Claudia Bunge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudia Mary Bunge[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Glenfield Rovers | ||
| –2020 | Northern Lights | ||
| 2020–2023 | Melbourne Victory | 45 | (4) |
| 2022 | Northern Tigers | 8 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | HB Køge | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | Melbourne Victory | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | New Zealand U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2018– | New Zealand U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019– | New Zealand | 31 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024 | |||
Claudia Mary Bunge (born 21 September 1999) is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Melbourne Victory. She has represented New Zealand at both age group and senior international level.[2]
Club career
[edit]Bunge started playing club football for Glenfield Rovers, she first played senior women's football at the age of 14 for Glenfield Rovers in the Loto Northern Premier League. She made an appearance as a substitute in the 2014 Kate Sheppard Cup Final (National Knock-Out Competition) as Glenfield Rovers beat Forrest Hill Milford 3-2. [3] Playing for the Rovers, Bunge has been part of the team to finish runner-up in the 2016 Kate Sheppard Cup that was then known as the Women's Knockout Cup.[4] They then won the Kate Sheppard Cup in 2017.[5] Bunge was also part of the team that won the Lotto NRFL Premier Women league in 2018.[6]
Bunge also played in the New Zealand Football run National Women's League where teams are run by the regional federations. Bunge played for and captained the Northern Lights.[7]
In November 2020, Bunge joined Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.[8][9]
On 28 August 2023, HB Køge announced she had signed for the club.[10]
In August 2024, Bunge returned to Melbourne Victory.[11]
International career
[edit]Bunge was a member of the New Zealand U-17 who won the 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship side at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan,[12] and the New Zealand U-20 side at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France.[13]
Bunge was called up for the New Zealand national team to take part in the Yongchuan International Tournament in China.[14] She made her senior début for the Football Ferns in a 2–0 loss to China on 8 November 2019.[15] She followed up that game with another start for the Ferns against Canada, impressing the coach with her performances.[16]
In February 2024, Bunge was announced as captain for the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament,[17] with usual co-captains Ali Riley and Ria Percival not called up for the tournament.[18] However, Rebekah Stott was named captain for the opening match.[19] Bunge first captained the side in the final group game on 13 February 2024 against Vanuatu, also winning player of the match.[20][21]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played on 29 March 2024.[22]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Melbourne Victory | 2020–21 | W-League | 14 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | A-League Women | 13 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | A-League Women | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 4 | — | — | 45 | 4 | ||||
| Northern Tigers | 2022 | NPL NSW | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| HB Køge | 2023–24 | Danish Women's League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Melbourne Victory | 2024–25 | A-League Women | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played on 19 February 2024.[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]- A-League Women Championship: 2020–21, 2021–22
New Zealand
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (7 November 2019). "Testing time for uncapped Football Ferns defender Claudia Bunge". Stuff.
- ^ "Claudia Bunge looking forward to playing in France". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Ruane, Jeremy. ""Swans" On The Spot To Thwart Rovers' "Three-Peat"". Ultimatenzsoccer. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (10 September 2017). "Glenfield Rovers win National Women's Knockout Cup for the fourth time in seven years". Stuff. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Lotto NRFL Women's Premier 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Fresh faces for Football Ferns". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Victory signs Claudia Bunge". Melbourne Victory. 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory sign Football Ferns defender Claudia Bunge for W-League". Stuff. 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Welcome Claudia". HB Køge. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory Signs Claudia Bunge". Melbourne Victory. 30 August 2024.
- ^ "List of Players – 2016 FIFA Women's U17 World Cup Jordon" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "List of Players – 2018 FIFA Women's U20 World Cup France" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (1 November 2019). "Claudia Bunge receives maiden Football Ferns callup with Abby Erceg unavailable". Stuff. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (8 November 2019). "Wang Shuang scores twice as China edge Football Ferns". Stuff.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip. "Young defender Claudia Bunge jumps into Olympics contention after strong debut". Stuff. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Here are your captains for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament- Oceania Qualifier". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Ford Football Ferns squad named for OFC Women's Olympic Qualifier tournament". New Zealand Football. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand v Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Vanuatu v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Ferns cruise to big win in one-sided OFC Olympic qualifier against Vanuatu". friendsoffootballnz.com. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "C. Bunge". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "2018-now". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b "IFFHS WOMEN'S CONTINENTAL BEST PLAYERS 2022 - OFC". IFFHS. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Claudia Bunge at Soccerway
- Claudia Bunge – FIFA competition record (archived)
New Zealand squads | |||||||||||||
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Victory FC (women) players
- HB Køge (women) players
- Elitedivisionen players
- New Zealand women's association footballers
- New Zealand women's international footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers
- Australian people of New Zealand descent
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics