Daphne Corboz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daphne Marie Corboz[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 14, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Mobile, Alabama, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| PDA Tsunami | |||
| 2007–2010 | Watchung Hills HS | ||
| 2013–2014 | Pali Blues | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Georgetown Hoyas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Manchester City | 15 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | United States U-23 | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 27, 2016. | |||
Daphne Marie Corboz (born June 14, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City Women. She joined the club in July 2015 after a four-year career with the Georgetown University women's soccer team, with whom she was a three-time All-America selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, including first-team honors in 2012 after her sophomore season.[2] She finished her college career with 47 goals, a school record.[3] Before Georgetown, she attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey and played club soccer with PDA Tsunami.[4]
Corboz made her FA WSL debut on July 12, 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute against Birmingham City.[5] She scored her first goal for Manchester City the following weekend in a 3–0 win over Bristol Academy.[6]
She was accepted to medical school at Rutgers University near her home in New Jersey and was chosen by Sky Blue FC, her hometown club, with the 22nd pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft in January 2015.[7] She eventually chose to postpone medical school and signed with Manchester City in July 2015.[8]
Corboz was called up to the United States Under-23 team in late 2014 and played at the 2015 Four Nations Tournament in Norway.[3]
Born to French-born parents, Michel and Christine, Corboz has a dual citizenship with France. She was born in Mobile Alabama, where her father, a former semi-professional player in Grenoble, was pursuing his postdoctoral research at the University of South Alabama. Her younger brother, Mael played soccer for Rutgers before transferring to Maryland, and she was teammates at Georgetown with younger sister Rachel, who was a freshman when Daphne was a senior.[9]
References
- ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2015 and 30/06/2015" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 2. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Daphne Corboz Named Second Team All-American by NSCAA" (Press release). Georgetown University. December 5, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "Daphne Corboz Playing for United States U-23 National Team in Norway" (Press release). Georgetown University. May 28, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Mathews, Eleanor (February 10, 2011). "Watchung Hills senior Daphne Corboz signs Georgetown University 'Letter of Intent'". Independent Press. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Currie, Jo (July 12, 2015). "WSL 1: Manchester City Women 1–0 Birmingham City Ladies". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "WSL 1: Bristol Academy Women 0–3 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. July 18, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Teale, Chris (January 19, 2015). "No. 1 pick Morgan Brian leads Potomac players chosen in 2015 NWSL College Draft". Soccer Wire. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Manchester City Women sign American midfielder Corboz". BBC Sport. July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ Goff, Steven (November 20, 2014). "NCAA soccer tournaments are Corboz family affair for Maryland, Georgetown". Washington Post. Retrieved July 27, 2015.