Kizer with the Houston Dash in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cecelia Anne Kizer | ||
Date of birth | (1997-08-07) August 7, 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Overland Park, Kansas | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
Number | 24 | ||
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 | 29 | (5) |
2022–2023 | Kansas City Current | 35 | (13) |
2024–2024 | Houston Dash | 3 | (0) |
2024– | NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
International career | |||
2018–2019 | United States U-23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, April 21, 2024 (UTC) |
Cecelia Anne Kizer (born August 7, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or a midfielder for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
College career
Kizer played college soccer at Ole Miss from 2015 to 2018. She scored 48 goals for Ole Miss, the most in program history, and was named first-team All-SEC three times.
Club career
Kizer was drafted by Houston Dash in the 2nd round of the 2019 NWSL College Draft.
She was selected by Racing Louisville in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft.
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.
Kizer scored seven goals and added three assists across all competitions in 2021. She again scored the first goal of the season for Racing Louisville in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Kizer was traded along with Addisyn Merrick to the Kansas City Current on June 9, 2022.
On January 17, 2024, Kizer returned to the Houston Dash in a trade for Nichelle Prince.
On September 7, 2024, NJ/NY Gotham FC signed Kizer to multi-year contract.
International career
She was called up to the United States national under-23 team in August 2019.
Honors
Houston Dash
- NWSL Challenge Cup: 2020
References
- Cece Kizer at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "CeCe Kizer – Soccer". Ole Miss Athletics.
- "Soccer's Kizer Selected by Houston Dash in NWSL College Draft". Ole Miss Athletics. 10 January 2019.
- Communications, Racing Louisville FC (November 12, 2020). "Racing acquires rights to Heath, Press in expansion draft". Racing Louisville Football Club – NWSL.
- 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.
- "Cece Kizer". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- "Kizer scores the opener — again — as Racing draws KC Current". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- "Houston Dash Acquire Forward Cece Kizer in Trade with Kansas City Current". Houston Dynamo/Dash. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- Communications, Gotham FC (2024-09-07). "Gotham FC signs forward Cece Kizer to multi-year contract". NJ/NY Gotham FC. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- "U-23 WNT Will Travel to 2019 Nordic Tournament to Face Norway, England and Sweden". www.ussoccer.com.
External links
- Cece Kizer at Soccerway.com
- Cece Kizer at FBref.com
- Cece Kizer at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
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