Tameka Yallop

Tameka Yallop
	Yallop playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Tameka Butt
Date of birth	16 June 1991
Place of birth	Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Klepp IL
Youth career
	Mudgeeraba
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 November 2019

Tameka Yallop (née Butt; born 16 June 1991)[1] is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for klepp IL in the Toppserien. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.

Club career

Brisbane Roar, 2008–2018

Yallop joined the Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar) in 2008, as they were one of the founding members of the W-League. They won the W-League Championship and Premiership in 2008–09. In the 2010–11 season, Brisbane returned to the Grand Final. Yallop scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2–1 victory.[2]

Yallop won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the 2012–13 season. She was the recipient of the Julie Dolan Medal for W-League Player of the year in 2014.[3]

As of February 2018, Yallop ranks 5th in all-time W-League history with 108 appearances and ranks 3rd in goals with 49.[4]

Boston Breakers, 2012

Yallop signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.[5]

FFC Frankfurt, 2013–2014

In January 2013, Yallop signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.[6]

Iga F.C. Kunoichi, 2014

Yallop was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.[7]

Mallbackens IF, 2016

In March 2016, Yallop signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.

Klepp IL, 2017–present

In March 2017, Yallop signed for Norwegian club Klepp.[8]

Melbourne City, 2018–2019

After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Yallop signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season.[9]

Brisbane Roar, 2019–2020

In October 2019, the Brisbane Roar announced that Yallop would be returning to Brisbane for the 2019–20 W-League season, where she scored in their first game of the season. On 5 December, Tameka became the first Brisbane Roar player (including men, women and youth) to score 50 goals for the club.

International career

Yallop during 2019 Women's World Cup

Yallop has represented the Young Matildas at various age levels. She was a member of the 2007 AFC Women's U-17 Asian Championship team and 2008 AFC Women's U-20s Women's Asian Championship team. Yallop captained the Australian U-20s National Team from 2007 to 2009 which included winning the 2008 AFF Women's Championship.

Yallop has been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007. She was part of the team that won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Yallop played for Australia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015.

In 2016, Yallop was named to her first Olympic Team for Rio 2016. Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Yallop did not appear in any games.[2]

At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Yallop scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the United States. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations[10]

At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Yallop appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1–0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]

Career statistics

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 August 2007	Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	5350.03005 4–0	5650.06005 8–1	2008 Olympics qualifying
2.	3 September 2011	Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan, China	Thailand	4–0	5–1	2012 Olympics qualifying
3.	11 September 2011	Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan, China	South Korea	2–1	2–1	2012 Olympics qualifying
4.	22 November 2012	Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China	Hong Kong	1–0	4–0	2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2
5.	6 July 2013	Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, France	France	5350.03005 1–0	5650.06005 2–0	Friendly
6	24 November 2013	WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia	China PR	2–0	2–0	Friendly
7.	25 October 2015	Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China	China PR	5350.03005 1–0	5650.06005 1–1	2015 Yongchuan International Tournament
8.	27 July 2017	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States	United States	5350.03005 1–0	5650.06005 1–0	2017 Tournament of Nations
9.	22 November 2017	AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia	China PR	2–0	3–0	Friendly
10.	26 July 2018	Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City	Brazil	5350.03005 2–0	5650.06005 3–1	2018 Tournament of Nations

Personal life

In December 2017, Yallop announced her engagement to her Klepp IL teammate Kirsty Yallop on her Twitter account.[12] The two were married in Mangawhai, New Zealand, on 9 February 2019.[13] Following the marriage they both took on the surname Yallop.[14]

Honours

References

"Player profile – Tameka Butt". Brisbane Roar FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
"T.Butt". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
"Player of the year Tameka Butt's ankle no longer rankles as AFC Women's Asian Cup looms". 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
"Australia". Retrieved 6 October 2018.
"Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
Juchem, Marcus (1 February 2013). "Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
"Tameka Butt and Elise Kellond-Knight sign with Japanese side Iga FC". The Women's Game. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.
"Spillere". kleppil.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
"Two Westfield Matildas headline raft of Melbourne City signings". 24 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
"Australian women beat U.S. in Tournament of Nations". 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
"WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
Mathew Whitehead (27 December 2017). "Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop". SBS.
"Ex-Football Fern Kirsty Yallop marries Australian player Tameka Butt". Stuff.co.nz. 12 February 2019.
@TheMatildas (4 April 2019). "Today is an extra special occasion for @TamekaButt, with a new surname on the back of her jersey following her marriage to @kirstyyallop11" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[1] "Player profile – Tameka Butt". Brisbane Roar FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

[stats-2] "T.Butt". Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[3] "Player of the year Tameka Butt's ankle no longer rankles as AFC Women's Asian Cup looms". 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[4] "Australia". Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[5] "Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[6] Juchem, Marcus (1 February 2013). "Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[7] "Tameka Butt and Elise Kellond-Knight sign with Japanese side Iga FC". The Women's Game. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.

[8] "Spillere". kleppil.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[9] "Two Westfield Matildas headline raft of Melbourne City signings". 24 September 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[10] "Australian women beat U.S. in Tournament of Nations". 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[11] "WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP". Retrieved 1 October 2018.

[12] Mathew Whitehead (27 December 2017). "Matildas Star Tameka Butt Announces Engagement To Klepp Teammate Kirsty Yallop". SBS.

[13] "Ex-Football Fern Kirsty Yallop marries Australian player Tameka Butt". Stuff.co.nz. 12 February 2019.

[14] @TheMatildas (4 April 2019). "Today is an extra special occasion for @TamekaButt, with a new surname on the back of her jersey following her marriage to @kirstyyallop11" (Tweet) – via Twitter.