Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melissa Ray | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1984 | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2003–2009 | New Zealand | 8 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:53, 15 November 2009 (UTC) |
Melissa Ray (born 25 April 1984) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. [1]
Ray made her Football Ferns début as a substitute in 9-0 World Cup qualifier win over Cook Islands on 9 April 2003, [2] and finished her international career with eight caps to her credit. [1]
Ray was one of the first New Zealand LGBT+ citizens to marry her then partner, Tash Vitali, after the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill entered into law. [3] [4] The wedding made international news, [5] but the marriage ended a year later. [6]