Sarah Gregorius

Sarah Gregorius
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Joelle Gregorius
Date of birth	6 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Miramar Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Lynn-Avon United
	Three Kings United
	Eastern Suburbs AFC
2011–2013	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
2013–2015	Liverpool
2015	AS Elfen Saitama
2016-	Miramar Rangers
International career‡
2006	New Zealand U-20
2010–2020	New Zealand
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2020

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.^[4]

Education

Gregorius completed a master's degree at Massey University, with a thesis exploring cultural distance in female footballers.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[4]^[7] 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.^[8]

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).^[9]

Gregorius scored a goal against England in a friendly match on June 1, 2019, helping New Zealand win 1–0.^[10]

She was part of New Zealand's 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams.^[11] She also played in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.^[12]

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.^[13]

Club career

In July 2013, Gregorius signed for FA WSL league-leaders Liverpool from German Frauen-Bundesliga club SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.^[14]

Honours

Club

Liverpool

Women's Super League (1): 2013

Individual

IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[15]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 June 2012	Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand	China	2–0	3–1	Friendly
2.	25 October 2014	Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	Tonga	2–0	16–0	2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
3.				7–0
4.				10–0
5.	19 November 2018	Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Tonga	7–0	11–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
6.				8–0
7.				9–0
8.	25 November 2018		Fiji	2–0	10–0
9.				3–0
10.				10–0
11.	1 December 2018		Fiji	2–0	8–0
12.	1 December 2018		Fiji	7–0	8–0

References

^ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ Profile at NZF
^ ^a ^b "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ Gregorius, Sarah (2017). The world at her feet : an exploration of the experiences of cultural distance for professional female footballers (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/12233.
^ "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.
^ "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Ferns continue scoring ways". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "England vs New Zealand: Women's Friendlies · 2 Jun 19". www.google.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Sarah Gregorius Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
^ "Sarah Gregorius one of the lucky ones as she retires after her 100th Football Ferns match". stuff.co.nz. 5 March 2020.
^ "Sarah Gregorius among four Liverpool Ladies signings". British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.

External links

Sarah Gregorius – FIFA competition record (archived)
Profile at NZF
Profile (in Japanese) at AS Elfen Saitama
Sarah Gregorius at Soccerway

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[1] "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[FIFA_2015-2] "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[3] Profile at NZF

[candg-4] "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[5] Gregorius, Sarah (2017). The world at her feet : an exploration of the experiences of cultural distance for professional female footballers (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/12233.

[6] "Match report – Brazil vs New Zealand". FIFA. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.

[7] "Football Ferns – Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[8] "Ferns continue scoring ways". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[9] "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[10] "England vs New Zealand: Women's Friendlies · 2 Jun 19". www.google.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[11] "Sarah Gregorius Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[12] "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.

[13] "Sarah Gregorius one of the lucky ones as she retires after her 100th Football Ferns match". stuff.co.nz. 5 March 2020.

[14] "Sarah Gregorius among four Liverpool Ladies signings". British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[15] "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.

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