Hannah Lee (footballer)

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Hannah Lee
Personal information
Full name Hannah Rose Lee Flores [1]
Birth name Hannah Rose Lee
Date of birth (2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Madison, South Dakota, U.S.
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kifisia WFC
Youth career
Murray Spartans
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Salt Lake Bruins 31 (16)
2022–2023 Utah Valley Wolverines 28 (5)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 Santos 2 (0)
2024–2025 Santa Fé 4 (2)
2025– Kifisia
International career
2023– Nicaragua 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:57, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Hannah Rose Lee Flores (born 28 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek club Kifisia WFC. Born in the United States, she represents the Nicaragua women's national team.

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Early life and amateur career

Born in Madison, South Dakota [3] to an American father and a Nicaraguan mother, [4] Lee attended Murray High School, earning First Team All-State and First Team All-Region honours in her three consecutive seasons at the school. [1] In 2019, she started playing college soccer for the Salt Lake Community College Bruins. [3]

In June 2021, Lee was included in the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Tournament Team for the 2020 season, being the only sophomore amongst the SLCC players included. [5] She moved to the Utah Valley University in 2021, being redshirted in her first year at the university but later playing for the Utah Valley Wolverines in 2022. [1]

Club career

Lee played club football for La Roca FC and Murray FC during high school. [1] On 8 March 2024, she signed a one-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 side Santos FC, [4] following the footsteps of Reina Bonta, Jourdan Ziff and Olivia McDaniel, all American-born footballers who joined the club in the previous years.

Lee made her professional debut on 29 March 2024, coming on as a first-half substitute for Maria Alves in a 2–0 home loss to Red Bull Bragantino. [6] On 25 June, after just one further league appearance, she rescinded her contract with the Sereias. [7]

International career

Lee made her international debut with the Nicaragua women's national team on 29 November 2023, starting in a 2–1 home win over Honduras for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification. [8] [9] She also played in the last round against El Salvador as her nation were knocked out of the qualifiers, [10] and featured in a 4–0 friendly loss to Brazil on 6 December. [11]

Honours

Salt Lake Bruins
Utah Valley Wolverines
Santa Fé

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hannah Lee". Utah Valley Wolverines. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  2. "Hannah Lee '19 recruiting profile". NCSA Sports. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Hannah Lee". Salt Lake Community College Bruins. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Hannah Lee é reforço internacional para o meio campo das Sereias da Vila" [Hannah Lee is an international addition for the midfield of the Sereias da Vila] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. "No. 2 SLCC Women's Soccer falls in national title match to No. 1 Tyler". Salt Lake Community College Bruins. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. "Sereias são derrotadas pelo Red Bull Bragantino na Vila" [Sereias are defeated by Red Bull Bragantino at the Vila] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. "Santos rescinde com Hannah Lee" [Santos rescind with Hannah Lee] (in Brazilian Portuguese). MSN. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  8. "🚨DEBUTA HANNAH CON NICARAGUA🚨" [🚨HANNAH DEBUTS WITH NICARAGUA🚨]. Legión Pinolera + (in Spanish). Facebook. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  9. "Game details". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  10. "Game details". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  11. "Em último jogo do ano, Brasil vence da Nicarágua com goleada" [In the last match of the year, Brazil defeat Nicaragua with a routing] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Damas do Esporte. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2024.