Tameka Yallop

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Tameka Yallop
Tameka Butt Rio 2016 Olympics.jpeg
Yallop playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Tameka Yallop [1]
Birth name Tameka Butt [2]
Date of birth (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 31) [3]
Place of birth Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brann
Youth career
Mudgeeraba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 QAS
2008–2018 Brisbane Roar 108 (49)
2010 → Ottawa Fury (loan)
2012 Boston Breakers 8 (3)
2013 1. FFC Frankfurt 8 (3)
2014 → Iga F.C. Kunoichi (loan)
2016 Mallbackens 19 (2)
2017–2018 Klepp IL 58 (32)
2018–2019 Melbourne City 10 (3)
2019–2021 Brisbane Roar 21 (6)
2021–2022 West Ham United 16 (1)
2022– Brann 0 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Australia U-17 7 (1)
2007–2009 Australia U-20 16 (3)
2007– Australia 103 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021

Tameka Yallop ( née Butt; born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer midfielder who plays for Brann in the Norwegian Toppserien. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League, West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League, and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.

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Club career

Brisbane Roar, 2008–2018

Yallop joined the Brisbane Roar (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 2010–11 season, Brisbane returned to the Grand Final, where Yallop scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2–1 victory. [4]

She briefly played with the Ottawa Fury in 2010. [5]

Yallop won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the 2012–13 season. She was the recipient of the Julie Dolan Medal for W-League Player of the year in 2014. [6]

As of February 2018, Yallop ranks 5th in all-time W-League history with 108 appearances and ranks 3rd in goals with 49. [7]

Boston Breakers, 2012

Yallop signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season. [8]

FFC Frankfurt, 2013–2014

In January 2013, Yallop signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt. [9]

Iga F.C. Kunoichi, 2014

Yallop was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season. [10]

Mallbackens IF, 2016

In March 2016, Yallop signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.

Klepp IL, 2017–2018

In March 2017, Yallop signed for Norwegian club Klepp. [11]

Melbourne City, 2018–2019

After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Yallop signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season. [12]

Brisbane Roar, 2019–2021

In October 2019, the Brisbane Roar announced that Yallop would be returning to Brisbane for the 2019–20 W-League season, [13] 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. [14]

West Ham United, 2021–2022

In May 2021, Yallop joined English club West Ham United. Playing 16 games with 1 goal in the FAWSL, 3 games in Women's FA Cup and 3 games in FA Women's League Cup. [15] In August 2022, she left the club by mutual consent. [16]

Brann, 2022–

In August 2022, Yallop joined Norwegian club Brann on a one-year contract with a further six months option. [17]

International career

Yallop during 2019 Women's World Cup Tameka Yallop (2019 Women's World Cup).jpg
Yallop during 2019 Women's World Cup

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 AFF Women's Championship.

Yallop has been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007. She was part of the team that won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Yallop played for Australia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015.

In 2016, Yallop was named to her first Olympic Team for Rio 2016. [18] Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Yallop did not appear in any games. [4]

At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Yallop scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the United States. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations [19]

At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Yallop appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1–0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [20]

Yallop was a member of the Matildas Tokyo 2020 Olympics 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. [21]

Career statistics

International goals

Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
LocationGeographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
LineupStart – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
( c ) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

#NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
MinThe minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/passThe ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pkGoal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
ScoreThe match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
ResultThe final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aetThe score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player


Goal		DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 August 2007 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

5350.03005 4–0

5650.06005 8–1

 2008 Olympics qualifying
2.3 September 2011 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4–05–1 2012 Olympics qualifying
3.11 September 2011 Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2–12–1 2012 Olympics qualifying
4.22 November 2012 Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–04–0 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
5.6 July 2013 Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, France Flag of France.svg  France

5350.03005 1–0

5650.06005 2–0

 Friendly
624 November 2013 WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2–02–0 Friendly
7.25 October 2015 Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

5350.03005 1–0

5650.06005 1–1

 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament
8.27 July 2017 CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States Flag of the United States.svg  United States

5350.03005 1–0

5650.06005 1–0

 2017 Tournament of Nations
9.22 November 2017 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2–03–0 Friendly
10.26 July 2018 Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

5350.03005 2–0

5650.06005 3–1

 2018 Tournament of Nations
11.21 January 2022 Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, India Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 13–018–0 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop announced her engagement to her Klepp IL teammate Kirsty Yallop on her Twitter account. [22] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019. [23] Following the marriage they both took on the surname Yallop. [24]

Honours

Brisbane Roar

Australia

Individual

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