Annalie Antonia Longo (born 1 July 1991) is an

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player who represents

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at international level. She has played for Sydney FC and

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in the Australian W-League. From her time in the W-League with Melbourne Victory, Longo is dubbed the Kiwi Messi by the fans for her ability on the ball and goalscoring prowess.

Early life

Longo got into football when she used to go with her dad, Paul, to watch her brothers, Jason and Julian, play for Eden Football Club. She joined the club which merged with Mt Roskill to become Three Kings United.

Club career

Three Kings United

Longo played for Three Kings United from when she first started playing football through all childhood and also while playing for Epsom Girls and training with the Wynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence. She made her debut for Three Kings United senior women's football team in the Northern Premier Women's League in 2004.

Epsom Girls' Grammar School

Longo played football at Epsom Girls' Grammar School for their first XI, winning the NZ Secondary Schoolgirls tournament in 2008 with future international teammates Anna Green and Hannah Wall. This was after the team won the Auckland provincial championships unbeaten.

Wynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence

Longo was part of

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Soccer School of Excellence (WYNRS) from 1999 to 2006.

Melbourne Victory

On 25 October 2019, Longo signed a one-year deal with

to return to the Australian W-League. She made her first appearance for Victory in their 3–2 win over the

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, playing 74 minutes before getting subbed off in the second half. In September 2021, it was announced that Longo wouldn't return to Melbourne Victory for the 2021–22 W-League season.

International career

U-17

She scored

's first goal at the 2008 inaugural

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although they were effectively eliminated from contention in the 1–2 loss to

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, having previously lost 0–1 to

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in the opening game.

U-20

Longo also represented

at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals where she played in all three games. Longo was again included in the U-20 squad for the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup finals to be played in

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, featuring in two of their three group games. In 2010, she represented New Zealand at a third Under-20 World Cup, this time in

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, appearing in all three group games.

National team

Longo at age 15, made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to

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on 14 November 2006, becoming New Zealand's youngest senior football international. She then went on to represent

at the

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finals in China, where they lost to

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0–5,

(0–2) and

(0–2). Longo is the second youngest player to represent any country at a senior FIFA World Cup. She played one of New Zealand's three matches in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and all three matches of her country at the

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in Canada. She also competed for New Zealand at both the

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and

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. Longo made her 100th appearance for

in a friendly against the

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in September 2017 and is the first player in the world to compete at all U17, U20, Women's World Cup and Olympic Games tournaments.

International goals

Personal life

She was a student at Auckland's Epsom Girls' Grammar School. In footballing circles, she is known by the nickname "flea". In an interview Longo gave in November 2014, she said she lives in

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but also spends half of her week in

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for national trainings.''Northern Outlook'', 19 November 2014, p 6 While in Kaiapoi, she plays for

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and then spends the rest of her time coaching at the Grasshopper Soccer programme – a non-competitive programme for kids aged 2–10 years, where the focus is on fun and skill development. She said that she enjoyed working with young children and enjoyed watching them develop.

Honours

High school

*NZ Secondary Schoolgirls champions: 2008

Club

Three Kings United * Northern Premier Women's League runner-ups: 2004, 2010 * Northern Premier Women's League winners: 2006, 2007 * Women's Knockout Cup runner-ups: 2004, 2010 * Women's Knockout Cup winners: 2012 Auckland Football Federation *

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champions Canterbury United Pride *

champions

International

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: 2006, 2010

Personal

*2007 ASB Bank Young Sportsperson of the Year *Finalist, International Women's Young Player of the Year *Finalist, Auckland Junior Sportswoman of the Year *National U-14 Girls Tournament Golden Boot: 2005

References

External links

*
Profile
at NZF
NZ U-17s Caps 'n' Goals
at Ultimate NZ Soccer

at Ultimate NZ Soccer

at Ultimate NZ Soccer * {{DEFAULTSORT:Longo, Annalie 1991 births Living people New Zealand women's association footballers 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 Sydney FC (A-League Women) players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players People educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School Association footballers from Auckland New Zealand women's international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football midfielders 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia