Amber Hearn

Personal life Hearn is of Māori descent, and affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.

Club career At club level she has played in England for Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers Belles. The 2009/10 season she played for the Ottawa Fury Women of the USL W-League. She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to German Bundesliga side FF USV Jena.

In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the 2010 OFC Women's Championship she won the golden boot with 12 goals.

International career Hearn was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a penalty as one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with Japan. Selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, Hearn again scored against Japan, although they ultimately lost the match 2–1. She played the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's games, helping secure their first ever point at a Women's world cup in a 2–2 draw with Mexico.

Hearn holds the record for goals scored for the New Zealand women's team in internationals, scoring her 30th international goal against China in June 2012.

She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.

In February 2020, Hearn retired officially from international football, after playing her last match for the national team in June 2018.

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Honours Individual IFFHS All-time Women's Dream Team: Oceania IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade: 2011–2020