Rebecca Lake

DOB 13/5/99

> History

Rebecca Lake signed on with the Wellington Phoenix women in July 2023, having established herself as a leading player domestically.

The centre back captained the three-peat winning Canterbury United Pride side in the national league, playing alongside Football Ferns Annalie Longo and Gabi Rennie.

Lake played her junior football at Waimakariri United and made her debut for the Pride in 2014.

She also spent time in the National Premier Leagues New South Wales with Northern Tigers in 2023.

She was selected in the New Zealand squad for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan in 2016 and was also named in the Junior Football Ferns for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France.

Football Ferns Anna Leat, Claudia Bunge, Liz Anton, Michaela Foster, Malia Steinmetz, Grace Jale, Paige Satchell and Jacqui Hand were amongst her teammates.

In January 2023, Lake was called up for the senior Football Ferns squad and was an unused substitute.

Lake is also a talented futsal player and captained the New Zealand team at the World University Championship in 2022.

> 2023-24 season

Rebecca Lake regularly appeared off the bench at the beginning of the season, but stepped into the starting line-up when Marisa van der Meer ruptured her ACL.

She was a fixture in the starting XI from then on, starting the next 11 matches and playing 90 minutes in all but two.

Her increased involvement was rewarded with a promotion to vice captain and she ended the season with 17 appearances.

Lake’s campaign came to a premature end when she suffered a high ankle sprain against Perth Glory in early March, ruling her out of the final four matches of the season.