Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the United States national team. Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, which …

Jun 28, 2024 · Naomi Girma will make her Olympic debut next month at the 2024 Paris Games. The San Jose, California native has not only broken barriers as the first player of Ethiopian descent to play for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and the National Women’s Soccer League, but she also became the first true defender and second Black defender to ...

Jan 22, 2025 · It was a “free-for-all” gathering to get the Bay Area’s Ethiopian community of all ages together to play soccer and bond, she told Soccer America in 2020. Girma “thought it was the best ...

Sep 27, 2016 · It was the Ethiopian community that first drew Naomi Girma to soccer. (In Ethiopia, the children take the first name of their father as their last name). Girma Aweke was one of the organizers of “maleda soccer” (maleda meaning “dawn” in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia), a gathering of Ethiopian families that served to ...

Naomi Girma, a defender for the U.S. women's national team and reigning U.S. Soccer’s Female Player of the Year, gives an insight into her Ethiopian culture and how her success is motivated by her parent's work ethic.

6 days ago · Naomi Girma has joined Chelsea from San Diego Wave for £900,000 Naomi Girma is now the most expensive female footballer in the world. The defender's £900,000 move from San Diego Wave to Chelsea ...

6 days ago · He formed a grassroots club - Maleda Soccer - in San Jose, which is where his daughter first began playing. "It was just for the Ethiopian kids to get together, play soccer, hang out," Girma said.

Mar 18, 2024 · Naomi Girma is a professional soccer player for the USWNT and San Diego Wave. Born in San Jose, California, Naomi is the first player of Ethiopian descent to play for the U.S. Women's National Team.

Jan 26, 2025 · Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea on Sunday.. Chelsea announced the signing of Girma without disclosing the fee but The Athletic and the BBC were among those reporting the English champions have spent 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) on the transfer.

Dec 19, 2023 · Two-time NWSL Defender of the Year Naomi Girma shares her journey to becoming the first Ethiopian-American to play for the U.S. National Team at a World Cup