Ria Percival

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Ria Percival
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Percival playing for New Zealand in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Ria Dawn Percival[1]
Date of birth (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Basildon, Essex, England[2]
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FF USV Jena
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 Lynn-Avon United 37 (14)
2008–2010 F.C. Indiana 7 (1)
2010–2011 Ottawa Fury
2011–2012 FFC Frankfurt 21 (0)
2012– FF USV Jena 61 (6)
International career
New Zealand U-20
2006– New Zealand 106[3] (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:14, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:12, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional women's footballer, who is a member of the New Zealand national team[4] and currently plays for FF USV Jena of the Bundesliga.[5]

Career

Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia and again represented the young ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile, where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria.[6]

Percival made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006,[7] and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[8] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games[9] where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4).

On 9 March 2011 Percival earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the playoff for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup.[10]

Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[11]

She again featured for all three of New Zealand's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, taking her to World Cup tally of 9 matches.[12]

References

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  2. Profile at NZF
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  5. Football Ferns join German Bundesliga
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  10. Ferns finish Cyprus Cup with Mexico defeat
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