Aryana Lynn Harvey (born April 2, 1997) is an American professional

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player, who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Early years

Aryana Lynn Harvey was born to

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and Kim Starr Harvey in

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, United States on April 2, 1997. She is the niece of

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. She started playing soccer on the school team during her

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years in her hometown between 2011 and 2015. She played for the college team of Pfeiffer University Falcons at

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in 2016. She scored 9 goals in 19 matches. Between 2017 and 2019, she played for the college team of

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, where she appeared in 55 games and scored 7 goals and 9 assists. She changed position from defensive

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in her final two seasons at Cal State Bakersfield.

Club career

In 2019, while attending Cal State Bakersfield, Harvey joined So Cal Union FC of the

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. In July 2020, Harvey signed her first professional contract with Damaiense of Portugal's

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. In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey, and joined the new established

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to play in the second half of the 2021-22 Turkish Women's Football Super League. In the 2022–23 Super League season, Harvey transferred to the

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-based club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Aryana Lynn 1997 births Living people People from Tualatin, Oregon Soccer players from Oregon American women's soccer players Women's association football midfielders Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's soccer players California State University, Bakersfield alumni American expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey American expatriate sportspeople in Portugal American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino players Turkish Women's Football Super League players S.F. Damaiense players Çaykur Rizespor (women's football) players Fatih Vatan Spor players