Nadia Neve Colón Reyes (born 8 September 2002) is a

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who plays as a

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for the

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. Born in the United States, she represents the

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at international level.

Early life

Colón played youth soccer with Sunrise Prime FC. She attended Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Florida, winning the Florida 5A State Championship in 2020.

College career

In 2020, Colón began attending the

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, where she played for the women's soccer team. She made her collegiate debut on February 10, 2021 against the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders and recorded her first assist on February 25, 2021 in a victory over the

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Club career

In 2025, Colón joined the

International career

Born in the United States, Colón is also eligible to represent the Dominican Republic, where her grandmother was born. Colón began her international career with the Dominican Republic U20 at the

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, helping the team reach the semi-finals, then also re-joining the squad two years later at the

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

. She made her senior debut for the senior team on 7 July 2021 against

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. In February 2022, she was called up for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colón, Nadia 2002 births Living people Dominican Republic women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Dominican Republic women's international footballers People from Cooper City, Florida Soccer players from Broward County, Florida Soccer players from Miami American women's soccer players UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's soccer players American sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent 21st-century American sportswomen Calgary Foothills WFC players League1 Alberta players