Priscilla Duncan

Priscilla Duncan
Personal information
Full name Priscilla Duncan
Date of birth (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 41)
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Onehunga Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glenfield Rovers
International career
New Zealand U-20
2003–2007 New Zealand 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Priscilla "Cilla" Duncan (born 19 May 1983) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level as a central midfielder.[1] Following her retirement from playing, she has been involved with the media aspect of the game, working for both Oceania Football Confederation and FIFA in a media relations capacity.

Duncan represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the OFC U-20 Qualifying Tournament 2002 and was named New Zealand Young Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003.[2]

She made her full Football Ferns debut against Samoa on 7 April 2003 and scored her first senior international goal in a 5–0 win over Papua New Guinea on 11 April 2003.[3]

Duncan represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[4] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

In 2009, she was appointed Head of Media and Communications with the Oceania Football Confederation, a position she held for three years.[5] She worked at the London 2012 Summer Olympics and in 2013, Duncan joined FIFA as part of their Media Department.

Personal

She is married to fellow New Zealand footballer Katie Duncan (née Hoyle).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "NZ Women's World Cup Squad PenPix". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  3. ^ "New Zealand wins, but PNG walk off with heads high". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 11 April 2003.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Head of Media and Communications leaves OFC". OceaniaFootball.com. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Hoyle makes Swiss move - New Zealand Football". www.nzfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.
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