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{{Short description|New Zealand footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Amber Hearn
| image = 2014-10-11 - Fußball 1. Bundesliga - FF USV Jena vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim IMG 4442 LR7,5.jpg
| caption = Amber Hearn in 2014
| fullname = Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn<ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players |work= |publisher=FIFA |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122041659/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|28|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA Profile">{{cite web |title=Amber Hearn Profile |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=298793/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701135407/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=298793/index.html |archive-date=1 July 2011 |access-date=20 June 2015 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Henderson, New Zealand|Henderson]], New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amber Hearn |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/amber-hearn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517214349/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/amber-hearn/ |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2023 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}</ref>
| height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}<ref name="FIFA Profile"/>
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 2004–2005
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| clubs1 = [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal]]
| years2 = 2005–2006
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| clubs2 = [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]]
| years3 = 2009–2010
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 6
| clubs3 = [[Ottawa Fury Women|Ottawa Fury]]
| years4 = 2011
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| clubs4 = [[Lynn-Avon United]]
| years5 = 2011–2017
| caps5 = 109
| goals5 = 36
| clubs5 = [[FF USV Jena]]
| years6 = 2017–2018
| caps6 = 22
| goals6 = 4
| clubs6 = [[1. FC Köln (women)|1. FC Köln]]
| years7 = 2018–2019
| caps7 =
| goals7 =
| clubs7 = [[Dux Logroño]]
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2018
| nationalcaps1 = 125
| nationalgoals1 = [[List of international goals scored by Amber Hearn|54]]
| nationalteam1 = [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]]
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Amber Liarnie Rose Hearn''' (born 28 November 1984) is a New Zealand former professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who represented [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] between 2004 and 2018.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=26 February 2020 |title=Football Ferns great Amber Hearn announces retirement |work=New Zealand Herald |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football-ferns-great-amber-hearn-announces-retirement/FOHJFORDXUTYVZLQ54ZY3OTUQ4/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028144954/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football-ferns-great-amber-hearn-announces-retirement/FOHJFORDXUTYVZLQ54ZY3OTUQ4/ |archive-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> A prolific scorer, she is the country's all-time top scorer and the highest scoring international for the [[Oceania Football Confederation]].

== Personal life ==
Hearn is of [[Māori people|Māori]] descent, and affiliates to the [[Ngāpuhi]] [[iwi]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/43-m-ori-athletes-head-rio-olympics-6485449 | title=43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics | date=5 August 2016 | work=Te Karere | access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref>

==Club career==
At club level she has played in England for [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE&subcat=adhoc&action=full&id=16 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831014049/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE |archive-date=31 August 2009 }}</ref> The 2009/10 season she played for the [[Ottawa Fury Women]] of the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|USL W-League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Ottawa Fury Stats|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/2466030.html#STATS|publisher=uslsoccer.com|access-date=7 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628162057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/2466030.html#STATS|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then returned one year to New Zealand where she played for Lynn-Avon United. After that year she announced her transfer to German [[Fußball-Bundesliga (women)|Bundesliga]] side [[FF USV Jena]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jena signs Amber Hearn|url=http://www.womensoccer.de/2011/07/06/jena-verpflichtet-amber-hearn/|publisher=womensoccer.de|access-date=7 July 2011|language=de|date=6 July 2011|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715140919/http://www.womensoccer.de/2011/07/06/jena-verpflichtet-amber-hearn/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003, she was named New Zealand's football player of the year. At the [[2010 OFC Women's Championship]] she won the golden boot with 12 goals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jena signs Amber Hearn|url=http://www.jenapolis.de/132148/neuseelaendische-nationalstuermerin-amber-hearn-spielt-beim-ff-usv-jena/ |publisher=jenapolis.de|access-date=7 July 2011|language=de|date=6 July 2011}}</ref>

