Bri Folds
Bri Folds, June 2020
Personal information
Full name Brianne Michelle Folds[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-25) January 25, 1998
Place of birth Lakeland, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lakeland FC
Tampa Bay Chargers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Auburn Tigers 79 (24)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 BK Häcken 6 (0)
2021 → Fortuna Hjørring (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 Real Betis 14 (0)
International career‡
2019 United States U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 18, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 20, 2020

Brianne Michelle Folds (born January 25, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Betis.

Youth and college

At youth level, Folds scored 173 goals with 155 assists in 4 years at Lakeland Christian High School,[2] while she also won the US Youth National Championship with Tampa Bay Chargers.[3]

Folds signed for Auburn University, where she scored 24 goals and registered 25 assists in 79 matches.[2] During her time at Auburn, Folds represented the United States at U23 level, most recently in April 2019.[4]

Club career

After graduating college in December 2019, Folds was drafted by North Carolina Courage in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. She was selected 36th overall, in the fourth round.[5]

In June 2020, Folds signed an 18-month contract with Swedish runners-up Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC after training with the team.[6][7][8][9]

In August 2021, Folds joined Spanish club Real Betis.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "El Real Betis Féminas firma a la centrocampista estadounidense Bri Folds" [Real Betis Féminas signs the American midfielder Bri Folds]. Real Betis (in Spanish). August 21, 2021. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Fuoco, Roy (January 17, 2020). "LCS grad Bri Folds drafted by women's pro soccer champs". The Ledger. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2015 U17G National Championship". US Youth Soccer. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "U-23 WNT opens La Manga tournament in Spain with 1–0 win against Sweden". US Soccer. April 12, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ Creditor, Avi (January 16, 2020). "Portland Thorns Take Stanford's Sophia Smith No. 1 in NWSL Draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ Thoren, Petra (June 24, 2020). "After the acquisition coup: Brianne Folds ready for Kopparbergs Gothenburg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  7. ↑ Lann, Rikard (June 24, 2020). "American talent Brianne Folds now ready for Gothenburg". SVT. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ Andersson, Fredrik (June 24, 2020). "Official: After the turnaround – Folds ready for Kopparbergs / Gothenburg". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ Castillo, Rex (June 30, 2020). "Former Auburn Tiger turns pro in Sweden". WRBL. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Bri Folds moves to Real Betis". Footbalada. August 22, 2021.


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