Rumona Morris
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 June 1993[1] | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Madang Fox | |||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Papua New Guinea | 2[a] | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2014 | |||
Rumona Morris (born 5 June 1993) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Papua New Guinea women's national football team.
Football career
[edit]Morris is from Madang. Morris first represented Papua New Guinea in the women's under-15 football team in 2010, and at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.[5] She has captained the Papua New Guinea women's national under-20 football team.[5] As of 2021, she had played for the senior team on 14 occasions. She missed the 2015 Pacific Games due to study commitments.[5]
In 2021 she was awarded the Southern Conference Most Valuable Player award.[6] That year, she returned to the Papua New Guinea squad for their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches.[5]
Rugby career
[edit]In March 2014, Morris was named to the training squad for the Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team to contest the Hong Kong Sevens event.[7] She later switched to rugby union.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Her father Bob Morris is manager of the Papua New Guinea men's team.[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Official report_2806_2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea 0-3 New Zealand". Oceania Football Federation. 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Tonga 0-3 Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Federation. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e PATRICIA KEAMO (24 March 2021). "Morris eyeing return". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Morris dedicates award to team". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ WENDY KATUSELE (6 March 2014). "Soccer's Morris in Palais squad". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Rumona into union". EMTV. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Rumona Morris at Soccerway
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