_(cropped).jpg) Bowen playing forNew Zealand in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Elizabeth Bowen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (age 31)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Glenfield Rovers | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 66 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Kansas City | 34 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Utah Royals | 42 | (0) |
| 2021 | Kansas City Current | 17 | (0) |
| 2022 | North Carolina Courage | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Melbourne City | 19 | (0) |
| 2023– | Inter Milan | 43 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | New Zealand U17 | ||
| 2012–2014 | New Zealand U20 | ||
| 2011– | New Zealand | 109[3] | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 September 2024 | |||
Kate Elizabeth Bowen (born 15 April 1994) is a New Zealand professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forInter Milan of the ItalianSerie A and theNew Zealand national team.[4]
Bowen attended theUniversity of North Carolina from 2012 to 2015, she was a part of the National Championship winning team in 2012.[5]
Bowen was selected byFC Kansas City with the 16th pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.[6] Bowen appeared in 13 games in 2016. In 2017 she appeared in 22 games for FCKC and scored two goals.[7]
AfterFC Kansas City ceased operations after the 2017 season, Bowen was officially added to the roster of theUtah Royals FC on 8 February 2018.[8] She appeared in 19 matches for Utah in 2018, the Royals finished in 5th place and did not qualify for the playoffs.[citation needed]
Bowen returned to Utah for the2019 NWSL season. She would miss several matches due to her participation in the2019 Women's World Cup.[citation needed]
Kansas City waived Bowen in December 2021.[9]
North Carolina Courage signed Bowen on 21 January 2022, to a one-year contract with an option to renew for the 2023 season.[10] After playing in the2022 NWSL Challenge Cup and making two appearances in theNational Women's Soccer League, she was granted an early release to join an Australian club before the beginning of the2022–23 A-League Women season.[11]
In November 2022, Bowen signed with Australian clubMelbourne City.[12]
Italian clubInter signed Bowen on 8 September 2023, for the 2023 season with a one-year extension option.[13]
Born inAuckland, Bowen became the youngest player to represent New Zealand at recognised international level when she played in aNew Zealand U-17 match against Australia U-17 on her 14th birthday in 2008.[14] Later that year she travelled to the2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup where she made a solitary appearance as a late substitute in a 3–1 win overColombia.[15] She again represented New Zealand in 2010, this time as captain at the2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[16]
Bowen made her senior international début as a substitute in a 0–3 loss toAustralia on 12 May 2011.[17]
She featured in two of New Zealand's three matches at the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and in all three of her country's matches at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[18] After being an alternate at the2012 Olympics, Bowen was named to the 18-player roster for the2016 Olympics in Rio where she appeared in all 3 matches for New Zealand.[19]
In2019, Bowen participated in her third World Cup. She played every minute of New Zealand's three group stage matches at the World Cup in France, they lost all three matches and did not advance to the knockout round.[20]
On 25 June 2021, Bowen was called up to the New Zealand squad for the delayed2020 Summer Olympics.[21]
Bowen was called up to the New Zealand squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[22]
On 4 July 2024, Bowen was called up to the New Zealand squad for the2024 Summer Olympics.[23]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 November 2017 | PAT Stadium,Bangkok,Thailand |  Thailand | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 28 November 2018 | Stade de Hnassé,Lifou,New Caledonia |  New Caledonia | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 4. | 19 February 2024 | FFS Football Stadium,Apia,Samoa |  Solomon Islands | 3–0 | 11–1 | 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
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