Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn (born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand former professional

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player who represented

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between 2004 and 2018. A prolific scorer, she is the country's all-time top scorer and the highest scoring international for the

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Personal life

Hearn is of

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descent, and affiliates to the

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Club career

At club level she has played in England for

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and

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. The 2009/10 season she played for the

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of the

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. She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to German

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side

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. In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the

2010 OFC Women's Championship The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup) took place in Auckland, New Zealand 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a penalty as one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with

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. Selected for the

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, football teams. It was held from 26 June to ...

in Germany, Hearn again scored against Japan, although they ultimately lost the match 2–1. She played the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's games, helping secure their first ever point at a Women's world cup in a 2–2 draw with

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. Hearn holds the record for goals scored for the New Zealand women's team in internationals, scoring her 30th international goal against China in June 2012. She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the f ...

in Canada. In February 2020, Hearn retired officially from international football, after playing her last match for the national team in June 2018.

Career statistics

International

Honours

;Individual * IFFHS All-time Women's Dream Team: Oceania * IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade: 2011–2020

References

External links

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