Hannah Lilian Wilkinson (born 28 May 1992) is a New Zealand football player who plays for
Melbourne City in the Australian
W-League and the
New Zealand national team.
College career
Wilkinson joined the
Tennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity college athletics, intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in NCAA Division I, ...
as a sophomore in 2012. She received first team All-South-eastern Conference honors in her debut season. Wilkinson lead the SEC with eight goals and 17 points in conference play. Despite joining the team after the London Olympics, five matches into the season, Wilkinson led Tennessee in goals (eight), points (17), shots (48), shot percentage (.167) and match-winners (four). For her heroics against the Aggies and the Rebels, she received the SEC Offensive Player of the Week,
Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week, Soccer America Team of the Week and TSWA Women's Soccer Player of the Week accolades.
In November of her senior season the
NCAA
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granted her eligibility for the 2015 season. She was originally assigned a sophomore status when she enrolled at Tennessee after previously attending classes at
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT ...
for one year. She tore her ACL in August 2015 and was granted a medical redshirt year.
Club career
Wilkinson signed for
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
side
Vittsjö GIK
Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...
in March 2017. In October 2018, Wilkinson tore her
anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are also called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation ...
during a cup game against
Jitex BK
Jitex BK, more commonly known as just ''Jitex'', is a football club in Mölndal, Sweden, that competes in Elitettan, the second tier of Swedish women's football. The club was founded January 21, 1971 and previously played in the Elitettan, Sweden ...
.
In July 2019, Wilkinson signed with Portuguese
Campeonato Nacional team
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...
.
In August 2021, Wilkinson joined Australian club
Melbourne City.
International career
National youth teams
Wilkinson first played for the
New Zealand under 20 side in January 2010 and impressed national selector
John Herdman
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Coaching career Early career
Herdman beg ...
with 5 goals in 3 games, including a
hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
in her first, earning herself a call up to the senior side for friendlies against
Australia
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and a trip to the
Cyprus Cup
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.
In 2010, she represented New Zealand at the
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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, appearing in all three group games.
She also appeared in all three group games for
New Zealand
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during the
2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, with sixteen national football soccer teams and mark the first hosting of a FIFA women's football tourna ...
, which took place in
Japan
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.
Senior national team
Wilkinson made her senior international debut for New Zealand in the starting lineup in a friendly against
Australia
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on 17 February 2010.
She made her first
FIFA Women's World Cup
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appearance in the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, appearing in all three group matches as a substitute. In the last match, she scored in the 94th minute to force a draw with
Mexico
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.
Wilkinson appeared in three of New Zealand's four matches in the
2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
She played of all New Zealand's three matches at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in Canada.
She started in all three of New Zealand's matches at the
2016 Olympics
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, closing = 21 August 2016
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, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
in Brazil.
In April 2019, Wilkinson was named to the final 23-player squad for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, after a remarkable recovery from her
ACL injury
An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...
.
On 27 July 2021, she played her 100th match for New Zealand during the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
.
Selected International goals
Honours and awards
League
*Northern Region Premier Women's League Championship: 2010, 2011
*National Youth Women's League Championship: 2011
Individual
*Burridge Cup: 2008, 2009
*2011
NZF Young Player of the Year
*2012 All-
SEC 1st Team
*2012
NSCAA
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/Continental Tire Women's NCAA Division I
All-America
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n 3rd Team
Personal life
Aside from soccer, Wilkinson says she enjoys playing the drums and guitar and surfing. She has released two single songs on Spotify. ''Waiting for the Sun'' was released in January 2019 and the second, ''Set Me Free'', in April 2019.
Wilkinson is openly gay.
References
External links
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Profileat
NZF
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Hannah
1992 births
Living people
New Zealand women's association footballers
Sportspeople from Whangārei
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic association footballers of New Zealand
Tennessee Volunteers women's soccer players
New Zealand women's international footballers
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
LGBT association football players
Women's association football forwards
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
New Zealand LGBT sportspeople
Sporting CP (women's football) players
Lesbian sportswomen
People educated at Kamo High School
Damallsvenskan players
Vittsjö GIK players
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players
MSV Duisburg (women) players
Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
FIFA Century Club
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States
New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers