Jasmine Pereira

Last updated

Jasmine Pereira
Jasmine Pereira (cropped).jpg
Pereira in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jasmine Henrietta Pereira [1]
Date of birth (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Three Kings United
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 New Zealand u-17 3 (0)
2014–2016 New Zealand u-20 4 (0)
2014–2017 New Zealand 10 [2] (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:32, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Jasmine Henrietta Pereira (born 20 July 1996) is a retired New Zealand footballer who plays for Three Kings United and for New Zealand women's national football team.

Contents

Personal life

Pereira is the youngest and only girl of four children of a Samoan Palagi couple, Joseph – a former rugby leaguer who played for Sydney's Wests Tigers – and Danira. She's cousin to the actors Joe and Rene Naufahu, who like uncle Joseph also played rugby. A native of West Auckland, Pereira soon grew an interest in sports, particularly WWE wrestling, which she watched and tried to imitate with her brothers, and netball, her primary sport until the age of 13. Once Avondale College made students choose one sport to focus on, and netball had a long sign-up queue due to many girls interested, Pereira opted to attend football classes instead. She was first assigned as a goalkeeper, due to her background in netball, but after her coaches saw Pereira run, she became a forward. She only finished school at the age of 18, sidelined by her football career and life incidents such as the death of her father. Pereira is studying psychology at Massey University, using a scholarship funded by the government. [3] [4]

International career

Three years after enrolling on Avondale's football program, Pereira was a part of New Zealand women's national under-17 football team that competed in the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan, playing all their three matches. With the U-17, she also was runner-up of the 2014 National Women's League. [5]

In 2014, Pereira was promoted to the under-20 team, winning the 2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, and subsequently playing all of New Zealand's four matches in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [6] The next year, Pereira was the captain of the New Zealand team who won the OFC U-20s, and was given the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament. [7]

Pereira made her debut with the senior New Zealand team, the "Football Ferns", at the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup. Team manager Tony Readings was interested in Pereira ever since the U-17, highlighting her speed and "competitive edge". [3] In 2015, she was called to the New Zealand roster for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, [8] where she played two out of New Zealand's three matches. [9] Pereira was also named for the Football Ferns team that would play the 2016 Olympics, being the youngest player in the squad and the only one alongside Meikayla Moore who never attended another Olympic tournament. [10]

Some time after the 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup, where Pereira scored her first international goal, [11] she announced to be stepping away from the national team, finding hard to balance the football with financial commitments, that forced her to move in with her mother and take two jobs. [12] Working with her brother in civil construction, Pereira eventually became a qualified builder. [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand Football</span> Sports governing body for association football in New Zealand

New Zealand Football is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team, the national junior and women's teams, the men's and women's national Leagues New Zealand National League, National Women's League, and a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup. A New Zealand team, Wellington Phoenix FC who plays in the Australian A-League also comes under New Zealand Football jurisdiction.

Cushla Myra Arama Lichtwark is a New Zealand netball player and association footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ria Percival</span> New Zealand footballer (born 1989)

Ria Dawn Percival is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Women’s Championship club Crystal Palace, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Born in England, she plays for the New Zealand women's national team. She previously played for FFC Frankfurt and FF USV Jena of the Bundesliga, FC Basel in the Swiss league and West Ham United.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abby Erceg</span> New Zealand footballer (born 1989)

Abby May Erceg is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for Racing Louisville FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She has previously played for Chicago Red Stars and North Carolina Courage in the NWSL, Jena in the German Bundesliga, FC Saitama in the Japanese Nadashiko League and Adelaide United in the Australian W-League. She formerly played for the New Zealand national team, where she became the first player from New Zealand to play 100 international matches.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katie Duncan</span> New Zealand footballer (born 1988)

Katie Cherie Duncan is a former New Zealand footballer who played most recently for Auckland United in 2022 and the New Zealand national team. Currently she is head coach at Auckland United FC Premier Women's Reserve coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annalie Longo</span> New Zealand footballer

