Nicole Payne
Personal information
Full name Nicole Oyeyemisi Payne[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001[1]
Place of birth Birmingham, Alabama, United States[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender[2]
Team information
Current team
Paris Saint-Germain
Number 3
Youth career
Oak Mountain Eagles
Concorde Fire
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 West Virginia Mountaineers 53 (4)
2022 USC Trojans 16 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
International career
2017 United States U17 1 (0)
2018 United States U19 1 (0)
2021– Nigeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2021[4]

Nicole Oyeyemisi Payne (born 18 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Paris Saint-Germain. Born in the United States, she represents the Nigeria women's national team.

Early life

Payne was raised in Birmingham, Alabama.[3]

College career

Payne has attended the Oak Mountain High School in her hometown and the West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.[3]

International career

Payne made her senior debut for Nigeria on 10 June 2021 as a 90th-minute substitution in a 0–1 friendly loss to Jamaica.[5]

Personal life

Payne is the younger sister of fellow footballers Toni Payne and Stephen Payne.[6] She and her sister Toni have played together in the Nigeria women's national team.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Nicole Payne at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Nicole Payne joins Paris Saint-Germain". EN.PSG.FR. 20 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nicole Payne – Women's Soccer". West Virginia University Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. "Nicole Payne". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Match Report of Jamaica vs Nigeria – 2021-06-10 – FIFA Friendlies – Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. McIntosh, Loyd (10 January 2017). "Stephen Payne ready to kick off career in Portugal". Upper 90. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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