Malia Berkely

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Malia Berkely
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Berkely with the North Carolina Courage in 2023
Personal information
Full name Malia Nicole Berkely [1]
Date of birth (1998-02-13) February 13, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Liberty Township, Ohio, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 7
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Florida State Seminoles 84 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 Bordeaux 10 (1)
2022– North Carolina Courage 27 (0)
International career
2019 United States U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 9, 2023

Malia Nicole Berkely (born February 13, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles.

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Early life

Berkely was raised in Hamilton, Ohio, where she attended Father Stephen T. Badin High School. [2]

College career

Berkely attended Florida State University where she played for the Seminoles from 2016 to 2020. She helped the team win the 2018 NCAA tournament and was twice named ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2019 and 2020) and first-team All-American (2019 and 2020). [3]

Club career

Bordeaux, 2021

Berkely joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux in January 2021 on an 18-month contract. [2] [4] She appeared in 10 games, scoring one goal, before Bordeaux transferred her with six months remaining on her contract. [5]

North Carolina Courage, 2022–

In December 2021, Bordeaux transferred Berkely to the North Carolina Courage for a fee, [5] and the Courage signed her to a three-year contract. [6] On July 21, 2023, the Courage re-signed her to a guaranteed three-year contract extension, effective January 1, 2024, through 2026. [7] She led the NWSL in passing accuracy (89.8%) in 2023. [8]

Honors

Florida State Seminoles

North Carolina Courage

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References

  1. ↑ "Malia Nicole Berkely". UEFA. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Dermer, Shelby. "Former Badin standout, Ms. Ohio Soccer Malia Berkely to play professionally in France". The Enquirer. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Malia Berkley – 2020-21 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Malia Berkely rejoint les Girondins !". Girondins.com (Press release). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  5. 1 2 Ferrandon, Vincent; Romain, Vincent (December 15, 2021). "Girondins : Vanessa Gilles et Malia Berkely vont quitter l'équipe féminine" [Girondins: Vanessa Gilles and Malia Berkely will leave the women's team]. Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ "NC Courage Sign Malia Berkely" (Press release). North Carolina Courage. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  7. ↑ "Courage D Malia Berkely signs three-year extension". Yardbarker. Field Level Media. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ OptaJack⚽️ [@OptaJack] (2023-10-16). "89.8 - @TheNCCourage's Malia Berkely ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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