Rebecca Tegg

Rebecca Tegg
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Tegg
Date of birth (1985-12-18) 18 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Melbourne Victory 10 (1)
International career‡
2007– New Zealand 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2009

Rebecca Tegg (born 18 December 1985) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]

Tegg made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 19 July 2007, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[2] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0-2) and China (0-2).

Tegg was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2-2) before losing to Norway (0-1) and Brazil (0-4).[3]

Tegg formally played for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.

Tegg has a master's degree from Auckland University of Technology, with a thesis examining a soccer intervention for children.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  4. ^ Tegg, Rebecca (2008). Developing positive physical activity experiences, perceptions and habits: a soccer based intervention in children (Masters thesis). Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/397.


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