Erin Nayler

Erin Nayler
Nayler playing in San Francisco in 2013
Personal information
Full name Erin Nicole Nayler[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992[1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Girondins de Bordeaux
Number 1
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 IPFW Mastodons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lynn-Avon United
Forrest Hill Milford
Eastern Suburbs AFC
Glenfield Rovers
2017 Grenoble Foot 38
2017– Bordeaux
National team‡
2010 New Zealand U-20 10 (0)
2013– New Zealand 50[3] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:09, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

Erin Nicole Nayler (born 17 April 1992) is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper, currently playing for Girondins de Bordeaux of the French Division 1 Féminine. Nayler last played for Grenoble Foot 38 of Division 2,[4] and has represented New Zealand at international level.[5]

Early life

Nayler started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of 10.[6] Playing for Westlake Girls High School with her father Mark as coach, Nayler won many Secondary School tournaments before graduating in 2009. Afterwards she went to Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2010,[7] spending one year playing for the IPFW Mastodons and studying biology.[8] She is currently studying Molecular Biology at Massey University.[6]

Career

Nayler was a member of the New Zealand U-20 side at the 2010 and 2012 Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games at both events.[9][10] The performances earned her a spot at the senior New Zealand team, the "Football Ferns", for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11] Nayler was the only uncapped member of New Zealand's squad and did not feature in the tournament.[4] She was also a standby player for the 2012 Olympics.[12]

With Bordeaux in 2018.

Nayler's eventual senior début happened at the 2013 Cyprus Cup, in a 2–0 win over Italy.[13]

She played all three matches of New Zealand at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[14] Nayler was chosen as Player of the Match during her second game, as she kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 tie with the hosts in Edmonton.[15]

In 2015, Nayler was captain of Northern Football as they won the National Women's League, the top-flight women's football tournament of New Zealand.[16] She also played for Norwest United of the Northern League.[4] In 2016, Northern Football manager Paul Greig had become assistant coach of Sky Blue FC, in the United States' National Women's Soccer League, and led his new team to sign Nayler.[17] However, she was released by Sky Blue after 26 days and no games played, and Sky Blue signed another goalkeeper instead.[18][19] Nayler then hoped to use the 2016 Olympics, where she was again the Ferns' starting goalie, to see if she attracted the attention of any foreign clubs.[20] In the Olympics, Nayler had a clean sheet in New Zealand's second game, a defeat of Colombia by 1–0, but the Ferns fell in the group stage following defeats to the United States and France.[21] Shortly after the Games, Nayler signed a two year contract with Olympique Lyonnais of France.[22] Seeing no play time as a third goalkeeper, she was borrowed in 2017 to the women's team of Grenoble Foot 38, who played the Division 2.[23][24] For the 2017–18 season, Nayler signed with the female squad of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who played in the Division 1.[25] At the end of her first season, where Bordeaux finished seventh, Nayler renewed her contract for an additional two years.[26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". NZF. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Football Ferns > Player Profiles > Erin Naylor". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Thrill of the save fuels Nayler | New Zealand Football". Nzfootball.co.nz. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Fort Wayne Mastodons Athletics – Women's Soccer Adds Three to 2010 Roster". Gomastodons.com. 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  8. ↑ "Fort Wayne Mastodons Athletics – Erin Nayler – 2010 Women's Soccer". Gomastodons.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  9. ↑ "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Squad List – New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nayler named in World Cup squad". Auckland Football Federation. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Oceania Football Confederation". Oceaniafootball.com. 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  13. ↑ "Football Ferns-Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Nayler: We fought hard | New Zealand Football". Nzfootball.co.nz. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  16. ↑ "Northern Football halt Mainland's dominance with national women's league final win". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  17. ↑ "Erin Nayler signs for Sky Blue FC". New Zealand Football. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  18. ↑ Wilson, Clay (July 6, 2016). "Rio Olympics helps Football Ferns keeper Erin Nayler move on from club dumping". Stuff. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "Former Friar Zimmerman Signs Pro Contract". Big East Conference. July 5, 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Rio Olympics helps Football Ferns keeper Erin Nayler move on from club dumping". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  21. ↑ Football Ferns' Olympic campaign over after 3–0 loss to France
  22. ↑ Féminines : La gardienne Erin Nayler s’engage avec l’OL pour 2 ans
  23. ↑ A la rencontre de Erin Nayer, internationale néo-zélandaise
  24. ↑ Nayler and Stott sign new contracts
  25. ↑ Erin Nayler joins the Girondines!
  26. ↑ Poignant test for Football Ferns keeper
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