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Patricia del Carmen George (born 18 December 1996) is an American-born Nigerian
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who plays as a
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for
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club Fenerbahçe SK and the Nigeria women's national team.


Early life

George was raised in
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,
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.


Club career


High school and college

George has attended the
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in Chicago and the
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at Urbana–Champaign.


In Germany

George has played for
BV Cloppenburg BV Cloppenburg is a German association football club located in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded after World War I in 1919 as the successor to SV Cloppenburg 1911. Through the 1950s they played in the Amateurliga Nieder ...
and
SC Sand SC Sand is a German sport club from Willstätt, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded on 11 August 1946 and competes in football, aerobics, judo, and qigong. The club is most known for its women's football Women's football most often refers to ...
in Germany.


International career

Through birth and descent, George is eligible to play for the
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,
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or
Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. She made her senior debut for the latter on 18 February 2021 as a second-half substitution against Russian club
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at that year edition of the
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. Her first appearance facing other national team was two days later against
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.


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* 1996 births Living people Nigerian women's footballers 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Women's association football forwards BV Cloppenburg (women) players SC Sand players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) 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 Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Soccer players from Chicago American women's soccer players Illinois Fighting Illini women's soccer players African-American soccer players American sportspeople of Nigerian descent American sportspeople of Venezuelan descent American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players in Germany American expatriate soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century African-American sportswomen 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-women-footy-forward-stub