Katie Bowen
Bowen playing for New Zealand in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kate Elizabeth Bowen[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 14
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 0 (0)
International career‡
2008–2010 New Zealand U17
2012–2014 New Zealand U20
2011– New Zealand 92[3] (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Kate Elizabeth Bowen (born 15 April 1994) is a professional footballer from New Zealand who plays as a defensive midfielder for Inter Milan of the Italian Serie A. She is a member of the New Zealand national team.[4]

Early life

University of North Carolina

Bowen attended the University of North Carolina from 2012 to 2015, she was a part of the National Championship winning team in 2012.[5]

Club career

FC Kansas City, 2016–2017

Bowen was selected by FC 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]

Utah Royals FC, 2018–2020

After FC Kansas City ceased operations after the 2017 season, Bowen was officially added to the roster of the Utah 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.

Bowen returned to Utah for the 2019 NWSL season. She would miss several matches due to her participation in the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Kansas City, 2021

Kansas City waived Bowen in December 2021.[9]

North Carolina Courage, 2022

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 the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup and making two appearances in the National Women's Soccer League, she was granted an early release to join an Australian club before the beginning of the 2022–23 A-League Women season.[11]

Melbourne City, 2022

In November 2022, Bowen signed with Australian club Melbourne City.[12]

Inter, 2023

Italian club Inter signed Bowen on September 8, 2023, for the 2023 season with a one year extension option. [13]

International career

Born in Auckland, Bowen became the youngest player to represent New Zealand at recognised international level when she played in a New Zealand U-17 match against Australia U-17 on her 14th birthday in 2008.[14] Later that year she travelled to the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup where she made a solitary appearance as a late substitute in a 3–1 win over Colombia.[15] She again represented New Zealand in 2010, this time as captain at the 2008 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 to Australia on 12 May 2011.[17]

She featured in two of New Zealand's three matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and in all three of her country's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[18] After being an alternate at the 2012 Olympics, Bowen was named to the 18-player roster for the 2016 Olympics in Rio where she appeared in all 3 matches for New Zealand.[19]

In 2019, 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]

International goals

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 November 2018 Stade de Hnassé, Lifou, New Caledonia  New Caledonia 4–0 8–0 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

Honours

College

University of North Carolina

International

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ Profile Archived 21 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NZF
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Q&A with former UNC women's soccer player Katie Bowen". 6 October 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ^ "2016 NWSL Draft: Results, Reaction And More". 16 January 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Katie Bowen Player Stats". 30 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Utah Royals FC welcome New Zealand International Katie Bowen, GK Nicole Barnhart & NWSL standouts Rebecca Moros and Alex Arlitt". 12 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Kansas City Current Announces Roster Changes - Kansas City Current". www.kansascitycurrent.com. 21 December 2021.
  10. ^ Communications, North Carolina Courage (21 January 2022). "North Carolina Courage Sign New Zealand International Katie Bowen". North Carolina Courage. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Katie Bowen Granted Early Release, Signs with Melbourne City FC". Our Sports Central. 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ "BOW-IN: New Zealand international signs with City". Melbourne City. 4 November 2022.
  13. ^ "BOW-IN: New Zealand international signs with City". Inter. 8 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Katie Proud To Be The Youngest Young Fern of All". Sporting Pulse. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  15. ^ "FIFA.com". 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  16. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: New Zealand - Squad List - FIFA.com". 2 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
  17. ^ "Football Ferns drop first Aussie test". NZ Football. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
  18. ^ "FIFA player's stats". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  19. ^ "UNC Grad Katie Bowen Representing New Zealand at Rio Olympics". 17 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Katie Bowen Returns From World Cup". 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

External links

Inter Milan (women) โ€“ current squad
New Zealand squads
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