Paige Culver

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Paige Culver
Personal information
Full name Paige Alexandra Culver
Date of birth (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2002–2015 Oakville SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Kent State Golden Flashes 80 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Toronto Lady Lynx 12
2018 Hamilton United 6 (1)
2019 Oakville Blue Devils FC 8 (1)
2019–2020 Pink Bari 15 (0)
2020–2021 Soyaux 6 (0)
2021 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2022 IFK Kalmar 24 (0)
2023 Turbine Potsdam 11 (0)
2023–2024 London City Lionesses 15 (0)
Total97(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 31, 2024

Paige Alexandra Culver (born April 4, 1997) is a Canadian former soccer player.

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Early life

Culver played youth soccer with Oakville SC for 13 years. [1] She also played with the Ontario Provincial Team from 2010-2013, where she was named team captain and was also part of the National Training Centre during that time. [2]

College career

In 2015, she began attending Kent State University, where she played for the women's soccer team. [3] On October 4, 2015, she scored her first collegiate goal in a victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies. [4] At the end of her freshman season, she was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team, the All-MAC Second Team, and the All-Ohio Second Team. [5] [6] At the end of her sophomore season, Culver was named to the All-MAC First Team, All-Ohio Second Team, and earned Academic All-MAC honors. [2] [7] In her junior season, she was named the MAC Defensive Player of The Year. [8] She was also named to the All-MAC First Team, Academic All-MAC, All-Ohio First Team, All-Ohio Academic First Team, All-Midwest Region First Team, Scholar All-America First Team, and a Third-Team All-American. [2] [9] After her senior season in 2018, she was named to the All-MAC First Team, the All-Midwest Region Third Team, and Academic All-MAC, and was a nominee for the Senior CLASS Award. [2] She also served as team captain at Kent State. [10]

Club career

In 2014, Culver played with the Toronto Lady Lynx in the USL W-League, starting every match. [2]

In 2018, Culver played with Hamilton United in League1 Ontario. [11] In 2019, she played with the Oakville Blue Devils. [12]

In August 2019, Culver signed with Italian Serie A club Pink Bari. [13] [14] [15]

In June 2020, Culver signed with French Division 1 Féminine club ASJ Soyaux-Charente. [16] At the end of the season, she departed the club. [17]

In July 2021, Culver signed with Girondins de Bordeaux on a two-year contract. [18] [19] [20] In December 2021, she terminated the remainder of her contract by mutual consent. [21]

In December 2021, she signed with IFK Kalmar in the Swedish first tier Damallsvenskan. [22] [23] After finishing pre-season, she was named the club's captain. [24] [25] At the end of the 2022 season, she departed the club. [26]

In January 2023, Culver signed with German club Turbine Potsdam in the first tier Frauen-Bundesliga. [27] [28] [29] In May 2023, she announced her departure from the club. [30]

In September 2023, Culver signed with the London City Lionesses in England's Women's Championship on a one-year contract. [31] [32]

In April 2024, Culver announced her retirement from the sport, [33] [34] due to a career-ending injury. [35] [36]

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  1. ↑ "Three Oakville Soccer Club products commit to Ohio schools". Oakville Beaver. February 6, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paige Culver Kent State profile". Kent State Golden Flashes .
  3. ↑ "Women's Soccer Inks Seven to Letters of Intent". Kent State Golden Flashes . February 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kent State Earns Dominating 7-3 Victory over NIU". Kent State Golden Flashes . October 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oakville's Culver earns conference soccer honours". Oakville Beaver. November 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Women's Soccer Lands Three on the OCSA 2015 All-Ohio Team". Kent State Golden Flashes . January 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Marinaro Earns Coach of Year; Six Named to OCSA All-Ohio Teams". Kent State Golden Flashes . December 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Culver Named Top Defender, Kats Top Freshman as Six Flashes Earn MAC Postseason Honors". Kent State Golden Flashes . November 2, 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Paige Culver 2018 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  12. ↑ "Paige Culver 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  13. ↑ "Culver Signs with Top Level Professional Club in Italy". Kent State Golden Flashes . September 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Calciomercato: Pink Bari, ecco l'ufficialità per Paige Culver" [Transfer market: Pink Bari, here is the official announcement for Paige Culver]. Donne Nel Pallone (in Italian). August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019.
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  18. ↑ "Paige Culver s'engage aux Girondins" [Paige Culver commits to the Girondins]. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (in French). July 2, 2021.
  19. ↑ Ghisoni, Sara (July 26, 2021). "Paige Culver firma per il Girondins de Bordeaux" [Paige Culver signs for Girondins de Bordeaux]. Calcio Femminile Italiano (in Italian).
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  21. ↑ "Svava et Paige quittent le Club" [Svava and Paige leave the Club]. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (in French). December 7, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Mercato : Culver Paige s'engage en Suède" [Transfer window: Culver Paige commits to Sweden]. Web Girondins (in French). December 26, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Kanadensisk försvarare klar för IFK Kalmar" [Canadian defender ready for IFK Kalmar]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). December 1, 2021.
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  32. ↑ "Canadian defender Paige Culver signs one-year contract with London City Lionesses". London City Lionesses . September 15, 2023.
  33. ↑ Flury, Jérôme (April 26, 2024). "« Je ne faisais que suivre un rêve » : les adieux émouvants de Paige Culver au football" ['I was just following a dream': Paige Culver's emotional farewell to football]. Footeuses (in French).
  34. ↑ James, Luke (April 26, 2024). "Remi Allen on Paige Culver, securing survival, hosting Lewes in season finale". London City Lionesses .
  35. ↑ "London City Lionesses defender Paige Culver retires from playing career for medical reasons". London City Lionesses . April 24, 2024.
  36. ↑ Culver, Paige (April 24, 2024). "An open letter from Paige Culver". London City Lionesses .
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