![]() Corley with the San Diego Wave in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gia Cymone Corley | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Tacoma, Washington, United States | ||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | San Diego Wave | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Bayern Munich II | 38 | (15) |
2021 | Bayern Munich | 9 | (0) |
2021–2024 | TSG Hoffenheim | 64 | (12) |
2025– | San Diego Wave | 3 | (2) |
International career | |||
2018–2019 | Germany U17 | 16 | (3) |
2020 | Germany U19 | 6 | (4) |
2022– | Germany U20 | 3 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 April 2025 |
Gia Cymone Corley (born 20 May 2002) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for German clubs TSG Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, winning Frauen-Bundesliga and 2. Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern. She has represented Germany at multiple youth levels and captained the U-17 squad to a UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship victory in 2017.
Corley was born in Tacoma, Washington, [1] in the United States. Her mother, Cornelia, is German, and her father is African-American. The family moved to Germany when Corley was a child. [2]
Corley spent part of her career playing for Bayern Munich's youth teams. She started with the U17 team in 2016 and 2017 before moving to the U20 squad in 2018. [2] With the U20s, she won a 2. Frauen-Bundesliga title. Corley was later promoted to the senior team in 2019, [3] playing 9 league matches and also getting two appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League. [4] [5] In Corley's first season with Bayern Munich's first team, the club won the Frauen-Bundesliga title. [1]
In 2022, Corley joined TSG Hoffenheim on a contract through 2023, [4] [6] expressing interest in taking on a new challenge. [7] She scored her first goals with the club on 14 November 2021, registering a brace in a 7–1 victory over Bayern Leverkusen. [5] [8] Across four seasons at Hoffenheim, Corley made 64 appearances. [5] She also scored 14 goals and recorded 12 assists across all competitions. [9]
The NWSL's San Diego Wave FC announced on 15 January 2025, that they had signed Corley on a two-year contract, transferring from Hoffenheim for an undisclosed fee. [9] She made her NWSL debut on 16 March 2025, scoring five minutes into a season-opening 1–1 draw against Angel City FC. [5] In the following match, Corley scored another goal and recorded her first Wave assist in a 3–2 win over the Utah Royals. [10] She became only the sixth player in NWSL history to score in her first two club appearances and was subsequently named the NWSL Player of the Week. [11] At the conclusion of March, Corley was named to the NWSL Team of the Month for her efforts. [12] On 25 May, she assisted Adriana Leon in a 5–2 win over the North Carolina Courage. Corley's assist, her first ever with San Diego, also helped the Wave set a club record for the most goals scored in a single match and extend their unbeaten streak to six games. [13]
A youth international for Germany, Corley has represented her country at various levels. She started at U15 level and scored 2 goals in her first 6 international matches. [2] In 2017, Corley captained the U17 team at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, winning the tournament and receiving her first piece of international silverware. [14] She is a two-time Fritz Walter Medal recipient, having won bronze in 2019 and silver in 2020. [4] [3]
Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Continental [b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2018–19 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 6 | — | — | 18 | 6 | ||
2019–20 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
2020–21 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 6 | ||||
Total | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15 | ||
Bayern Munich | 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
TSG Hoffenheim | 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
2022–23 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 6 | |||
2023–24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 23 | 3 | |||
2024–25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |||
Total | 64 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 83 | 15 | ||
San Diego Wave FC | 2025 | NWSL | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||
Career total | 114 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 139 | 34 |