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Yallop playing for New Zealand in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kirsty Lee Yallop | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lynn-Avon United | |||
| 2009–2010 | Pali Blues | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Kristianstads DFF | 21 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Vittsjö GIK | 85 | (11) |
| 2015–2016 | Brisbane Roar | 8 | (2) |
| 2016 | Mallbackens | 17 | (0) |
| 2016– | Melbourne Victory | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | New Zealand U-20 | ||
| 2004– | New Zealand | 90 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015 |
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Kirsty Lee Yallop (born 4 November 1986), is an association football player who represented New Zealand at the international level and currently plays for Melbourne Victory in Australia's W-League.
Yallop made her senior international debut in a 0–6 loss to the United States on 10 October 2004.
Yallop captained the U-20 side at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship finals in Russia, where they lost to Australia (0–3) and Russia (2–3), before holding Brazil to a goalless draw,
Yallop was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympic games, playing the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with Japan.
Attending her first Women's World Cup at Germany 2011, Yallop earned her 50th cap in her only appearance at the finals in a 1–1 draw with Mexico as New Zealand won their first ever point at a Senior Women's World Cup.
She played in all of New Zealand's games at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She featured in one of New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
At club level she played for Lynn-Avon United before moving to Kristianstads DFF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan in 2010. For the 2011 season she moved to second tier side Vittsjö GIK. In her first year at Vittsjö the team attained promotion to Damallsvenskan.