==International career==
Hearn was included in the New Zealand squad for the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic Football Squads Named |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |date=4 July 2008 |access-date=4 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171737/http://www.olympic.org.nz/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=6019 |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> starting in each of New Zealand's group games, scoring a penalty as one of New Zealand's goals in the 2–2 draw with [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Match Report - Japan vs New Zealand|url= https://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051833/report.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080827205712/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/matches/round=250027/match=300051833/report.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 27 August 2008|publisher = FIFA|date = 6 August 2008}}</ref>
Selected for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team=1883725/squadlist.html |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Team New Zealand |publisher=FIFA |access-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712210106/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team%3D1883725/squadlist.html |archive-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hearn again scored against Japan, although they ultimately lost the match 2–1.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701174857/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255997/match=300144442/report.html Match Report, Japan - New Zealand]</ref> She played the full 90 minutes in each of New Zealand's games, helping secure their first ever point at a Women's world cup in a 2–2 draw with [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]].

Hearn holds the record for goals scored for the New Zealand women's team in internationals, scoring her 30th international goal against China in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id37.htm |title=New Zealand Women's Goalscorers |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=298793/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025201432/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=298793/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |title=FIFA player's stats |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

In February 2020, Hearn retired officially from international football, after playing her last match for the national team in June 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/119816106/football-ferns-leading-goalscorer-amber-hearn-slips-quietly-into-retirement|title=Football Ferns' leading goalscorer Amber Hearn slips quietly into retirement|first=Andrew|last=Voerman|newspaper=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|date=26 February 2020|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===
{{See also|List of international goals scored by Amber Hearn}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+'''Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition'''
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year
! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Competitive
! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Friendly
! colspan="2" scope="colgroup" |Total
|-
! scope="col" |Caps
! scope="col" |Goals
! scope="col" |Caps
! scope="col" |Goals
! scope="col" |Caps
! scope="col" |Goals
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]]
|2004
| colspan="2" |—
|5
|0
|5
|0
|-
|2005
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
|1
|0
|-
|2006
| colspan="2" |—
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|2007
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|2008
|3{{Efn|Appearances in [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]|name=OLY}}
|1
|6
|1
|9
|2
|-
|2009
| colspan="2" |—
|8
|3
|8
|3
|-
|2010
|5{{Efn|Appearances in [[OFC Women's Nations Cup|OFC Women's Championship/OFC Women's Nations Cup]]|name=OFC}}
|12
|8
|4
|13
|16
|-
|2011
|3{{Efn|Appearances in [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]|name=WC}}
|1
|10
|1
|13
|2
|-
|2012
|5{{Efn|One appearance and two goals in [[OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament|OFC Women's Olympic qualification]], four appearances in Summer Olympics}}
|2
|11
|6
|16
|8
|-
|2013
| colspan="2" |—
|11
|4
|11
|4
|-
|2014
|3{{Efn||name=OFC}}
|7
|12
|2
|15
|9
|-
|2015
|3{{Efn||name=WC}}
|0
|10
|2
|13
|2
|-
|2016
|4{{Efn|One appearance and two goals in OFC Women's Olympic qualification, three appearances and one goal in Summer Olympics}}
|3
|8
|3
|12
|6
|-
|2017
| colspan="2" |—
|6
|2
|6
|2
|-
|2018
|0
|0
|3
|0
|3
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!26
!26
!99
!28
!125
!54
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
;Individual
* [[IFFHS World Team|IFFHS All-time Women's Dream Team]]: Oceania<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2021 |title=IFFHS All Time Oceania Women's Dream Team |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108203638/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |access-date=9 September 2021 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}</ref>
* IFFHS OFC Woman Team of the Decade: 2011–2020<ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2021 |title=IFFHS Woman Team - OFC - of the Decade 2011–2020 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106165717/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/933 |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=9 September 2023 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{FIFA player|298793|Amber Hearn}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150621071324/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/people/amber-hearn/ Profile] at [[New Zealand Football|NZF]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150630100823/http://www.ffusvjena.de/teams/allianz-frauen-bundesliga/mannschaftskader-allianz-frauen-bundesliga.html Team] {{in lang|de}} at [[FF USV Jena]]
* {{Soccerway|amber-hearn/55779}}

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