Olivia Chance

Olivia Chance
Personal information
Full name Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance
Date of birth (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Everton
Number 17
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 South Florida Bulls 79 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Claudelands Rovers
2016 Breiðablik 10 (1)
2017– Everton 20 (2)
National team‡
2010 New Zealand U-17 9 (3)
2011– New Zealand 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2016

Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance (born 5 October 1993), is an association footballer who plays for English club Everton and has represented New Zealand at international level.[1] She formerly played for Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.

Playing career

Chance played her club football with Claudelands Rovers, helping them to become the first non-Auckland side in 15 years to win the national women's cup.[2]

College

Chance joined the South Florida Bulls in 2012. In her freshman year she was named to the All-Big East Rookie Team. She played four seasons for the Bulls leading the team in goals during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 season. Chance finised her college career with 31 goals from 79 appearances.[3]

Club

Breiðablik

In July 2016, Chance signed with Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK of the Úrvalsdeild.[4]

Everton

Chance moved to English club Everton in February 2017.[5] She made nine appearances for the Blues during the 2017 Spring Series scoring twice.[6]

International

Chance was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing in all three games at the finals in Trinidad and Tobago.[7]

Chance and Terri-Amber Carlson were the only two new caps included in the women's national team to contest the 2011 Cyprus Cup[8] where she made her début in a 4–1 loss to The Netherlands in their opening game on 2 March 2011.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Richens, Matt (20 September 2010). "Olivia makes the most of her chances". Waikato Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile". South Florida Bulls. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Olivia Chance í Breiðablik" (in Icelandic). blikar.is. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Blues Chance Excites Olivia". Everton F.C. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Olivia Chance | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Squad List - New Zealand". FIFA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Soccer: It's all being left to Chance
  9. ↑ "Ferns open Cyprus Cup with Dutch defeat". NZ Football. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "Football Ferns - Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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