Indiah-Paige Riley
Personal information
Full name Indiah-Paige Janita Riley[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
PSV
Number 13
Youth career
2013–2014 The Lakes Football Club
2015–2016 Moreton Bay United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Brisbane Roar 20 (3)
2020–2023 Fortuna Hjørring 52 (7)
2023 Brisbane Roar 11 (1)
2023– PSV 5 (2)
International career‡
2017 Australia U17 1 (0)
2019 Australia U20 5 (1)
2021 Australia 1 (0)
2022– New Zealand 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2023

Indiah-Paige Janita Riley (born 20 December 2001) is a New Zealand professional women's footballer who plays as a striker for PSV Vrouwen in the Eredivisie Vrouwen. She has previously played for Fortuna Hjorring in the Elitedivisionen and Brisbane Roar.[3] A former one-time international for the Australia women's national soccer team, Riley plays for the New Zealand women's national football team.

Club career

Brisbane Roar

Indiah-Paige Riley made her professional debut on 4 November 2018 for Brisbane Roar against the Western Sydney Wanderers coming on as a substitute for Allira Toby in a 1–0 win.[4]

She was nominated for the W-League's Young Player of the Year award in the 2019–20 W-League season.[5]

Fortuna Hjorring

Riley signed for Danish champions Fortuna Hjorring on 3 August 2020.[6]

Return to Brisbane Roar

In January 2023, Riley returned to Australia, signing with former club Brisbane Roar until the end of the 2022–23 A-League Women season.[7]

PSV

In August 2023, PSV announced the signing of Riley on a two-year contract.[8] Riley made her debut for the club on the 9th September 2023 and marked it with a goal.

International career

Born in New Zealand, Riley moved to Australia at the age of 7 and is a dual-citizen.[9] After previously representing Australia, Riley decided to commit her international career and switch for New Zealand.[10] She received her first call-up with New Zealand for two friendly games vs Mexico and Philippines on 2 and 6 September 2022 and started in her debut with New Zealand and played a full game in first game aforementioned.[11]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

In June 2023, Riley was selected as part of the Football Ferns squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which was to be co-hosted in Australia and New Zealand.[12] She featured in all three group stage matches, before New Zealand's exit from the competition.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of April 22, 2021[14]
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brisbane Roar 2018–19 W-League 101——101
2019–20 102——102
Total 203——203
Fortuna Hjørring 2020–21 Elitedivisionen 1930040233
2021–22 20451—255
2022–23 1300020150
Total 5275160638
Career total 721051608311

1Danish Women's Cup.

2UEFA Women's Champions League

References

  1. ↑ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 (Friendlies) – Squad list: New Zealand (NZL)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Profile of Indiah-Paige Riley". brisbaneroar.com.au. Brisbane Roar. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Young Matildas striker Riley signs for Danish champions Fortuna Hjorring". SBS The World Game. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Unwin, Dominic (4 November 2018). "Steadfast Roar hold off Wanderers". W-League.
  5. ↑ "Indiah-Paige Riley named December Nominee for the Young Footballer of the Year". W-League. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Young Matildas striker Riley signs for Danish champions Fortuna Hjorring". The World Game. SBS. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Indiah-Paige Riley returns to Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 10 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Transfer | PSV Women welcome new striker Indiah-Paige Riley". www.psv.nl. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Rollo, Phillip (8 July 2022). "Matildas rising star Indiah-Paige Riley switches nationality to New Zealand". Stuff.
  10. ↑ "Matildas rising star Indiah-Paige Riley switches nationality to New Zealand". Stuff NZ. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Former Matildas youngster earns NZ call-up". Keep Up. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Football Ferns unveil World Cup squad". RNZ. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "New Zealand Scoring Stats". ESPN. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Indiah-Paige Riley". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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