_(cropped).jpg) Moore in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (age 29)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Calgary Wild | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burwood AFC | |||
| Avon United | |||
| Coastal Spirit | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Köln | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Duisburg | 31 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Liverpool | 24 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Glasgow City | 38 | (4) |
| 2025– | Calgary Wild | 21 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | New Zealand U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | New Zealand U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013– | New Zealand | 71 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2025 | |||
Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore (born 4 June 1996) is a New Zealand professionalfootballer who plays as adefender for Canadian clubCalgary Wild and theNew Zealand national team.[3]
After playing for various clubs in New Zealand, Moore was signed byBundesliga newcomers1. FC Köln in 2018, for whom she played eight league games in the second half of the season. After the club was relegated as second-to-last at the end of the season, she moved to league rivalsMSV Duisburg. In Duisburg, she made 20 league appearances.[citation needed]
On 4 November 2018, she scored her first Bundesliga goal in a 2–1 defeat to championsVfL Wolfsburg. Duisburg finished the season in ninth place. Due to injury, she was unable to play in the first half of the 2019/20 season. She only got fit again at the start of the second half of the season.[4] At the end of August 2020, she moved to Englishsecond division clubLiverpool.[5][6] After two seasons, she moved north toGlasgow City.[7]
On 6 November 2024, Moore signed with Canadian clubCalgary Wild FC for the inauguralNorthern Super League season.[8] On April 26, 2025, she scored the first goal in franchise history, in a 4-1 victory over theHalifax Tides.[9] On January 28, 2026, it was announced that she had signed a contract extension to keep her with the Wild through 2027.[10]
Moore was a member of theNew Zealand U-17 side at the2012 U-17 World Cup, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games.[11]
In February 2014, she took part in theU-20 Oceania Championship in her home country. Moore played in two games and wore the captain's armband. With three victories, New Zealand won this championship. This qualified them for the2014 U-20 World Cup in Canada, where Moore played in all of her team's matches. New Zealand finished second in the group stage behind European championsFrance, making it to the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the first time. However, they were eliminated by eventual runners-upNigeria.[citation needed]
Moore made her senior debut for theFootball Ferns as a substitute in the 4–0 win overChina on 26 September 2013 in theValais Cup final.[12]
In March 2014, she then took part in the2014 Cyprus Cup, where New Zealand won the match for 11th place againstFinland. Two months later, she took part in the2014 Oceania Championship, where Moore played in three matches. On 14 May 2015, she was called up to New Zealand's squad at the2015 FIFA World Cup in Canada.[1] She was also nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games.[13] She was substituted on in the 90th minute in the 1–0 win againstColombia.[14]
She became a regular player from the2017 Cyprus Cup onwards. On 10 June 2018, she scored her first goal for the senior national team in a 3–1 defeat against Asian championsJapan.[15]
At the 2018 Oceania Championship, she played in four of the five games and scored two goals. As tournament winners, New Zealand qualified for the 2019 World Cup and the2020 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
In April 2019, Moore was named to the final 23-player squad for the2019 FIFA World Cup,[16] however while in France training before the tournament started, Moore snapped her Achilles.[5] At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she played in two of the three games.[citation needed]
On 20 February 2022, Moore scored ahat-trick ofown goals in a match against theUnited States at theSheBelieves Cup.[17] Moore is believed to be the second player afterStan Van den Buys to score three own goals (although, as some sources mention, the third of Van den Buys's own goals was technically scored byJohan Walem, who touched the ball prior to it crossing the goal line after the ball was directed into goal by Van den Buys).[18]ESPN reported that only the third goal was due to an obvious error, an ill-timed clearance kicking it into the goal. For the first, her block of a shot from wide bounced back into the net, and for the second, the ball hit her face to deflect into the net. United States coach,Vlatko Andonovski, said it was unfortunate that Moore was so unlucky, adding that "she's incredible and ... her positioning was very [good]".[19]
In June 2023, Moore,Ava Collins, andKate Taylor were named as reserve players for the2023 FIFA World Cup.[20] However, Moore declined to join the squad as a reserve player andGrace Wisnewski was called up as a reserve player instead.[21]
On 4 July 2024, Moore was called up to the New Zealand squad for the2024 Summer Olympics.[22]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 June 2018 | Westpac Stadium,Wellington,New Zealand |  Japan | 1–1 | 1–3 | International Friendly |
| 2. | 25 November 2018 | Stade Numa-Daly Magenta,Nouméa,New Caledonia |  Fiji | 5–0 | 10–0 | 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup |
| 3. | 1 December 2018 | Fiji | 4–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 4. | 6 September 2022 | Titan Stadium,Fullerton,United States |  Philippines | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Team
New Zealand squads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
