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Ria Percival
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Percival with New Zealand in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Ria Dawn Percival
Date of birth	(1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Basildon, Essex, England
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003	Colchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Lynn-Avon United	37	(14)
2008–2010	F.C. Indiana	7	(1)
2010–2011	Ottawa Fury
2011–2012	FFC Frankfurt	21	(0)
2012–2016	FF USV Jena	77	(6)
2016–2018	FC Basel
2018–2019	West Ham United	16	(0)
2019–2024	Tottenham Hotspur	46	(2)
2024	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	6	(1)
International career
	New Zealand U-20
2006–2024	New Zealand	166	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Ria Dawn Percival MNZM (born 7 December 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in England, she played for the New Zealand women's national team and represented New Zealand 166 times, more than any other player, male or female. She previously played for FFC Frankfurt and FF USV Jena of the Bundesliga, FC Basel in the Swiss league and West Ham United.

International

Percival represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the 2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals in Russia and again at the 2008 Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile, where she scored both of New Zealand's goals in their 3–2 loss to Nigeria.

Percival made her senior debut in a 0–3 loss to China PR on 14 November 2006, before representing New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China, where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China PR (0–2).

Percival was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, again in China, where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and the United States (0–4).

On 9 March 2011, Percival earned her 50th A-level international cap in a 5–0 loss to Mexico in the play-off for 7th place at the Cyprus Cup.

Percival contested her fifth major tournament when she appeared in all three of New Zealand's matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. She appeared in all four of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She again featured in all three of New Zealand's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, taking her to a tally of 9 World Cup matches. She appeared in all three of New Zealand's games at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In April 2024, Percival announced her retirement from international football.

Career statistics

International goals

Updated 28 June 2020

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Percival goal.

List of international goals scored by Ria Percival

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 April 2007	Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae, Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands	4–0	8–0	2007 OFC Women's Championship
2	13 April 2007		Papua New Guinea	3–0	7–0
3	7 March 2009	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Russia	1–0	4–2	2009 Cyprus Women's Cup
4	1 October 2010	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Cook Islands	6–0	10–0	2010 OFC Women's Championship
5	3 October 2010		Tahiti	7–0	7–0
6	6 October 2010		Solomon Islands	2–0	8–0
7	8 October 2010		Papua New Guinea	3–0	11–0
8	31 March 2012	Toll Stadium, Whangārei, New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	6–0	8–0	2012 Olympic qualifying
9	25 October 2014	Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	Tonga	16–0	16–0	2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
10	29 October 2014		Cook Islands	5–0	11–0
11	15 January 2015	Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey	Denmark	1–1	3–2	Friendly
12	28 November 2017	SCG Stadium, Muang Thong Thani, Thailand	Thailand	3–0	5–0	Friendly
13				5–0
14	19 November 2018	Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Tonga	10–0	11–0	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
15	23 October 2021	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Canada	Canada	1–3	1–5	Friendly

Honours

Individual

• IFFHS OFC Best Woman Player of the Decade 2011–2020
• IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

In the 2024 New Year Honours, Percival was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to football.

References

1. ^ "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "NZ Football – HOME". nzfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.
3. "Football Ferns squad revealed for World Cup". The New Zealand Herald. 29 April 2019.
4. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
5. ^ "Ford Football Fern Ria Percival announces her retirement from international football". nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
6. "NZ Football – HOME". nzfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
7. "New Zealand (NZL) Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
8. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
9. "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
10. "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
11. "NZ Football – HOME". nzfootball.co.nz.
12. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
13. ^ "Ria Percival Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
14. "FIFA player stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
15. "A Internationals". UltimateNZSoccer.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
16. "IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER – OFC – OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 6 February 2021.
17. "IFFHS WOMAN TEAM – OFC – OF THE DECADE 2011-2020". IFFHS. 31 January 2021.
18. "New Year Honours 2024: the full list". The New Zealand Herald. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

External links

• Ria Percival – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at NZF
• Team (in German) at FF USV Jena
• Ria Percival at Soccerway

