Bri Folds

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Bri Folds
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Bri Folds, June 2020
Personal information
Full name Brianne Michelle Folds [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-25) January 25, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Lakeland, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lakeland FC
Tampa Bay Chargers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Auburn Tigers 79 (24)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 BK Häcken 6 (0)
2021Fortuna Hjørring (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 Real Betis 14 (0)
International career
2019 United States U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 18, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 20, 2020

Brianne Michelle Folds (born January 25, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Betis.

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Youth and college

At youth level, Folds scored 173 goals with 155 assists in 4 years at Lakeland Christian High School, [2] while she also won the US Youth National Championship with Tampa Bay Chargers. [3]

Folds signed for Auburn University, where she scored 24 goals and registered 25 assists in 79 matches. [2] During her time at Auburn, Folds represented the United States at U23 level, most recently in April 2019. [4]

Club career

After graduating college in December 2019, Folds was drafted by North Carolina Courage in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. She was selected 36th overall, in the fourth round. [5]

In June 2020, Folds signed an 18-month contract with Swedish runners-up Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC after training with the team. [6] [7] [8] [9]

In August 2021, Folds joined Spanish club Real Betis. [10]

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References

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