ESSON Victoria

Date of Birth: 6 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Place of birth: CHRISTCHURCH

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : NORWAY

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
20	Senior	2019	France

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	New Caledonia

Vic (stuff.co.nz, 27 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Environmental Science, Geography - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

Languages spoken:

Avaldsnes IL [Norway] since 2019

Tom Sermanni [national], GBR

Position style:

Goalkeeper (sofascore.com, 07 Nov 2020; nzfootball.co.nz, 07 Mar 2020)

National league:

Toppserien [NOR] (sofascore.com, 07 Nov 2020)

She took up football at age 10 at primary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. She initially played as a centre-back defender before switching to goalkeeper. (ultimatenzsoccer.com, 01 Sep 2008)

"Back in the days when I was at primary school I used to play with my friends at lunch time. They all played for the local club, Halswell United, and told me I should join. I did, and have never looked back." (ultimatenzsoccer.com, 01 Sep 2008)

New Zealand footballer Jenny Bindon. (ultimatenzsoccer.com, 01 Sep 2008)

Philosophy:

"Anything is possible. Train hard and you will get the results you deserve." (ultimatenzsoccer.com, 01 Sep 2008)

General Interest

General
PLAYING MEN'S FOOTBALL
In 2015 she was advised by the New Zealand national coaches to play men's football in order to improve her game, so she joined the Ferrymead Bays men's reserve team in Christchurch, New Zealand. "It started paying dividends after probably the first training. Just playing at a consistently high level. The guys are a bit faster and play the ball a bit quicker, so just being involved in two or three training [sessions] a week and a game is paying off. There's a couple of players or a couple of coaches who've been maybe a little bit taken aback. Just in terms of it's not the norm for a woman to be playing in a men's league. Overall I can't complain. The guys have been great, they've been welcoming and some of them have actually come up and said to me how it's great to see someone doing this to try and improve their own game." (stuff.co.nz, 18 Aug 2015)

PREVIOUS JOBS
She has worked as a health, safety and environmental advisor on a number of public works in Christchurch, New Zealand. She also worked as a crop sampler for Heinz in Christchurch from 2008 to 2011. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2019)

EDUCATION
She attended Auckland University in New Zealand before transferring to Texas Tech University in the United States of America in 2011. In 2013 she graduated with a master's degree in wind energy, business management and industrial engineering from Texas Tech University. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2019; texastech.com, 01 Sep 2013)

Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-esson-04874194/

Legend

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

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