Patricia del Carmen George (born 18 December 1996) is an American-born Nigerian
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
for
Turkish Women's Football Super League
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club
Fenerbahçe SK and the
Nigeria women's national team.
Early life
George was raised in
Chicago
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,
Illinois
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.
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Club career
High school and college
George has attended the Von Steuben Metropolitan High School
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in Chicago and the University of Illinois
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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 United States
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, Venezuela
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or Nigeria
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. She made her senior debut for the latter on 18 February 2021 as a second-half substitution against Russian club CSKA Moscow
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at that year edition of the Turkish Women's Cup
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. Her first appearance facing other national team was two days later against Uzbekistan
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.
References
External links
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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
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