Patricia George
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patricia del Carmen George[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | United States | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 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– | Sand | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]
High school and college career
George has attended the Von Steuben Metropolitan High School in Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[2]
Club career
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.
  | This biographical article related to women's association football in Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article related to a football forward from Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article related to women's soccer in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article related to an American soccer forward is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People with acquired Nigerian citizenship
- 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
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- Soccer players from Illinois
- American women's soccer players
- Illinois Fighting Illini women's soccer players
- African-American women's soccer players
- American people of Nigerian descent
- American sportspeople of Venezuelan descent
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Nigerian women's football biography stubs
- Nigerian football forward stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs
- American soccer forward stubs