.jpg) Nayler playing for New Zealand in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erin Nicole Nayler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| 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 | Olympique Lyonnais Féminin | 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– | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | New Zealand U-20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2013– | New Zealand | 84[3] | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:45, 9 July 2023 | |||
Erin Nicole Nayler (born 17 April 1992) is a New Zealand professional association football goalkeeper, playing for Bayern Munich of the German Frauen-Bundesliga.[4] She has represented New Zealand at international level.[5]
Nayler started playing as a goalkeeper at the age of 10.[6] Playing for Westlake Girls High School with her father Mark as coach, Nayler won many Secondary School tournaments before graduating in 2009.[7] Afterwards she went to Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2010,[8] spending one year playing for the IPFW Mastodons and studying biology.[9] She is currently studying Molecular Biology at Massey University.[6]
Nayler was a member of the New Zealand U-20 side at the 2010 and 2012 Women's World Championships, playing in all three of New Zealand's group games at both events.[10][11] The performances earned her a spot at the senior New Zealand team, the "Football Ferns", for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12] Nayler was the only uncapped member of New Zealand's squad and did not feature in the tournament.[13] She was also a standby player for the 2012 Olympics.[14]
Nayler's eventual senior début happened at the 2013 Cyprus Cup, in a 2–0 win over Italy.[15]
She played all three matches of New Zealand at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[16] Nayler was chosen as Player of the Match during her second game, as she kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 tie with the hosts in Edmonton.[17]
In 2015, Nayler was captain of Northern Football as they won the National Women's League, the top-flight women's football tournament of New Zealand.[18] She also played for Norwest United of the Northern League.[13] In 2016, Northern Football manager Paul Greig had become assistant coach of Sky Blue FC, in the United States' National Women's Soccer League, and led his new team to sign Nayler.[19] However, she was released by Sky Blue after 26 days and no games played, and Sky Blue signed another outfielder instead.[20][21]
Nayler then hoped to use the 2016 Olympics, where she was again the Ferns' starting goalie, to see if she attracted the attention of any foreign clubs.[22] In the Olympics, Nayler had a clean sheet in New Zealand's second game, a defeat of Colombia by 1–0, but the Ferns fell in the group stage following defeats to the United States and France.[23]
Shortly after the Games, Nayler signed a two-year contract with Olympique Lyonnais of France.[24] In 2017 she was loaned to women's team of Grenoble Foot 38, who played the Division 2, after seeing no playing time as the third goalkeeper.[25][26] For the 2017–18 season, Nayler signed with the female squad of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who played in the Division 1.[27] At the end of her first season, where Bordeaux finished seventh, Nayler renewed her contract for an additional two years.[28]
In April 2019, Nayler was named to the final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[29]
In August 2020, Nayler announced she had signed for FA Women's Super League club Reading. Unable to dislodge the incumbent goalkeeper Grace Moloney and unhappy at a lack of playing opportunities, Nayler left after one season.[30]
On 27 October 2021, Damallsvenskan club Umeå IK announced the signing of Nayler ahead of their 2022 season, where she played during 2022.[31]
On 1 December 2022, Damallsvenskan club IFK Norrköping announced the signing of Nayler ahead of their 2023 season.[32]
Bayern Munich announced in August 2023 that Nayler had signed a one-year contract with the club.[4]
