Priscilla Duncan

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Priscilla Duncan
Personal information
Full name Priscilla Duncan
Date of birth (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 40)
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Onehunga Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Glenfield Rovers
International career
New Zealand U-20
2003–2007 New Zealand 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Priscilla "Cilla" Duncan (born 19 May 1983) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level as a central midfielder.[1] Following her retirement from playing, she has been involved with the media aspect of the game, working for both Oceania Football Confederation and FIFA in a media relations capacity.

Duncan represented New Zealand at age group level, appearing at the OFC U-20 Qualifying Tournament 2002 and was named New Zealand Young Player of the Year in 2002 and 2003.[2]

She made her full Football Ferns debut against Samoa on 7 April 2003 and scored her first senior international goal in a 5–0 win over Papua New Guinea on 11 April 2003.[3]

Duncan represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[4] where they lost to Brazil 0–5, Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

In 2009, she was appointed Head of Media and Communications with the Oceania Football Confederation, a position she held for three years.[5] She worked at the London 2012 Summer Olympics and in 2013, Duncan joined FIFA as part of their Media Department.

Personal[edit]

She is married to fellow New Zealand footballer Katie Duncan (née Hoyle).[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "NZ Women's World Cup Squad PenPix". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  3. ^ "New Zealand wins, but PNG walk off with heads high". Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 11 April 2003.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Head of Media and Communications leaves OFC". OceaniaFootball.com. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Hoyle makes Swiss move - New Zealand Football". www.nzfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.

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