Martine Puketapu | |
Fullname: | Martine Ella Jane Puketapu[1] |
Birth Date: | 16 September 1997 |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Height: | 1.69m (05.54feet) |
Position: | Striker |
Collegeyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Collegecaps1: | 40 |
Collegegoals1: | 11 |
Years1: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs1: | Three Kings United |
Caps1: | 18+ |
Goals1: | 27+ |
Nationalyears1: | 2012–2014 |
Nationalyears2: | 2014–2016 |
Nationalyears3: | 2017– |
Nationalteam3: | New Zealand |
Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 11:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC) |
Martine "Marty" Puketapu was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 16 September 1997 and has represented New Zealand in association football at international level.[2]
Puketapu played for Three Kings United from Auckland, helping to lead them to a championship in 2016, after scoring 27 goals in 18 games.
Puketapu played in college for Colorado Buffaloes of University of Colorado Boulder. She played 40 matches over 2 seasons and was selected for Pac-12 All-Freshman team in her first year.[3]
Puketapu was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan and again at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[4] Puketapu also went to two FIFA U-20 Women's World Cups with the New Zealand U-20 side, the 2014 tournament in Canada[5] and the 2016 tournament in Papua New Guinea.[6]
Puketapu made her senior début as a substitute in a 0–3 loss to Austria on 3 March 2017.[7]