Nailah Rowe (born 10 September 2001) is a

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who plays as a

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for the Centennial Colts. Born in Canada, she represents the Guyana women's national team.

College career

In 2019, she began attending Centennial College playing for the women's soccer team. In her first year, she scored 12 goals in nine games. She finished as the 2019 OCAA Rookie of the Year, OCAA East Rookie of the Year, OCAA East Co-Scoring Champion, and was named an OCAA East 1st Team All-Star. On September 21, 2021, she scored four goals against

Fleming College Fleming College, also known as Sir Sandford Fleming College, is an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The college has an enrollment of more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time student ...

. In her second season in 2021, she was named East Division Player of the Year and an East Division All-Star, after scoring nine goals in six games.

Club career

In 2019, Rowe played for

FC Oshawa FC Oshawa was a Canadian women's semi-professional soccer club based in Oshawa, Ontario. The club was founded in 2019 to compete in the League1 Ontario women's division, as a partnership between two local area youth clubs - Oshawa Kicks SC and F ...

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, scoring twice in 8 league matches and making 1 playoff appearance. She scored her first goal on May 10 against

Hamilton United Hamilton United is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario that plays in the League1 Ontario men's and League1 Ontario (women), women's divisions. History The club was found ...

International career

Rowe made her debut for the Guyana senior team at the

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on April 25 against

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. Rowe represented Guyana at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualifying stage and 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She scored her first goal on July 19, 2019, at the qualifying tournament against Saint Lucia U20.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Nailah 2001 births Living people Citizens of Guyana through descent Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football forwards Guyana women's international footballers Canadian women's soccer players Centennial College alumni FC Oshawa players Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent Black Canadian women's soccer players League1 Ontario (women) players

College career

Club career

International career

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