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Maria Anderton
Maria Anderton (born 14 January 1969) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Anderton scored on her Football Ferns début after coming on as a substitute in a 7–0 win over Trinidad & Tobago on 8 August 1993, and finished her international career with four caps and one goal to her credit. Her other international appearances were against Brazil, the USSR and Ghana. She began playing football as a 10-year-old primary school student in Gordonton, Waikato District, and then at Fairfield College, Hamilton, New Zealand. She represented Waikato at U13, U14, U17 and U19 level and played club football for Hamilton AFC, Waikato Unicol, Western City and Te Awamutu FC before joining Cambridge FC in 2002. She captained Cambridge's women's first team for 12 years before retiring from competitive football in 2014, having helped her team win the Waikato Cup in her final match. Cambridge FC honoured her long service and achievements by pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikato
Waikato () is a Regions of New Zealand, local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki Plains, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupō District, and parts of Rotorua, Rotorua District. It is governed by the Waikato Regional Council. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment. Other major catchments are those of the Waihou River, Waihou, Piako River, Piako, Awakino River (Waikato), Awakino and Mokau River, Mokau rivers. The region is bounded by Auckland Region, Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty on the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
