Katie Rood
Katie Rood playing for Lewes in January 2019
Personal information
Full name Kathryn Elizabeth Rood[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 North Force
2010–2017 Glenfield Rovers
2012 Lincoln Ladies 1 (0)
2017–2018 Juventus 6 (0)
2018–2019 Bristol City 4 (1)
2019 → Lewes (loan) 7 (3)
2019–2021 Lewes 26 (3)
2021–22 Southampton 12 (3)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 23 (5)
International career‡
2012 New Zealand U20 2 (0)
2017– New Zealand 15 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:59, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Kathryn Elizabeth "Katie" Rood (born 2 September 1992) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Hearts in Scottish Women's Premier League and the New Zealand national team.

Club career

Rood developed into a consistent goalscorer in her regional league for Glenfield Rovers and for Northern Football in the National Women's League.[3]

In 2012 Rood spent a period with Lincoln Ladies of the FA WSL, and she made a substitute appearance against Doncaster Belles.[4] She signed for newly formed Italian Serie A club Juventus in August 2017, after a successful trial.[3] She made six appearances, scoring four goals and left after the season.[5] Rood then signed for FA WSL Bristol City in the summer of 2018.[6][7] Following a move to the South Coast, Rood played for Southampton FC Women, promoted in the 2021–22 season to the FA Women's Championship.

International career

Rood played two games for New Zealand U20 during the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup campaign.[8][9] Rood played her first senior international for New Zealand women's national team in September 2017, a 5–0 defeat by the United States at Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati.[10]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 November 2018Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa, New Caledonia Cook Islands4–06–02018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
2.25 November 2018 Fiji6–010–0
3.8–0
4.1 December 2018 Fiji5–08–0
5.3 March 2019Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia Argentina1–02–02019 Cup of Nations

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players – New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 14 September 2012. p. 12. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Verdicchio, Stefania (27 August 2017). "Juve Femminile: oggi il primo impegno ufficiale della stagione contro il Torino" (in Italian). Area Juve. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Rood signs with Juventus". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Doncaster 2–1 Lincoln". FA WSL. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Katie Rood eyes next chapter after Juventus 'fairytale' comes to an end". stuff.co.nz. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Katie Rood". bcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Katie Rood".
  8. ↑ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". Soccerway. 8 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ferns fall to clinical USA". New Zealand Football. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.


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