Katie Duncan

Katie Cherie Duncan (née Hoyle,^[4][5] 1 February 1988) is a former New Zealand footballer who played most recently for Auckland United in 2022 and the New Zealand national team.^[6] Currently she is head coach at Eastern Suburbs AFC Premier Women's team in Auckland.

Katie Duncan

Duncan in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Katie Cherie Duncan[1]
Birth name	Katie Cherie Hoyle
Date of birth	(1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth	Cambridge, New Zealand[2]
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Onehunga Sports
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Claudelands Rovers
	Lynn-Avon United
	Glenfield Rovers
2011–2012	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	16	(0)
	Eastern Suburbs AFC
2013–2014	Melbourne Victory	12	(0)
2014–2015	Notts County	10	(1)
2015–201?	FC Zürich
	Onehunga Sports
International career‡
	New Zealand U20
2006–2019	New Zealand	125	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2019[3]

Club career

Duncan signed for the Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2013–14 season.^[7]

In January 2014, Duncan agreed to join English side Notts County after the Australian season had concluded.^[8] In 2016 Duncan signed with FC Zurich before retiring for international football the year after.

International career

Duncan represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals, and again represented the young Ferns at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile.^[9] before making her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to China on 14 November 2006, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,^[10] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

Duncan was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway(0–1) and Brazil (0–4).^[11]

She scored her first senior international goal in a 10–0 win over Cook Islands at the Oceania Women's Nations Cup on 1 October 2010.^[12]

Duncan played for New Zealand at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where she earned her 50th cap in a 2–1 loss to England in the group stages.^[13]

She was part of New Zealand's 2012 Olympic squad and 2016 Olympic Squad.^[14][15] She also featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.^[16] Duncan first retired in 2017, but then came out of retirement to attend her fourth FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019 in France. On October 11, 2019, Duncan announced her retirement from international soccer.^[17]

Personal life

Duncan is married to fellow New Zealand footballer Priscilla Duncan,^[18] where they have two children, born 2019 and 2021. She has a Bachelor of Physical Education from the University of Auckland.^[19]

Honours

Individual

• IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020^[20]

References

1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. Profile Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
3. "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
4. "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
5. "Katie Duncan (Hoyle) (@ktduncan14) – Twitter". twitter.com.
6. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
7. "Melbourne Victory building for a maiden Championship". The Women's Game. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
8. "Notts sign Katie Hoyle". Notts County Ladies FC. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
9. "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
10. "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
11. "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
12. "Ferns continue scoring ways". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
13. Fabrizio Bensch. "Jill scott of england and new zealand's katie hoyle fight for the ball during their women's world cup group b. soccer match in dresden". REUTERS. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
14. "Katie Hoyle Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
15. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Katie DUNCAN". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
16. "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
17. "Duncan retires from Ferns". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
18. "Hoyle makes Swiss move | New Zealand Football". Nzfootball.co.nz. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
19. "Congratulations to our student Olympians". University of Auckland. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
20. "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.

External links

• Katie Duncan – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at NZF
• Katie Duncan at Soccerway