Rebecca Lake (footballer)

Rebecca Lake
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Emily Lake
Date of birth (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Waimakariri United AFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2022 Canterbury United Pride
2014–2022 → Coastal Spirit (dual registration)
–2022 University of Canterbury (futsal)
–2022 Canterbury United Pride (futsal)
2023 Northern Tigers FC 18 (0)
2023–2025 Wellington Phoenix 19 (0)
2025 → Cashmere Technical (loan)
2025 Vancouver Rise 5 (0)
2025 → Vancouver Rise FC Academy 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 New Zealand U17 7 (0)
2017 New Zealand U19 4 (0)
2022 New Zealand (University) (futsal)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2022

Rebecca Emily Lake (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand footballer.

Early life

Lake played youth football with Waimakariri United AFC.[1]

Club career

From 2014 to 2022, Lake played with Canterbury United Pride in the New Zealand Women's National League, captaining the side for three seasons, and completing a three-peat league championship in 2020.[1] She also played with Coastal Spirit FC during this time.[2]

In 2023, she joined Australian club Northern Tigers FC in the second tier NPL New South Wales.[3]

In July 2023, she signed with New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix, who played in the A-League Women, the first tier of football in Australia.[4][5] During her first season, she was named the team's vice captain.[6] In March 2024, after appearing in 17 of the club's first 18 matches, she suffered a season-ending injury, due to a high ankle sprain.[7] After the season, she re-signed with the club for the 2024–25 season.[8] However, after only two matches into the new season, she suffered another season-ending injury, after rupturing ligaments in her left foot.[9][10] In July 2025, she briefly joined Cashmere Technical in New Zealand.[11] In September 2025, she departed the Wellington Phoenix.[12]

In September 2025, she joined Canadian Northern Super League club Vancouver Rise FC.[1][13]

International career

Lake debuted with the New Zealand U17 at the 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, later playing with the team at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[14] She later was called up for the 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[15]

In 2019, Lake was called up to the New Zealand futsal team for a friendly competition, Gold Coast International Futsal Challenge, where they played other teams representing governing bodies in Australia.[16] Lake scored 4 goals, as the team finished champions.[17]

In 2022, Lake captained the New Zealand women's University futsal team competing at the World University Futsal Championships, finishing in fourth place.[18][19]

In January 2023, she was called up to the New Zealand senior team for the first time.[20]

Honours

Coastal Spirit

Canterbury United Pride

Canterbury United Pride Futsal

  • Women's Futsal SuperLeague: 2019

University of Canterbury Futsal

  • Women's National Tertiary Futsal Championship: 2021

Cashmere Technical

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Vancouver Rise FC sign New Zealand defender Rebecca Lake". Vancouver Rise FC. 11 September 2025.
  2. ^ Smith, Tony (6 September 2019). "Coastal Spirit stalwarts keen to win second national women's football club title". Stuff.
  3. ^ "Northern Tigers focused to go one better this season". NPL New South Wales. 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Canterbury skipper Rebecca Lake signs with Phoenix women's A-League squad". Friends of Football NZ. 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Canterbury defender joins the Nix". Wellington Phoenix FC. 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Wellington Phoenix vice-captain to miss the remainder of the Liberty A-League season". A-League. 13 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Injury sidelines Phoenix defender Rebecca Lake for rest of A-League season". Friends of Football NZ. 13 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Wellington Phoenix sign new deal with women's vice captain Rebecca Lake". Friends of Football NZ. 31 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Phoenix defender Rebecca Lake 'pretty gutted' to miss rest of A-League season". Friends of Football NZ. 19 November 2024.
  10. ^ Rollo, Phillip (18 November 2024). "Wellington Phoenix lose Rebecca Lake to season-ending injury; captain Annalie Longo cleared". The Post.
  11. ^ "Centre back Rebecca Lake leaves Phoenix after two injury-disrupted seasons". Friends of Football NZ. 5 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Lake moves on after two seasons". Wellington Phoenix FC. 5 September 2025.
  13. ^ Burns, Anna (11 September 2025). "Vancouver Rise FC signs Kiwi defender Rebecca Lake". Chilliwack Progress.
  14. ^ "Rebecca Lake makes NZ under-17 girls football squade". Stuff. 29 February 2016.
  15. ^ "New Zealand names experienced squad for World Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Futsal Ferns return to the court". New Zealand Football. 17 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Futsal Ferns lift trophy in Australia". New Zealand Football. 23 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Taking sport into account with studies and a new career". University of Canterbury. 23 August 2022.
  19. ^ Casson, Mark (6 August 2023). "Getting to know Rebecca Lake". Wellington Phoenix FC.
  20. ^ "Ferns newcomers will relish chance to play against world champions". Friends of Football NZ. 13 January 2023.
  21. ^ "ANNUAL REPORT 2017". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  22. ^ a b "ANNUAL REPORT 2019". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  23. ^ a b "ANNUAL REPORT 2020". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  24. ^ "ANNUAL REPORT 2021". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  25. ^ "ANNUAL REPORT 2022". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
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