ERCEG Abby

Date of Birth: 20 Nov 1989

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.77/5'9''

Place of birth: WHANGAREI

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women NZL New Zealand	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Group G #06 AUS Australia 2 NZL New Zealand 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Group G #12 NZL New Zealand 1 USA United States 6	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group G #17 NZL New Zealand 0 SWE Sweden 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Senior	2012	London, GBR
9	Senior	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
10	Senior	2008	Beijing, CHN

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Senior	2011	Germany
14	Senior	2007	People's Republic of China
19	Senior	2015	Canada
20	Senior	2019	France

Occupation:

Psychology - Massey University, Palmerston North, NZL

Partner Kristen Hamilton

Languages spoken:

North Carolina Courage [Cary, NC, USA]

Paul Riley [club], GBR; Tom Sermanni [national], GBR

Position style:

Defender (oursportscentral.com, 25 Mar 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Kristen Hamilton has represented the United States of America in football, and played for North Carolina Courage during the 2021 National Women's Soccer League [NWSL] season in United States of America. (justwomenssports.com, 10 Mar 2020; couragecountry.com, 22 May 2021)

2006 for New Zealand Against People's Republic of China (nzfootball.co.nz, 2015)

She sustained a back injury in early 2021. (technicianonline.com, 08 Apr 2021)

National league:

National Women's Soccer League [USA] (nccourage.com, 18 Nov 2020)

She began playing football at age five at the Whangarei Rovers club in New Zealand. (nzfootball.co.nz, 2015; olympic.org.nz, 01 Jan 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stuff.co.nz, 09 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Look good, feel good, play good." (onsport.co.nz, 17 Jul 2011)

She was named New Zealand Football [NZF] Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2011. (friendsoffootballnz.com, 30 Aug 2014)

She was named NZF Young Player of the Year in 2007. (nzfootball.co.nz, 2015)

General Interest

General
LOAN MOVE
In 2015 she spent time on loan with AS Elfen Saitama in Japan. "Playing in Japan offered me the opportunity to develop new skills, particularly technically, as the Japanese are known for their precision playing style." (Twitter profile, 19 Dec 2015; stuff.co.nz, 11 Oct 2015)

Milestones

In October 2014 she became the first footballer of either gender to gain 100 caps for New Zealand. She reached the landmark in a 16-0 victory against Tonga at the 2014 OFC Nations Cup in Papua New Guinea. (Twitter profile, 29 Mar 2016; stuff.co.nz, 25 Oct 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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