Melissa Ray
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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]
References
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- ^ Collins, Simon. (26 July 2013). Sadness mars lesbian couple's big day. New Zealand Herald.
- ^ (19 August 2013). New Zealand gay couples hold first weddings. BBC News.
- ^ Collins, Simon. (16 July 2014). Same-sex marriage pioneers split. New Zealand Herald.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Melissa Ray – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
