.jpg) Nayler playing for New Zealand in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erin Nicole Nayler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (age 33)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | IPFW Mastodons | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Lynn-Avon United | |||
| Forrest Hill Milford | |||
| Eastern Suburbs AFC | |||
| 2015 | Norwest United AFC | ||
| 2016 | Sky Blue FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Lyon | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Bordeaux | 32 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Reading | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | Umeå IK | 22 | (0) |
| 2023 | Norrköping | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Bayern Munich | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | New Zealand U-20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2024 | New Zealand | 84[3] | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:45, 9 July 2023 | |||
Erin Nicole Nayler (born 17 April 1992) is a New Zealand former professionalassociation footballgoalkeeper, who last played forBayern Munich of the GermanFrauen-Bundesliga.[4] She has representedNew Zealand at international level.[5]
Nayler started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of 10.[6][7] Playing forWestlake Girls High School with her father Mark as coach, Nayler won manySecondary School tournaments before graduating in 2009.[8] Afterwards she went toIndiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2010,[9] spending one year playing for theIPFW Mastodons and studying biology.[10] She is got a degree in Molecular Biology atMassey University.[6][11][7] She is in a relationship with Mikaela Jacobson.[12]
Nayler was a member of theNew Zealand U-20 side at the2010 and2012 Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games at both events.[13][14] The performances earned her a spot at thesenior New Zealand team, the "Football Ferns", for the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15] Nayler was the only uncapped member of New Zealand's squad and did not feature in the tournament.[16] She was also a standby player for the2012 Olympics.[17]
Nayler's eventual senior début happened at the2013 Cyprus Cup, in a 2–0 win overItaly.[18]
She played all three matches of New Zealand at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[19] Nayler was chosen as Player of the Match during her second game, as she kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 tie withthe hosts in Edmonton.[20]
In 2015, Nayler was captain ofNorthern Football as they won theNational Women's League, the top-flight women's football tournament of New Zealand.[21] She also played forNorwest United of theNorthern League.[16] In 2016, Northern Football manager Paul Greig had become assistant coach ofSky Blue FC, in the United States'National Women's Soccer League, and led his new team to sign Nayler.[22] However, she was released by Sky Blue after 26 days and no games played, and Sky Blue signed another outfielder instead.[23][24]
Nayler then hoped to use the2016 Olympics, where she was again the Ferns' starting goalie, to see if she attracted the attention of any foreign clubs.[25] In the Olympics, Nayler had a clean sheet in New Zealand's second game, a defeat ofColombia by 1–0, but the Ferns fell in the group stage following defeats to the United States and France.[26]
Shortly after the Games, Nayler signed a two-year contract withOlympique Lyonnais of France.[27] In 2017 she was loaned to women's team ofGrenoble Foot 38, who played theDivision 2, after seeing no playing time as the third goalkeeper.[28][29] For the 2017–18 season, Nayler signed with the female squad ofFC Girondins de Bordeaux, who played in theDivision 1.[30] At the end of her first season, where Bordeaux finished seventh, Nayler renewed her contract for an additional two years.[31]
In April 2019, Nayler was named to the final 23-player squad for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[32]
In August 2020, Nayler announced she had signed forFA Women's Super League clubReading. Unable to dislodge the incumbent goalkeeperGrace Moloney and unhappy at a lack of playing opportunities, Nayler left after one season.[33]
On 27 October 2021,Damallsvenskan clubUmeå IK announced the signing of Nayler ahead of their2022 season, where she played during 2022.[34]
On 1 December 2022, Damallsvenskan clubIFK Norrköping announced the signing of Nayler ahead of their2023 season.[35]
Bayern Munich announced in August 2023 that Nayler had signed a one-year contract with the club.[4] Nayler played as a substitute in the last home match of2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga season against1. FC Nürnberg.[36]
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