Martine Puketapu

Martine "Marty" Puketapu was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 16 September 1997 and has represented New Zealand in association football at international level.[2]

Martine Puketapu
Personal information
Full name Martine Ella Jane Puketapu[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997[1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Colorado Buffaloes 40 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Three Kings United 18+ (27+)
National team‡
2012–2014 New Zealand U17
2014–2016 New Zealand U20
2017– New Zealand 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Puketapu played for Three Kings United from Auckland, helping to lead them to a championship in 2016, after scoring 27 goals in 18 games.[3]

College career

Puketapu played in college for Colorado Buffaloes of University of Colorado Boulder. She played 40 matches over 2 seasons and was selected for Pac-12 All-Freshman team in her first year.[3]

International career

Puketapu was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan[1] and again at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[4] Puketapu also went to two FIFA U-20 Women's World Cups with the New Zealand U-20 side, the 2014 tournament in Canada[5] and the 2016 tournament in Papua New Guinea.[6]

Puketapu made her senior début as a substitute in a 0–3 loss to Austria on 03 March 2017.[7]

References
  1. "List of Players - 2012 FIFA Women's U17 World Cup Azerbaijan" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. "Marty Puketapu - Soccer". Colorado Buffaloes.
  4. "NZ under-17 womens football squad named". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. "List of Players - 2014 FIFA Women's U20 World Cup Canada" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. "List of Players - 2016 FIFA Women's U20 World Cup Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  7. "Football Ferns-Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.