Jump to content

Rachel Howard (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Rachel Howard, New Zealand international footballer. For Rachel Howard, artist, see Rachel Howard.

Rachel Howard
Personal information
Full name Rachel Howard
Date of birth (1977-11-30) 30 November 1977 (age 47)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 New Zealand 14 (0)

Rachel Howard (born 30 November 1977) is an association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]

Howard made her Football Ferns debut in a 0–5 loss to the United States on 28 May 1998, 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). Howard was one of only 3 squad members to not get any playing time in the Tournament.[3]

Howard 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).[4] Again, Howard failed to get playing time at the tournament with Jenny Bindon being first choice goalkeeper.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Tournament Statistics – New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
[edit]


Flag of New ZealandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to women's association football in New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Howard_(footballer)&oldid=1248780871"