Katie Rood

Katie Rood
Katie Rood playing for Lewes in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Kathryn Elizabeth Rood[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32)
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)
2019Lewes (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.

Club career

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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.

International career

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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]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Personal life

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Rood is an environmentalist and in mid-2019 joined Champions for Earth.[11][12] Rood is vegan.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "List of Players – New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 14 September 2012. p. 12. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ Verdicchio, Stefania (27 August 2017). "Juve Femminile: oggi il primo impegno ufficiale della stagione contro il Torino" (in Italian). Area Juve. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Rood signs with Juventus". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Doncaster 2–1 Lincoln". FA WSL. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Katie Rood eyes next chapter after Juventus 'fairytale' comes to an end". stuff.co.nz. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Katie Rood". bcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Katie Rood".
  8. ^ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". Soccerway. 8 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". New Zealand Football. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (2 May 2020). "Lewes's Katie Rood: 'I'd wake feeling like a zombie and struggle to get up'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Our Team". Champions For Earth. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  13. ^ Dawson, Jack (31 January 2023). "Green Football Weekend: Vegan Hearts star Katie Rood talks about how we can help save the planet". Edinburgh News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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