Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kathryn Elizabeth Rood [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | North Force | ||
2010–2017 | Glenfield Rovers | ||
2012 | Lincoln Ladies | 1 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Juventus | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Bristol City | 4 | (1) |
2019 | → Lewes (loan) | 7 | (3) |
2019–2021 | Lewes | 26 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Southampton | 12 | (3) |
2022– | Heart of Midlothian | 23 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | New Zealand U20 | 2 | (0) |
2017– | New Zealand | 15 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC) |
Kathryn Elizabeth "Katie" Rood (born 2 September 1992) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Hearts in Scottish Women's Premier League and the New Zealand national team.
Rood developed into a consistent goalscorer in her regional league for Glenfield Rovers and for Northern Football in the National Women's League. [3]
In 2012 Rood spent a period with Lincoln Ladies of the FA WSL, and she made a substitute appearance against Doncaster Belles. [4] She signed for newly formed Italian Serie A club Juventus in August 2017, after a successful trial. [3] She made six appearances, scoring four goals and left after the season. [5] Rood then signed for FA WSL Bristol City in the summer of 2018. [6] [7] Following a move to the South Coast, Rood played for Southampton FC Women, promoted in the 2021–22 season to the FA Women's Championship.
Rood played two games for New Zealand U20 during the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup campaign. [8] [9] Rood played her first senior international for New Zealand women's national team in September 2017, a 5–0 defeat by the United States at Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati. [10]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 22 November 2018 | Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia | Cook Islands | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
2. | 25 November 2018 | Fiji | 6–0 | 10–0 | ||
3. | 8–0 | |||||
4. | 1 December 2018 | Fiji | 5–0 | 8–0 | ||
5. | 3 March 2019 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia | Argentina | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Cup of Nations |
Rood is an environmentalist and in mid-2019 joined Champions for Earth. [11] [12] Rood is vegan. [13]
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