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

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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

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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 for one year. She tore her ACL in August 2015 and was granted a medical redshirt year.

Club career

Wilkinson signed for Damallsvenskan side

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in March 2017. In October 2018, Wilkinson tore her

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during a cup game against

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. In July 2019, Wilkinson signed with Portuguese Campeonato Nacional team Sporting CP. 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 with 5 goals in 3 games, including a

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in her first, earning herself a call up to the senior side for friendlies against

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and a trip to the

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. In 2010, she represented New Zealand at the

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, appearing in all three group games. She also appeared in all three group games for

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during the

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, which took place in

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Senior national team

Wilkinson made her senior international debut for New Zealand in the starting lineup in a friendly against

on 17 February 2010. She made her first

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appearance in the

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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

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. Wilkinson appeared in three of New Zealand's four matches in the

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. She played of all New Zealand's three matches at the

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in Canada. She started in all three of New Zealand's matches at the

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

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, after a remarkable recovery from her

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. On 27 July 2021, she played her 100th match for New Zealand during the

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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

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/Continental Tire Women's NCAA Division I

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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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at NZF * {{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