Olivia Chance

Olivia Chance
Personal information
Full name Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance
Date of birth (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Breiðablik
Number 20
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 South Florida Bulls 79 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Claudelands Rovers
2016– Breiðablik 10 (1)
National team
2010 New Zealand U-17 9 (3)
2011– New Zealand 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2016

Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance (born 5 October 1993), is an association football player who plays for Breiðablik in the Úrvalsdeild and has represented New Zealand at international level.[1]

Club Career

Chance plays her club football with Claudelands Rovers, helping them to become the first non-Auckland side in 15 years to win the national women's cup.[2]

College career

Chance joined the South Florida Bulls in 2012. In her freshman year she was named to the All-Big East Rookie Team. She played four seasons for the Bulls, her last in 2015.[3]

Breiðablik

In July 2016, she signed with Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK of the Úrvalsdeild.[4]

International career

Chance was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing in all three games at the finals in Trinidad and Tobago.[5]

Chance and Terri-Amber Carlson were the only two new caps included in the women's national team to contest the 2011 Cyprus Cup[6] where she made her début in a 4–1 loss to The Netherlands in their opening game on 2 March 2011.[7][8]

References

  1. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. Richens, Matt (20 September 2010). "Olivia makes the most of her chances". Waikato Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. "Player Profile". South Florida Bulls. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. "Olivia Chance í Breiðablik" (in Icelandic). blikar.is. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. "Squad List - New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  6. Soccer: It's all being left to Chance
  7. "Ferns open Cyprus Cup with Dutch defeat". NZ Football. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  8. "Football Ferns - Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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