Amber Hearn is a New Zealand former professional footballer who represented the New Zealand women's national football team as a forward between 2004 and 2018. She scored 54 international goals in 125 caps for the "Football Ferns", making her the country's all-time top scorer. On 18 February 2004, Hearn made her debut for the senior New Zealand team aged 19 against Australia in the 2004 Australia Cup, and scored her first international goal on 16 June 2008 against Argentina in Suwon, South Korea.
Hearn scored three international hat-tricks, two against the Cook Islands and one against Vanuatu in Auckland, New Zealand. She also netted twice on eight occasions. Out of all her opponents, she scored the most against the Cook Islands, netting seven goals against the Polynesian side. Hearn scored two goals at the Olympics, 19 at the OFC Women's Nations Cup, one in the FIFA Women's World Cup and four in OFC Olympic qualification. The remainder of her goals, 28, have come in friendlies. Hearn's most productive year in terms of international goals was 2010, when she scored 16 goals in 13 games for the "Football Ferns". Over a 15-year career with New Zealand, she won the 2010 and 2014 OFC Nations Cup, scoring in the 2010 final against Papua New Guinea.
She played her final match for New Zealand against Japan on 10 June 2018 in a friendly. Hearn announced her international retirement in February 2020, citing her desire to move into coaching. "My goal was always for us to be successful on the world stage," she explained in 2020 following her announcement. Hearn often insisted that she never took notice of her record-breaking exploits in front of goal and was more concerned with helping the "Football Ferns" compete on the world stage.
Goals Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hearn goal.
+Table keyIndicates New Zealand won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates New Zealand lost the match
+DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition116 June 2008Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea1–0 align="center" 2008 Peace Queen Cup26 August 2008Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China2–0 align="center" 2008 Summer Olympics312 January 2009Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China1–4 align="center" 2009 Four Nations Tournament47 March 2009GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus2–3 align="center" 2009 Cyprus Cup510 March 2009Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus1–0 align="center" 2009 Cyprus Cup624 February 2010GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus1–0 align="center" 2010 Cyprus Cup726 February 2010GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus1–0 align="center" 2010 Cyprus Cup81 March 2010GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2010 Cyprus Cup93–01029 September 2010North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand1–0 rowspan="5" align="center" 2010 OFC Women's Championship112–0123–0135–01414–0151 October 2010North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand1–0 rowspan="3" align="center" 2010 OFC Women's Championship165–0179–0183 October 2010North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2010 OFC Women's Championship193–0206 October 2010North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand4–0 align="center" 2010 OFC Women's Championship218 October 2010North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand10–0 align="center" 2010 OFC Women's Championship final2215 June 2011St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland1–0 align="center" 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup2327 June 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany1–1 align="center" 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup2428 February 2012GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2012 Cyprus Cup252–0266 March 2012Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus1–1 align="center" 2012 Cyprus Cup2731 March 2012Okara Park, Whangārei, New Zealand4–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2012 OFC Women's Olympic qualification288–02917 June 2012Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand3–1 align="center" Friendly3020 June 2012North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand1–0 align="center" Friendly3117 July 2012St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland1–0 align="center" 2012 Matchworld Women's Cup3211 March 2013GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus1–0 align="center" 2013 Cyprus Cup3322 September 2013Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland1–0 align="center" 2013 Valais Women's Cup3425 September 2013St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2013 Valais Women's Cup354–03615 February 2014Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China1−0 align="center" 2014 Four Nations Tournament3725 October 2014Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea14–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup3816–03927 October 2014Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea2–0 align="center" 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup4029 October 2014Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea3–0 rowspan="4" align="center" 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup417–0429–04311–04425 November 2014Randaberg Stadion, Randaberg, Norway1–0 align="center" Friendly453 March 2015Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara, Spain2–2 align="center" Friendly4628 November 2015Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil1−0 align="center" Friendly4723 January 2016PNGFA Academy, Lae, Papua New Guinea1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2016 OFC Women's Olympic qualification487–0497 March 2016, Albufeira, Portugal1–0 align="center" 2016 Algarve Cup509 March 2016VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal1–1 align="center" 2016 Algarve Cup5128 July 2016Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2–0 align="center" Friendly526 August 2016Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil1–0 align="center" 2016 Summer Olympics531 March 2017Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus2–3 align="center" 2017 Cyprus Cup5428 November 2017PAT Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand1–0 align="center" Friendly
Hat-tricks +OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate15 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 5–0', 14–0')14–0North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand2010 OFC Women's Championship29 September 201023 – (1–0', 5–0', 9–0')10–0North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand2010 OFC Women's Championship1 October 201034 – (3–0', 7–0', 9–0', 11–0')11–0Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup29 October 2014
Statistics
+Caps and goals by yearYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotalCapsGoalsCapsGoalsCapsGoals2004—50502005—10102006—0000200700000020083161922009—838320105128413162011311011322012521161682013—114114201437122159201530102132201643831262017—62622018003030Total2626992812554 +Caps and goals by competitionCompetitionCapsGoalsFIFA Women's World Cup61Summer Olympics102OFC Women's Nations Cup819OFC Women's Olympic qualification24Friendlies9928Total12554
+Goals by opponentOpponentGoals76543322222211111111111111Total54
See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of top international women's football goal scorers by country Lists of hat-tricks
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