Olivia Juliet Bridget Chance (born 5 October 1993) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a left winger for Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic and has represented New Zealand at international level. She formerly played for Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild, Everton and Bristol City of the English FA WSL, Sheffield United of the English FA Women's Championship, and Brisbane Roar of the Australian W-League.

College career

Chance joined the South Florida Bulls in 2012. In her freshman year she was named to the All-Big East Rookie Team. She played four seasons for the Bulls leading the team in goals during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 season. Chance finished her college career with 31 goals from 79 appearances.

Olivia Chance

Club career

Chance played club football with Claudelands Rovers, helping them to become the first non-Auckland side in 15 years to win the national women's cup.

Olivia Chance

Breiðablik

In July 2016, Chance signed with Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK of the Úrvalsdeild.

Olivia Chance

Everton

Chance moved to English club Everton in February 2017. She made nine appearances for the Blues during the 2017 Spring Series scoring twice.

Brisbane Roar

In November 2020, Chance left England and joined Australian club Brisbane Roar.

Celtic

In August 2021, following the 2020 Summer Olympics, Chance joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic.

International career

Chance was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing in all three games at the finals in Trinidad and Tobago.

Chance and Terri-Amber Carlson were the only two new caps included in the women's national team to contest the 2011 Cyprus Cup where she made her début in a 4–1 loss to the Netherlands in their opening game on 2 March 2011.

Chance was named to the national team's roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

International goals

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.

Honours

Celtic

SWPL League Cup: 2022

References

External links

NZ Football profile

1993 births

Living people

New Zealand women's international footballers

New Zealand women's association footballers

New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England

South Florida Bulls women's soccer players

Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States

Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland

Women's Super League players

Everton F.C. (women) players

Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players

Celtic F.C. Women players

Expatriate women's footballers in England

Sportspeople from Tauranga

Women's association football forwards

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Bristol City W.F.C. players

Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Olympic association footballers for New Zealand

University of South Florida olympians

Scottish Women's Premier League players

Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Scotland

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Iceland

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players