Nicole Payne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | United States[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, defender[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | West Virginia Mountaineers | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Oak Mountain Eagles | |||
| Concorde Fire | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | West Virginia Mountaineers | 33 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | United States U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | United States U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2021.[3] | |||
Nicole Payne (born 18 January 2001) is an American-born Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward and a defender for collegiate team West Virginia Mountaineers and the Nigeria women's national team.
Early life[]
Payne was raised in Birmingham, Alabama.[2]
College career[]
Payne has attended the Oak Mountain High School in her hometown and the West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.[2]
International career[]
Payne made her senior debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 as a 90th-minute substitution in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica.[4]
Personal life[]
Payne is the younger sister of fellow footballers Toni Payne and Stephen Payne.[5] She and her sister Toni have played together in the Nigeria women's national team.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Nicole Payne at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Nicole Payne - Women's Soccer". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Nicole Payne". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Match Report of Jamaica vs Nigeria - 2021-06-10 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ McIntosh, Loyd (10 January 2017). "Stephen Payne ready to kick off career in Portugal". Upper 90. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Citizens of Nigeria through descent
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's association football defenders
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Soccer players from Birmingham, Alabama
- American women's soccer players
- West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players
- American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- African-American women's soccer players
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
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