20 Mar 2025

NZ Sporting History: Kim Nye

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 20 March 2025
Kim Nye in her White Ferns kit prior to the match against China at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup where she scored her famous goal.

Kim Nye in her White Ferns kit prior to the match against China at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup where she scored her famous goal. Photo: Kim Nye

This week Jesse is speaking to a trailblazer of women's football in New Zealand.

For 20 years, Kim Nye held the honour of being the only Football Fern to have scored a goal at a FIFA Women's World Cup - in what was the first women's World Cup tournament.

It was way back in 1991, against hosts China at the New Plaza Stadium in Foshan, when she scored that goal.

The moment stood the test of time - until Amber Hearn ended New Zealand's run without a World Cup goal in Germany in 2011.

Nye appeared 16 times for New Zealand in total - scoring three goals.

She talks to Jesse about her amazing career.