Katie Bowen

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Katie Bowen
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Bowen playing for New Zealand in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kate Elizabeth Bowen [1]
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand [2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Inter
Number 3
Youth career
Glenfield Rovers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 North Carolina Tar Heels 66 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 FC Kansas City 34 (2)
2018–2020 Utah Royals 42 (0)
2021 Kansas City Current 17 (0)
2022 North Carolina Courage 2 (0)
2022–2023 Melbourne City 19 (0)
2023– Inter 15 (0)
International career‡
2008–2010 New Zealand U17
2012–2014 New Zealand U20
2011– New Zealand 105 [3] (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Kate Elizabeth Bowen (born 15 April 1994) 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. [4]

Contents

Early life

University of North Carolina

Bowen attended the University of North Carolina from 2012 to 2015, she was a part of the National Championship winning team in 2012. [5]

Club career

FC Kansas City, 2016–2017

Bowen was selected by FC Kansas City with the 16th pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft. [6] Bowen appeared in 13 games in 2016. In 2017 she appeared in 22 games for FCKC and scored two goals. [7]

Utah Royals FC, 2018–2020

After FC Kansas City ceased operations after the 2017 season, Bowen was officially added to the roster of the Utah Royals FC on 8 February 2018. [8] She appeared in 19 matches for Utah in 2018, the Royals finished in 5th place and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Bowen returned to Utah for the 2019 NWSL season. She would miss several matches due to her participation in the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Kansas City, 2021

Kansas City waived Bowen in December 2021. [9]

North Carolina Courage, 2022

North Carolina Courage signed Bowen on 21 January 2022, to a one year contract with an option to renew for the 2023 season. [10] After playing in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup and making two appearances in the National Women's Soccer League, she was granted an early release to join an Australian club before the beginning of the 2022–23 A-League Women season. [11]

Melbourne City, 2022

In November 2022, Bowen signed with Australian club Melbourne City. [12]

Inter, 2023

Italian club Inter signed Bowen on September 8, 2023, for the 2023 season with a one year extension option. [13]

International career

Born in Auckland, Bowen became the youngest player to represent New Zealand at recognised international level when she played in a New Zealand U-17 match against Australia U-17 on her 14th birthday in 2008. [14] Later that year she travelled to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup where she made a solitary appearance as a late substitute in a 3–1 win over Colombia. [15] She again represented New Zealand in 2010, this time as captain at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. [16]

Bowen made her senior international début as a substitute in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 12 May 2011. [17]

She featured in two of New Zealand's three matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and in all three of her country's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. [18] After being an alternate at the 2012 Olympics, Bowen was named to the 18-player roster for the 2016 Olympics in Rio where she appeared in all 3 matches for New Zealand. [19]

In 2019, Bowen participated in her third World Cup. She played every minute of New Zealand's three group stage matches at the World Cup in France, they lost all three matches and did not advance to the knockout round. [20]

Personal Life

She is related to American Actress Julie Bowen. [21]

International goals

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 November 2017 PAT Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2–05–0 Friendly
2.28 November 2018 Stade de Hnassé, Lifou, New Caledonia New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4–08–0 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
4.19 February 2024 FFS Football Stadium, Apia, Samoa Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3–011–1 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Honours

College

University of North Carolina

International

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