_(cropped).jpg) Annalie Longo in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Annalie Antonia Longo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (age 34)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[3] | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auckland United | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Three Kings United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2013 | Three Kings United | (31[4]) | |
| 2012 | Sydney FC | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Coastal Spirit FC | ||
| Canterbury United Pride | |||
| 2019–2021 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | (5) |
| 2023–2025 | Wellington Phoenix | 35 | (4) |
| 2024 | Cashmere Technical | 2 | (1) |
| 2025– | Auckland United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008- | New Zealand U-17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2006–2010 | New Zealand U-20 | 25 | (2) |
| 2006–2025 | New Zealand | 140 | (15) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2025 | |||
Annalie Antonia Longo (born 1 July 1991) is a New Zealand professionalfootballer who plays forAuckland United in theNew Zealand Women's National League and formely theNew Zealand national team.[5]
She has played forSydney FC,Melbourne Victory, andWellington Phoenix in the AustralianA-League Women.
Longo got into football when she used to go with her dad, Paul, to watch her brothers, Jason and Julian, play for Eden Football Club. She joined the club which merged with Mt Roskill to becomeThree Kings United.[6] She received additional coaching at theWynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence from 1999 to 2006.[7]
Longo attendedEpsom Girls' Grammar School and played for their first XI, winning the NZ Secondary Schoolgirls tournament in 2008 with future international teammatesAnna Green andHannah Wall. This was after the team won the Auckland provincial championships unbeaten.[8]
Longo played youth football forThree Kings United throughout her childhood.[9] She debuted for the senior women's team in theNorthern Premier Women's League in 2004.[9]
In 2014 and 2015, Longo played forCoastal Spirit FC in the Mainland Women's Premiership League.[10][11]
On 25 October 2019, Longo signed a one-year deal withMelbourne Victory to return to theAustralian W-League.[12] She made her first appearance for Victory in their 3–2 win over theBrisbane Roar, playing 74 minutes before getting subbed off in the second half.[13] In September 2021, it was announced that Longo wouldn't return to Melbourne Victory for the2021–22 W-League season.[14]
In September 2023, Longo returned to the game, signing with New ZealandA-League Women clubWellington Phoenix.[15]
In May 2024, Longo returned to New Zealand'sWomen's South Island League side Cashmere Technical to compete in the2024 season, where she is one of multiple A-League players who have joined clubs in regional competitions to stay active between A-League seasons.[16][17]
On 2 October 2025, Longo signed forAuckland United ahead of the2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup.[18]
She scoredNew Zealand's first goal at the 2008 inauguralFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup although they were effectively eliminated from contention in the 1–2 loss toDenmark, having previously lost 0–1 toCanada in the opening game.[19]
Longo also representedNew Zealand at the2006 Women's U-20 World Cup finals where she played in all three games.
Longo was again included in the U-20 squad for the2008 Women's U-20 World Cup finals to be played inChile, featuring in two of their three group games.[20] In 2010, she represented New Zealand at a thirdUnder-20 World Cup, this time in Germany, appearing in all three group games.[21]
Longo at age 15, made herFootball Ferns debut in a 0–3 loss toChina PR on 14 November 2006, becoming New Zealand's youngest senior football international.[22][23] She then went on to representNew Zealand at the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[24] where they lost toBrazil 0–5,Denmark (0–2) andChina PR (0–2). Longo is the second youngest player to represent any country at a senior FIFA World Cup.[23]
She played one of New Zealand's three matches in the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and all three matches of her country at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[25] She also competed for New Zealand at both the2012 and2016 Olympics.[26]
Longo made her 100th appearance forNew Zealand in a friendly against theUnited States in September 2017[27] and is the first player in the world tocompete at all U17, U20, Women's World Cup and Olympic Games tournaments.[22]
On 25 June 2021, Longo was called up to the New Zealand squad for the delayed2020 Summer Olympics.[28]
Longo was called up to the New Zealand squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[29]
On 4 July 2024, Longo was called up to the New Zealand squad for the2024 Summer Olympics.[30]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval,Kokopo,Papua New Guinea |  Tonga | 9–0 | 16–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 2. | 13–0 | |||||
| 3. | 27 October 2014 |  Papua New Guinea | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4. | 12 January 2015 | Kempinski Hotel Belek,Belek, Turkey |  Denmark | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 15 January 2015 | Denmark | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
| 6. | 23 January 2016 | PNGFA Academy,Lae, Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 3–0 | 7–1 | 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 7. | 5–0 | |||||
| 8. | 19 November 2018 | Stade Numa-Daly Magenta,Nouméa,New Caledonia | Tonga | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 9. | 3–0 | |||||
| 10. | 22 November 2018 |  Cook Islands | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 11. | 25 November 2018 |  Fiji | 1–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 12. | 4–0 |
She was a student at Auckland'sEpsom Girls' Grammar School.[22] In footballing circles, she is known by the nickname "flea".[6]
In an interview Longo gave in November 2014, she said she lives inKaiapoi but also spends half of her week inAuckland for national trainings.[31] While in Kaiapoi, she plays forCanterbury United Pride and then spends the rest of her time coaching at the Grasshopper Soccer programme – a non-competitive programme for kids aged 2–10 years, where the focus is on fun and skill development.[31] She said that sheenjoyed working with young children and enjoyed watching them develop.[31]
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