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Cece Kizer
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
Kansas City Current
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Ole Miss Rebels 83 (48)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Houston Dash 16 (0)
2020 Kolbotn 5 (3)
2021–2022 Racing Louisville 19 (3)
2022- Kansas City Current 1 (0)
International career
2018–2019 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 28, 2020

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

College career

Kizer played college soccer at Ole Miss from 2015 to 2018.[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

International career

She was called up to the United States national under-23 team in August 2019.[8]

References

  1. ^ Cece Kizer at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "CeCe Kizer - Soccer". Ole Miss Athletics.
  3. ^ "Soccer's Kizer Selected by Houston Dash in NWSL College Draft". Ole Miss Athletics.
  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. ^ "U-23 WNT Will Travel to 2019 Nordic Tournament to Face Norway, England and Sweden". www.ussoccer.com.

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