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Full name | Jessica Anderson | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 29 September 1998||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2016– | New Zealand | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2018–19 | New Zealand U–21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jessica 'Jessie' Anderson (born 29 September 1998) [1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand. [2] [3] [4]
Jessie Anderson was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is a former student of Villa Maria College. [5]
In the Ford National Hockey Championship, Anderson plays for Canterbury. [6] [7]
In 2018, Anderson made her first appearances for the Junior Black Sticks. [5] She competed during a Trans–Tasman Series against Australia in Hastings. [8]
Anderson again represented the national under–21 team in 2019, appearing at a Tri–Nations Tournament in Canberra. [8]
Anderson made her international debut for the Black Sticks in 2016. She made two appearances in a test series against Malaysia in Stratford. [8]
Following an eight-year absence from the national team, Anderson received a call-up to the squad in 2024. She was a member of the squad during a test series against Japan in Auckland. [9] She was also a member of the squad that competed at the 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup in Terrassa. [10] [11]
Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 3 June 2024 | Estadi Martí Colomer, Terrassa, Spain | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup | [12] [11] |
2 | 7 September 2025 | MWT Hockey Centre, Darwin, Australia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2025 Oceania Cup |