Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore (born 4 June 1996) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for Glasgow City in the

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and the New Zealand national team.

Career

Moore was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 Women's World Championship, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games. Moore made her senior début for the

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as a substitute in a 4–0 win over

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on 26 September 2013. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the

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in Canada. In April 2019, Moore was named to the final 23-player squad for the

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, however while in France training before the tournament started, Moore snapped her Achilles. 15 months later she had recovered enough from the injury to sign for

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who play in the

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. On 20 February 2022, Moore scored a

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s in a match for New Zealand against the

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at the

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, all in the first half; Moore is the second footballer believed to have recorded a hat-trick of own goals which were not deliberate, after Stan van den Buys.By mathematical necessity, at least one hat trick of own goals will have been scored in SO l'Emyrne's infamous 149–0 loss to AS Adema, where all 149 goals were scored by SO l'Emyrne in protest to a refereeing decision in a previous match.

International goals

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