Cece Kizer

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Cece Kizer
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Kizer with the Houston Dash in 2024
Personal information
Full name Cecelia Anne Kizer [1]
Date of birth (1997-08-07) August 7, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Overland Park, Kansas
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Houston Dash
Number 5
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Ole Miss Rebels 83 (48)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Houston Dash 16 (0)
2020 Kolbotn 5 (3)
2021–2022 Racing Louisville 29 (5)
2022–2023 Kansas City Current 35 (13)
2024– Houston Dash 3 (0)
International career
2018–2019 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, April 21, 2024 (UTC)

Cecelia Anne Kizer (born August 7, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or a midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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College career

Kizer played college soccer at Ole Miss from 2015 to 2018. [2] She scored 48 goals for Ole Miss, the most in program history, and was named first-team All-SEC three times. [2]

Club career

Kizer was drafted by Houston Dash in the 2nd round of the 2019 NWSL College Draft. [3]

She was selected by Racing Louisville in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft. [4]

Kizer scored the first goal for Racing Louisville in the 12th minute on a through ball from the team's No. 1 draft pick Emily Fox in the opening game of the Challenge Cup against the NWSL Orlando Pride on Saturday, April 10, 2021, to give the team a 1–0 lead. The inaugural game for Racing Louisville was held Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville. Racing Louisville tied the game in stoppage time on a goal by Brooke Hendrix. [5]

Kizer scored seven goals and added three assists across all competitions in 2021. [6] She again scored the first goal of the season for Racing Louisville in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup. [7]

Kizer was traded along with Addisyn Merrick to the Kansas City Current on June 9, 2022.

On January 17, 2024, Kizer returned to the Houston Dash in a trade for Nichelle Prince. [8]

International career

She was called up to the United States national under-23 team in August 2019. [9]

Honors

Houston Dash

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References

  1. ↑ Cece Kizer at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 "CeCe Kizer – Soccer". Ole Miss Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Soccer's Kizer Selected by Houston Dash in NWSL College Draft". Ole Miss Athletics. 10 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Communications, Racing Louisville FC (November 12, 2020). "Racing acquires rights to Heath, Press in expansion draft". Racing Louisville Football Club – NWSL.
  5. ↑ Gardner, Hayes (12 April 2021). "A downpour and a rainbow: Racing Louisville FC's debut was historic and breathless". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cece Kizer". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  7. ↑ "Kizer scores the opener — again — as Racing draws KC Current". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  8. ↑ "Houston Dash Acquire Forward Cece Kizer in Trade with Kansas City Current". Houston Dynamo/Dash. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  9. ↑ "U-23 WNT Will Travel to 2019 Nordic Tournament to Face Norway, England and Sweden". www.ussoccer.com.


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