New Zealand squads

v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 OFC Women's Championship (3rd title) GK Bindon DF Bromley DF Erceg MF Ferrara DF Green FW Henderson MF Hoyle DF Jackman FW Kete MF Longo MF McColl MF Moorwood DF Percival GK Puckrin DF Oostdam MF Riley FW N. Smith DF R. Smith FW Thompson MF Yallop Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Bromley 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 R. Smith (c) 7 Thompson 8 Moorwood 9 Henderson 10 Longo 11 Oostdam 12 Puckrin 13 Riley 14 Ferrara 15 Jackman 16 Humphries 17 Tegg 18 Duncan 19 McColl 20 M. Smith 21 Howard Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 R. Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood (c) 9 Hearn 10 McColl 11 Yallop 12 M. Smith 13 Tegg 14 Hill 15 Kete 16 Leota 17 Oostdam 18 Howard Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 OFC Women's Championship (4th title) 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Morwood (c) 9 Hearn 10 Milne 11 Yallop 12 Jackman 13 Armstrong 14 White 15 Gregorius 16 Kete 17 Wilkinson 18 Hill 20 Clansey Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith (c) 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 McLaughlin 15 Kete 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Bowen 19 Hill 20 Clansey 21 Nayler Coach: Herdman v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Bindon 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg 6 Smith 7 Riley 8 Moorwood 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Hill 15 Stott 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Rolls Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand squad – 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (5th title) 1 Nayler 2 Percival 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg (c) 6 Stott 7 Riley 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 12 Hassett 13 White 15 Moore 16 Longo 18 Cleverley 19 Millynn 20 Collins 21 Rolls 24 Pereira Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Hoyle 5 Erceg (c) 6 Stott 7 Riley 8 Pereira 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Moore 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Bott 19 Millynn 20 Cleverley 21 Rolls 22 Kete 23 Lichtwark Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Duncan 5 Erceg (c) 6 Stott 7 Riley 8 Pereira 9 Hearn 10 Gregorius 11 Yallop 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Moore 16 Longo 17 Wilkinson 18 Rolls Coach: Readings v t e New Zealand squad – 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup winners (6th title) 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Bott 5 Moore 6 Stott 7 Riley 8 Rolston 9 Rood 10 Longo 11 Gregorius 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Morton 16 Anton 17 Skilton 18 Jale 19 Satchell 20 Steinmetz 21 Esson 23 Olla Coach: Sermanni v t e New Zealand squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Bott 5 Stratford 6 Stott 7 Riley (c) 8 Erceg 9 Kete 10 Longo 11 Gregorius 12 Hassett 13 White 14 Bowen 15 Morton 16 Duncan 17 Wilkinson 18 Skilton 19 Satchell 20 Cleverley 21 Esson 22 Chance 23 Olla Coach: Sermanni v t e New Zealand women's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Green 4 Bott 5 Moore 6 Bunge 7 Riley (c) 8 Erceg 9 Rennie 10 Longo 11 Chance 12 Hassett 13 Satchell 14 Bowen 15 Cleverley 16 Rolston 17 Wilkinson 18 Leat 19 Anton 20 van der Meer 21 Robertson 22 Esson Coach: Sermanni v t e New Zealand squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nayler 2 Percival 3 Bunge 4 Bott 5 Foster 6 Steinmetz 7 A. Riley (c) 8 Cleverley 9 Rennie 10 Longo 11 Chance 12 Hassett 13 Stott 14 Bowen 15 Satchell 16 Hand 17 Wilkinson 18 Jale 19 Anton 20 I. Riley 21 Esson 22 Clegg 23 Leat Coach: Klimková

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Basildon
• New Zealand women's association footballers
• New Zealand women's international footballers
• Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
• English women's footballers
• English emigrants to New Zealand
• New Zealand people of English descent
• Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• 1. FFC Frankfurt players
• FF USV Jena players
• Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
• Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
• Expatriate women's footballers in England
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
• 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Women's association football defenders
• FIFA Women's Century Club
• Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• F.C. Indiana players
• Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
• Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers
• New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Canada
• Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada
• Ottawa Fury (women) players
• Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• New Zealand LGBTQ footballers
• Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
• 21st-century English sportswomen
• 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen