Amber Hearn is a New Zealand former professional footballer who represented the New Zealand women's national football team as a forward between 2004 and 2018. She scored 54 international goals in 125 caps for the "Football Ferns", making her the country's all-time top scorer. On 18 February 2004, Hearn made her debut for the senior New Zealand team aged 19 against Australia in the 2004 Australia Cup, and scored her first international goal on 16 June 2008 against Argentina in Suwon, South Korea.
Hearn scored three international hat-tricks, two against the Cook Islands and one against Vanuatu in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also netted twice on eight separate occasions. Out of all her opponents, she scored the most against the Cook Islands, netting seven goals against the Polynesian side. Hearn scored two goals at the Olympics, 19 at the OFC Women's Nations Cup, one in the FIFA Women's World Cup and four in OFC Olympic qualification. The remainder of her goals, 28, have come in friendlies. Hearn's most productive year in terms of international goals was 2010, when she scored 16 goals in 13 games for the "Football Ferns". Over a 15-year career with New Zealand, she won the 2010 and 2014 OFC Nations Cup, scoring in the 2010 final against Papua New Guinea.
She played her final match for New Zealand against Japan on 10 June 2018 in a friendly. Hearn announced her international retirement in February 2020, citing her desire to move into coaching. "My goal was always for us to be successful on the world stage," she explained in 2020 following her announcement. Hearn often insisted that she never took notice of her record-breaking exploits in front of goal and was more concerned with helping the "Football Ferns" compete on the world stage.
Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hearn goal.[1]
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| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||
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| 1 | 16 June 2008 | Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea | 1–0 | 2008 Peace Queen Cup | [2] | ||
| 2 | 6 August 2008 | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China | 2–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics | [3] | ||
| 3 | 12 January 2009 | Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China | 1–4 | 2009 Four Nations Tournament | [4] [5] | ||
| 4 | 7 March 2009 | GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus | 2–3 | 2009 Cyprus Cup | [6] | ||
| 5 | 10 March 2009 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2009 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 6 | 24 February 2010 | GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2010 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 7 | 26 February 2010 | GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2010 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 8 | 1 March 2010 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2010 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 9 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 10 | 29 September 2010 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 1–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | [7] | ||
| 11 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 12 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 13 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 14 | 14–0 | ||||||
| 15 | 1 October 2010 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 1–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | [8] | ||
| 16 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 17 | 9–0 | ||||||
| 18 | 3 October 2010 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 2–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | [9] | ||
| 19 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 20 | 6 October 2010 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 4–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | [10] | ||
| 21 | 8 October 2010 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 10–0 | 2010 OFC Women's Championship final | [11] | ||
| 22 | 15 June 2011 | St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland | 1–0 | 2011 Matchworld Women's Cup | [12] | ||
| 23 | 27 June 2011 | Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany | 1–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup | [13] | ||
| 24 | 28 February 2012 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2012 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 25 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 26 | 6 March 2012 | Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus | 1–1 | 2012 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 27 | 31 March 2012 | Okara Park, Whangārei, New Zealand | 4–0 | 2012 OFC Women's Olympic qualification | [14] | ||
| 28 | 8–0 | ||||||
| 29 | 17 June 2012 | Centre Park, Māngere, New Zealand | 3–1 | Friendly | [15] | ||
| 30 | 20 June 2012 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 1–0 | Friendly | [16] | ||
| 31 | 17 July 2012 | St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland | 1–0 | 2012 Matchworld Women's Cup | [17] | ||
| 32 | 11 March 2013 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2013 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 33 | 22 September 2013 | Stade du Lussy, Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland | 1–0 | 2013 Valais Women's Cup | [18] | ||
| 34 | 25 September 2013 | St-Germain Stadium, Savièse, Switzerland | 2–0 | 2013 Valais Women's Cup | [19] | ||
| 35 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 36 | 15 February 2014 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China | 1−0 | 2014 Four Nations Tournament | [20] | ||
| 37 | 25 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 14–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup | [21] | ||
| 38 | 16–0 | ||||||
| 39 | 27 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 2–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup | [22] | ||
| 40 | 29 October 2014 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 3–0 | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup | [23] | ||
| 41 | 7–0 | ||||||
| 42 | 9–0 | ||||||
| 43 | 11–0 | ||||||
| 44 | 25 November 2014 | Randaberg Stadion, Randaberg, Norway | 1–0 | Friendly | [24] | ||
| 45 | 3 March 2015 | Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara, Spain | 2–2 | Friendly | [25] | ||
| 46 | 28 November 2015 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil | 1−0 | Friendly | [26] | ||
| 47 | 23 January 2016 | PNGFA Academy, Lae, Papua New Guinea | 1–0 | 2016 OFC Women's Olympic qualification | [27] | ||
| 48 | 7–0 | ||||||
| 49 | 7 March 2016 | , Albufeira, Portugal | 1–0 | 2016 Algarve Cup | [28] | ||
| 50 | 9 March 2016 | VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | 1–1 | 2016 Algarve Cup | [29] | ||
| 51 | 28 July 2016 | Estádio Luso Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2–0 | Friendly | [30] | ||
| 52 | 6 August 2016 | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1–0 | 2016 Summer Olympics | [31] | ||
| 53 | 1 March 2017 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | 2–3 | 2017 Cyprus Cup | |||
| 54 | 28 November 2017 | PAT Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | 1–0 | Friendly | [32] |
| Opponent | Goals | Score | Venue | Competition | Date | ||||||
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| 1 | data-sort-value="Switzerland" | data-sort-value="15" | 5 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 5–0', 14–0') | data-sort-value="2" style="text-align: center" | 14–0 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | 29 September 2010 | |||
| 2 | data-sort-value="Brazil" | data-sort-value="29" | 3 – (1–0', 5–0', 9–0') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 10–0 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | 2010 OFC Women's Championship | 1 October 2010 | |||
| 3 | data-sort-value="Guatemala" | data-sort-value="29" | 4 – (3–0', 7–0', 9–0', 11–0') | data-sort-value="1" style="text-align: center" | 11–0 | Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup | 29 October 2014 |
| Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||||
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| Caps | Goals | Caps | Goals | Caps | Goals | ||
| 2004 | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2014 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 26 | 99 | 28 | 125 | 54 | |
| Caps | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA Women's World Cup | 6 | 1 | |
| Summer Olympics | 10 | 2 | |
| OFC Women's Nations Cup | 8 | 19 | |
| OFC Women's Olympic qualification | 2 | 4 | |
| Friendlies | 99 | 28 | |
| Total | 125 | 54 |
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| Total | 54 |
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