Annalie Antonia Longo is an association football player who plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Women and represents New Zealand at international level. She has played for Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League. From her time in the W-League with Melbourne Victory, Longo is dubbed the Kiwi Messi by the fans for her ability on the ball and goalscoring prowess.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Riley</span> New Zealander footballer

Alexandra Lowe Riley is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Angel City of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she represents the New Zealand national team. She captains both her club and national teams. As a collegiate athlete, she captained the Stanford soccer team to two NCAA semi-finals and one final.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amber Hearn</span> New Zealand footballer

Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn is a New Zealand former professional soccer player who represented New Zealand between 2004 and 2018. A prolific scorer, she is the country's all-time top scorer and the highest scoring international for the Oceania Football Confederation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Betsy Hassett</span> New Zealand footballer

Betsy Doon Hassett is a New Zealand footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for the New Zealand women's national football team and Stjarnan. She has previously played for German side SC Sand, English club Manchester City, Amazon Grimstad in Norway, Werder Bremen in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, Dutch club Ajax and Icelandic clubs KR and Stjarnan. Hassett represented New Zealand at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. At youth level, she played at the 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Gregorius</span> New Zealand footballer

Sarah Joelle Gregorius, is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level. She plays for AFC Amsterdam since August 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katie Bowen</span> New Zealand footballer

Kate Elizabeth Bowen is a professional footballer from New Zealand who plays as a defensive midfielder for Inter Milan of the Italian Serie A. She is a member of the New Zealand national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebekah Stott</span> New Zealand footballer (born 1993)

Rebekah Ashley Stott is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Australian A-League Women club Melbourne City and the New Zealand women's national team. She previously played for Australian W-League teams Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, and Melbourne City as well as German Bundesliga, team SC Sand, Sky Blue FC, and the Seattle Reign in the NWSL and Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Women's Super League.

The 2012 OFC Under 17 tournament was the second edition of the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, which acted as the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier in the Oceania Football Confederation region. It took place from 9 to 14 April in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand were the defending champions after winning the 2010 edition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erin Nayler</span> New Zealand footballer

Erin Nicole Nayler is a New Zealand professional association football goalkeeper, playing for Bayern Munich of the German Frauen-Bundesliga. She has represented New Zealand at international level.

The 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Tonga between 1–10 October 2015. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 16–30 January 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paige Satchell</span> New Zealand footballer

Paige Therese Satchell is a footballer from New Zealand who plays for the London City Lionesses in the Women's Championship. She has played for the New Zealand national team in the under-17, under-20, and senior levels, including at the 2023 World Cup. She was a traveling reserve for the New Zealand team at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a squad member for New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Rolston</span> New Zealand association football player

Emma Caitlin Rolston is a New Zealand professional football player. She last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League Women.

Grace Joana Ella Jale is an association football midfielder who plays for Perth Glory and the New Zealand women's national football team. She has previously played for Wellington Phoenix and Canberra United.

Claudia Mary Bunge is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for HB Køge. She has represented New Zealand at both age group and senior international level.

Ava Teresa Collins is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a midfielder for the St. John's Red Storm and the New Zealand national team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association . Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 Wilson, Caley (22 March 2015). "Netball's loss, football's gain". e-Tangata. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Inspiring Women: Jasmine Pereira". Ministry for Women. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pride secure back-to-back titles". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – Jasmine PEREIRA". Fifa.com. 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  7. ↑ New Zealand celebrate title in style Archived 14 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Football Ferns named for World Cup | New Zealand Football". Nzfootball.co.nz. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Young pair living the dream". NZ Football. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ferns finish Cyprus Cup on a high". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "'Unhappy' Football Ferns youngster Jasmine Pereira walks away from team, aged 20". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Rollo, Phillip (21 January 2022). "Jasmine Pereira has new goals after quitting football at 20 to become a builder". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.