Naomi Girma

Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for San Diego Wave in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was the #1 pick of the 2022 NWSL Draft.

Naomi Girma
Personal information
Full name Naomi Haile Girma[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-14) June 14, 2000[2]
Place of birth San Jose, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 San Diego Wave
Number 4
Youth career
2014–2016 CV Crossfire
2016–2018 De Anza Force
2016–2018 CA Thorns Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Stanford Cardinal 68 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– San Diego Wave 0 (0)
National team‡
2016 United States U17
2017 United States U19
2017–2020 United States U20
2022– United States 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:55, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 12, 2022

Girma has represented the United States on the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national teams and was named U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2020. In 2019, she captained the Stanford Cardinal to win the Women's College Cup.

Early life and education

Girma was born in San Jose, California[3] to parents originally from Ethiopia.[4] She has one older brother.[3] As a youth, Girma played for CV Crossfire, De Anza Force, and CA Thorns Academy.[3]

Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, for whom she served as team captain and won the 2019 Women's College Cup.[3] She missed the early part of the 2021 season after tearing her ACL.[5] In December 2021, Girma decided to forego her remaining collegiate eligibility and declared for the 2022 NWSL Draft.[6]

Club career

San Diego Wave selected Girma as the first pick of the 2022 NWSL Draft.[7]

International career

Girma played for the United States under-17, United States under-19 and United States under-20 teams.[3] She captained the under-20 team.[8] In December 2020, Girma was voted the 2020 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year.[8][9][10]

Girma received her first call-up to the United States senior team in December 2019 but had to withdraw due to injury.[11] She was called up again in October 2020.[12][13]

Career statistics

International
As of match played April 12, 2022
National TeamYearAppsGoalsAssists
United States 2022100
Total100

Honors

Stanford Cardinal

United States

Individual

References
  1. Naomi Girma at Soccerway
  2. "Naomi Girma | USWNT | U.S. Soccer Official Site". www.ussoccer.com.
  3. "Naomi Girma – Women's Soccer". Stanford University Athletics.
  4. "Stanford soccer captain Naomi Girma is a product of her Ethiopian roots". www.myscience.org. May 29, 2020.
  5. "Women's soccer looking for win to open 2021 season". The Stanford Daily. February 19, 2021.
  6. @naomi_girma (December 16, 2021). "Thank you, Stanford 🖤" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "San Diego Wave FC selects Naomi Girma with No. 1 pick of college draft". Just Women's Sports. December 18, 2021.
  8. "Naomi Girma Voted 2020 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year". www.ussoccer.com.
  9. "U.S. SOCCER HONORS: Girma named young female player of the year". Front Row Soccer. December 22, 2020.
  10. "Stanford's Naomi Girma is staying focused on present". Just Women's Sports. January 19, 2021.
  11. "USWNT: December 2019 Identification Camp Roster Announced (Overview)". December 3, 2019.
  12. "Vlatko Andonovski's USWNT camp roster features NWSL mainstays and Brazil-born Stanford star Catarina Macario". CBSSports.com.
  13. "Stanford's Naomi Girma on National Team Camp and Using Her Platform". Just Women's Sports. October 19, 2020.
  14. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
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