Patricia George
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patricia del Carmen George[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chicago, United States | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[2] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SC Sand | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Von Steuben Panthers | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Illinois Fighting Illini | 76 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Cloppenburg | 2 | (2) |
| 2020– | SC Sand | 16 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2020. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 February 2021. | |||
Patricia del Carmen George (born 18 December 1996) is an American-born Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for German Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Sand and the Nigeria women's national team.
Early life[]
George was raised in Chicago, Illinois.[2] She was born to a Nigerian father and a Venezuelan mother.[3]
Club career[]
High school and college[]
George has attended the Von Steuben Metropolitan High School in Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[2]
In Germany[]
George has played for BV Cloppenburg and SC Sand in Germany.[1]
International career[]
Through birth and descent, George is eligible to play for the United States, Venezuela or Nigeria. She made her senior debut for the latter on 18 February 2021 as a second-half substitution against Russian club CSKA Moscow at that year edition of the Turkish Women's Cup.[4] Her first appearance facing other national team was two days later against Uzbekistan.[5]
Personal life[]
George's older sister Regina George is an Olympic sprinter for Nigeria.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c Patricia George at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Patricia George - 2018 - Soccer". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Female Footballer Dumps USA and Venezuela For Nigeria". Opera News. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Nigeria 1-0 CSKA Moscow: Ihezuo hands American born Payne and George winning debuts". Goal. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Nigeria 1 Uzbekistan 0 : Ayinde's Half-Volley Enough For Win ; Two American-born Players Debut". All Nigeria Soccer. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Citizens of Nigeria through descent
- Nigerian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- BV Cloppenburg (women) players
- SC Sand players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Nigeria women's international footballers
- Nigerian people of Venezuelan descent
- Nigerian expatriate women's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Soccer players from Chicago
- American women's soccer players
- Illinois Fighting Illini women's soccer players
- African-American women's soccer players
- American sportspeople of Nigerian descent
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