couple announced on Instagram that they would be having a second child.https://www.instagram.com/kirsty.yallop/p/DH2lpxXRoHX/?hl=en&img_index=1
Honours
Brisbane Roar
Australia
- AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2010
- AFF Women's Championship: 2008
- AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016{{Cite web|title=Tameka Yallop|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/tameka-yallop/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Australian Olympic Committee}}
- Tournament of Nations: 2017
- FFA Cup of Nations: 2019
Individual
References
{{reflist}}
- {{Cite web |last=Roar |first=Brisbane |title=Tameka Yallop |url=https://brisbaneroar.com.au/player/tameka-yallop/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Brisbane Roar}}
External links
{{Commons category|Tameka Yallop}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516151115/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/brisbaneroar/Players/Tameka-Butt/3874 |date=16 May 2013 |title=Tameka Butt at Brisbane Roar}}
- [http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/playerbios/tamekabutt/index_E.html Tameka Butt at Boston Breakers]
- {{Olympics.com profile|tameka-butt|Tameka Butt}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Tameka Butt-Yallop}}
- {{Soccerway|68565|Tameka Yallop}}
- {{AOC|name=Tameka Yallop}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tameka-yallop_1941498 Tameka Yallop] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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