Abby Erceg

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Abby Erceg
2014-10-11 - Soccer 1st Bundesliga - FF USV Jena vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim IMG 4116 LR7,5.jpg
Erceg at FF USV Jena (2014)
Personnel
Surname Abigail May Erceg
birthday November 20, 1989
place of birth Whangarei ,  New Zealand
size 177 cm
position Striker
Juniors
Years station
Three Kings United
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2006 Three Kings United 36 (17)
2007-2008 Western Springs FC 22 (12)
2009 Three Kings United 23 (15)
2009-2010 RCD Espanyol 11 0(0)
2010 Fencibles United 25 (14)
2011-2013 Adelaide United 22 0(0)
2013-2014 FF USV Jena 30 0(5)
2014 →  Chicago Red Stars  (loan) 11 0(0)
2015 Chicago Red Stars 15 0(0)
2015 →  AS Elfen Saitama  (loan)
2016 Western New York Flash 19 0(2)
2017– North Carolina Courage 72 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2009 New Zealand U-20 24 (13)
2006– New Zealand 141 0(6)
2017 "NZ A Women" 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019

2 As of June 20, 2019

Abby Erceg (born November 20, 1989 in Whangarei , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand soccer player and was the national record player for her country from February 13, 2014 to November 25, 2018 and captain of the New Zealand women's national soccer team from 2013 to 2017 .

Life

Erceg was born in the city of Whangarei in northeast New Zealand and belongs to the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori .

Career

societies

Erceg moved to Espanyol Barcelona in September 2009 and made 11 appearances. After a year in New Zealand for Fencibles United , she moved to W-League Club Adelaide United in 2011 . There she rose to team captain in the 2012 season, before signing for FF USV Jena on August 24, 2013. There she is next to Ria Percival and Amber Hearn , the third New Zealander in the roster. In May 2014 Erceg extended her contract in Jena by two years and at the same time announced her imminent move to the USA, where she was on loan for the Chicago Red Stars for three months from June . On June 4, 2014, she made her debut for the Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League against Washington Spirit over the full 90 minutes and initially returned to Jena at the end of the season after ten more games for Chicago. On December 17, 2014, she terminated her contract in Jena, which ran until June 30, 2016, and returned to the Chicago Red Stars. After a loan to the Japanese first division club AS Elfen Saitama in the second half of 2015, Erceg switched to the Western New York Flash franchise before the 2016 season . After a fourth place in the league round , she reached the playoff final with her team in which they prevailed against Washington Spirit on penalties . Due to a change of ownership, the club has been acting as North Carolina Courage since the 2017 season and was able to become champions in 2018 and 2019.

International

On November 14, 2006, a week before her 17th birthday, she played her first international match against China . Since then she has only been absent from three international matches and has not missed a game since July 14, 2012. Since June 13, 2013 she was the captain of the New Zealanders.

She took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics with the national team of her home country , where she played three times in the women's Olympic football tournament. She was also a member of New Zealand's squad for the 2011 Women's World Cup .

In 2012 she was with the New Zealand national team at the Summer Olympics in London .

In September 2013 Erceg took over as team captain at the prestigious international women's football tournament Valais Cup in Swiss Châtel-Saint-Denis part which could win with the team.

On February 13, 2014, she made her 91st international match in the 2014 Four Nations Tournament against North Korea, succeeding Hayley Bowden as New Zealand's record national player .

On October 25, 2014, she was the first New Zealander to make her 100th international match at the 2014 Oceania Women's Soccer Championship against Tonga .

She was also part of the New Zealand squad for the 2015 World Cup , but was eliminated with her team in the preliminary round. Together with Ria Percival and Ali Riley , she has played the most total number of World Cup games (9) for New Zealand . She was also nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games. She was used in the first two group games, but received the red card against Colombia in the 88th minute of the game , which would have suspended her for the last group game against France and thus for the first time since June 27, 2012 would have missed an international match. However, following a successful appeal to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, the ban was lifted. With a 3-0 defeat against France, the New Zealanders were eliminated as the worst group third after the group stage.

After the Cyprus Cup 2017 , in which she injured herself in the first group game so that she could not play in the next three games, she ended her national team career after 131 international matches for the Ferns. In February 2018 she was nominated again for two games against Scotland in March. It was then also used on March 6 in the 2-0 defeat. In May 2018, she announced her resignation again.

On November 25, 2018, she was replaced by Ria Percival as the record national player.

After talks with national coach Tom Sermanni , she announced her resignation in January 2019. She was then also nominated for the Cup of Nations . In the first group game against Australia she was then used again. She was substituted in the second half against Argentina and not used in the final group game against South Korea . In April she was used in an unofficial and official game against Norway and was nominated for the World Cup in France on April 29th . She took part in a World Cup for the fourth time, but retired with her team after the three group matches in which she was also used.

successes

Web links

Commons : Abby Erceg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives
  2. ↑ Abby Erceg . New Zealand Football , July 14, 2008, archived from the original on June 4, 2010 ; Retrieved on August 5, 2014 (English, original website no longer available, link to WaybackMachine from June 4, 2010).
  3. ^ Adelaide United Home ( Memento of February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Football Ferns captain Erceg joins German club ( Memento from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Abby Erceg is coming to Jena! ( Memento from August 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Abby Erceg is moving to Chicago for three months ( Memento from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), jenapolis.de. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ Chicago Red Stars vs. Washington Spirit . Chicago Red Stars , June 4, 2014; Archived from the original on October 19, 2014 ; accessed on July 12, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
  8. ↑ Erceg leaves the FF USV Jena ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website - Lineups
  10. ↑ Named Olympic Football Squads
  11. ↑ Abby Erceg in the database of FIFA (English)
  12. ↑ Journey makes Brazil win sweeter for Ferns skipper ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nzfootball.co.nz
  13. ↑ stuff.co: Ferns claim historic win over Brazil
  14. ↑ New Zealand wins Valais Cup - Switzerland celebrates victory ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ nzherald.co: "Soccer: Football Ferns frustrated in defeat"
  16. ↑ olympic.org: Experienced Squad of 18 Secure Football Call-up for Rio
  17. ↑ FIFA lifts New Zealander Abby Erceg's red ban. On sportal.de, August 9, 2016.
  18. ↑ Instagram message
  19. ↑ nzfootball.co: Football Ferns - Big names come back for Scotland
  20. ↑ newshub.co: "Football: Abby Erceg retires again ahead of Football Ferns' clash with Japan"
  21. ↑ nzfootball.co: Q and A with Abby Erceg
  22. ↑ nzfootball.co: Sermanni names strong squad for Cup of Nations ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nzfootball.co.nz
  23. ↑ nzfootball.co: Sermanni names strong World Cup squad ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nzfootball.co.nz
personal data
SURNAME Erceg, Abby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Whangarei , New Zealand