Tameka Yallop (; Butt; born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional

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for

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in the Australian

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. She previously played for the

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in the

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, German

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club

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, Japanese

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club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish

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club Mallbackens,

in the Australian W-League,

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in the

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, Brann in the Norwegian

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, and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.

Early life

Yallop was born in

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and moved with her family to the Gold Coast at five years of age. She started playing junior football at Five years of age for Mudgeeraba Soccer Club in the local Gold Coast league and attended

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throughout her upbringing.

Club career

Brisbane Roar, 2008–2018

Yallop joined the

(then the Queensland Roar) in 2008, as they were one of the founding members of the W-League. They won the W-League Championship and Premiership in 2008–09. In the

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season, Brisbane returned to the

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, where Yallop scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2–1 victory. She briefly played with the Ottawa Fury in 2010. Yallop won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the

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season. She was the recipient of the

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for W-League Player of the year in 2014. As of December 2024, Yallop ranks second in all-time A-League women history with 163 appearances and ranks third for goals with 66.

Boston Breakers, 2012

Yallop signed with the Boston Breakers in the

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(WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.

FFC Frankfurt, 2013–2014

In January 2013, Yallop signed for German

club

Iga F.C. Kunoichi, 2014

Yallop was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with

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in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.

Mallbackens IF, 2016

In March 2016, Yallop signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.

Klepp IL, 2017–2018

In March 2017, Yallop signed for Norwegian club

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Melbourne City, 2018–2019

After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Yallop signed with Melbourne City for the

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season.

Brisbane Roar, 2019–2021

In October 2019, the Brisbane Roar announced that Yallop would be returning to Brisbane for the

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season, where she scored in their first game of the season. On 5 December, Tameka became the first Brisbane Roar player (including men, women and youth) to score 50 goals for the club.

West Ham United, 2021–2022

In May 2021, Yallop joined English club

. Playing 16 games with 1 goal in the FAWSL, 3 games in

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and 3 games in

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. In August 2022, she left the club by mutual consent.

Brann, 2022–2023

In August 2022, Yallop joined Norwegian club Brann on a one-year contract with a further six months option.

Brisbane Roar, 2023–

In August 2023, Yallop returned to Australia, signing again with

on a multi-year contract.

International career

Yallop has represented the Young Matildas at various age levels. She was a member of the 2007 AFC Women's U-17 Asian Championship team and 2008 AFC Women's U-20s Women's Asian Championship team. Yallop captained the Australian U-20s National Team from 2007 to 2009 which included winning the 2008

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. Yallop has been a member of the

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since 2007. She was part of the team that won the

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. Yallop played for Australia at the

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and the

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. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015. In 2016, Yallop was named to her first Olympic Team for

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. Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Yallop did not appear in any games. At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Yallop scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the

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. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations At the

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Yallop appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1–0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the

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. Yallop was a member of the

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squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA. On 4 June 2024, Yallop was named in the Matildas team which qualified for the

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, her third Olympic games selection.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Butt/Yallop goal.''

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop announced her engagement to her

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teammate Kirsty Yallop on her

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account. The two were married in

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, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019. Following the marriage, they both took on the surname Yallop. In 2020, they had a daughter named Harley. In March 2025, the couple announced on

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that they would be having a second child.

Honours

Brisbane Roar * W-League Premiership: 2008–09,

, 2017–18 * W-League Championship: 2008–09,

Australia *

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* AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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* FFA Cup of Nations:

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Individual *

: 2013–14

References

External links

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Tameka Butt at Boston Breakers
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Tameka Yallop
at the

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