Ria Dawn Percival (born 7 December 1989) is a New Zealand professional women's footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur in the

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. She previously played for

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of the Bundesliga, FC Basel in the Swiss league and West Ham United.

International

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. Percival made her

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debut in a 0–3 loss to China PR on 14 November 2006, before representing New Zealand at the

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finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China PR (0–2). Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the

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, again in China, where they drew with

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(2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4). On 9 March 2011, Percival earned her 50th A-level international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the play-off for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup. Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's matches at the

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in Germany. She appeared in all four of New Zealand's games at the

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. She again featured in all three of New Zealand's matches at the

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in Canada, taking her to a tally of 9 World Cup matches. She appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the

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Career statistics

International goals

''Updated 28 June 2020''

Honours

;Individual * IFFHS OFC Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020 * IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

References

External links

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Profile
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Percival, Ria 1989 births Living people New Zealand women's association footballers Olympic association footballers of New Zealand Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1. FFC Frankfurt players FF USV Jena players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in England New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Brentwood, Essex Women's association football defenders New Zealand women's international footballers FIFA Century Club Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics F.C. Indiana players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada Ottawa Fury (women) players