Daria Niya Owen (born 4 April 1988) is an American-born Guyanese retired
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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and a
centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
. She has been a member of the
Guyana women's national team.
Early life
Owen was raised in
Snellville
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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High school and college career
Owen attended the Shiloh High School in her hometown. After graduating there, she joined the Georgia College & State University
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in Milledgeville, Georgia.[
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International career
Owen qualified to play for Guyana through her father and her paternal grandparents.2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying qualification
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International goals
''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first''
See also
*List of Guyana women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of Guyana women's international footballers – association football
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References
1988 births
Living people
Guyanese women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Women's association football central defenders
Guyana women's international footballers
Sportspeople from Snellville, Georgia
Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state)
American women's soccer players
Georgia College & State University alumni
African-American soccer players
American sportspeople of Guyanese descent
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
21st-century African-American women
Georgia College Bobcats
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