Erin Nayler

Erin Nayler

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Nayler was a member of the New Zealand U-20 side at the 2010 and 2012 Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games at both events. The performances earned her a spot at the senior New Zealand team, the "Football Ferns", for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Nayler was the only uncapped member of New Zealand's squad and did not feature in the tournament. She was also a standby player for the 2012 Olympics.

Nayler's eventual senior début happened at the 2013 Cyprus Cup, in a 2–0 win over Italy. She played all three matches of New Zealand at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. Nayler was chosen as Player of the Match during her second game, as she kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 tie with the hosts in Edmonton. In 2015, Nayler was captain of Northern Football as they won the National Women's League, the top-flight women's football tournament of New Zealand. She also played for Norwest United of the Northern League. In 2016, Northern Football manager Paul Greig had become assistant coach of Sky Blue FC, in the United States' National Women's Soccer League, and led his new team to sign Nayler. However, she was released by Sky Blue after 26 days and no games played, and Sky Blue signed another outfielder instead. Nayler then hoped to use the 2016 Olympics, where she was again the Ferns' starting goalie, to see if she attracted the attention of any foreign clubs. In the Olympics, Nayler had a clean sheet in New Zealand's second game, a defeat of…

Club
Norwest United
Club
Forrest Hill Milford
Club
Eastern Suburbs AFC
Club
Glenfield Rovers
Club
New Zealand women's national under-20 football team (2010–2010)
Club
New Zealand women's national football team (2013–)
Club
OL Lyonnes (2016–)
Club
Gotham FC
Club
Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons women's soccer
Club
IFK Norrköping DFK

Personal

Early life

Nayler started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of 10. Playing for Westlake Girls High School with her father Mark as coach, Nayler won many Secondary School tournaments before graduating in 2009. Afterwards she went to Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2010, spending one year playing for the IPFW Mastodons and studying biology. She is got a degree in Molecular Biology at Massey University.

Legacy

Honours

Bayern Munich

Frauen-Bundesliga: 2023–24 Individual IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

Clubs

  • New Zealand women's national football team2013current
  • OL Lyonnes2016current
  • Eastern Suburbs AFCcurrent
  • Forrest Hill Milfordcurrent
  • Glenfield Roverscurrent
  • Gotham FCcurrent
  • IFK Norrköping DFKcurrent
  • Norwest Unitedcurrent
  • Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons women's soccercurrent
  • New Zealand women's national under-20 football team2010–2010

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Description

New Zealand association football player

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Erin Nicole Nayler is a New Zealand former professional association football goalkeeper, who last played for Bayern Munich of the German Frauen-Bundesliga. She has represented New Zealand at international level.

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