Daphné Marie Corboz (born 14 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Paris FC. Born in the United States, she represented them at youth level before switching her allegiance to France.

Daphné Corboz
Corboz playing for Sky Blue FC in 2017
Personal information
Full name Daphné Marie Corboz[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Paris FC
Number 8
Youth career
PDA Tsunami
2007–2010 Watchung Hills HS
2013–2014 Pali Blues
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Georgetown Hoyas 82 (47)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Manchester City 20 (3)
2017–2018 Sky Blue FC 19 (1)
2017–2018Fleury (loan) 18 (1)
2018–2020 Fleury 33 (6)
2020– Paris FC 66 (6)
International career
2015 United States U23 5 (0)
2018–2019 France U23 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Early life

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Born to French-born parents, Michel and Christine, Corboz has a dual citizenship with France. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, where her father, a former semi-professional player in Grenoble, was pursuing his postdoctoral research at the University of South Alabama. Her younger brother, Mael played soccer for Rutgers before transferring to Maryland, and she was teammates at Georgetown with younger sister Rachel, who is three years her junior.[2]

College career

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Corboz had a four-year career with the Georgetown University women's soccer team, with whom she was a three-time All-America selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, including first-team honors in 2012 after her sophomore season.[3] She finished her college career with 47 goals, a school record.[4] Before Georgetown, she attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey and played club soccer with PDA Tsunami.[5]

Club career

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She was accepted to medical school at Rutgers University near her home in New Jersey and was chosen by Sky Blue FC, her hometown club, with the 22nd pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft in January 2015.[6] She eventually chose to postpone medical school and signed with Manchester City.[7]

Manchester City

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Corboz signed for Manchester City in July 2015. Corboz made her FA WSL debut on 12 July 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute against Birmingham City.[8] She scored her first goal for Manchester City the following weekend in a 3–0 win over Bristol Academy.[9] On 25 November 2016, Corboz announced that she was leaving Manchester City.[10]

Sky Blue FC

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Corboz signed for Sky Blue FC in January 2017.[11]

Fleury (loan)

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After completing her first season with Sky Blue FC, Corboz joined French club FC Fleury 91 on loan during the 2017–18 NWSL offseason.[12]

Fleury

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Following a successful loan spell, Corboz signed to remain at FC Fleury. She extended her contract for a further year in 2019.[13]

Paris FC

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On 23 June 2020, it was announced that Corboz had left FC Fleury 91 to join rivals Paris FC.[14] She signed a contract with the Parisian club for two seasons.[15]

International career

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Corboz was called up to the United States Under-23 team in late 2014 and played at the 2015 Four Nations Tournament in Norway.[4]

While on loan at FC Fleury 91, Corboz was called up to a training camp with the France B national team in November 2017.[16] On 15 January 2018, Corboz was called up to the France women's national football team for the first time as an injury replacement to Sandie Toletti.[17] She was again called up as an injury replacement on 5 November 2018.[18]

Honours

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Manchester City

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2015 and 30/06/2015" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ Goff, Steven (20 November 2014). "NCAA soccer tournaments are Corboz family affair for Maryland, Georgetown". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Daphne Corboz Named Second Team All-American by NSCAA" (Press release). Georgetown University. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Daphne Corboz Playing for United States U-23 National Team in Norway" (Press release). Georgetown University. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ Mathews, Eleanor (10 February 2011). "Watchung Hills senior Daphne Corboz signs Georgetown University 'Letter of Intent'". Independent Press. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ^ Teale, Chris (19 January 2015). "No. 1 pick Morgan Brian leads Potomac players chosen in 2015 NWSL College Draft". Soccer Wire. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Manchester City Women sign American midfielder Corboz". BBC Sport. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ^ Currie, Jo (12 July 2015). "WSL 1: Manchester City Women 1–0 Birmingham City Ladies". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. ^ "WSL 1: Bristol Academy Women 0–3 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  10. ^ @DaphCorboz (25 November 2016). "Corboz announces she is leaving Manchester City" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "SKY BLUE FC SIGNS NEW JERSEY NATIVE DAPHNE CORBOZ". Sky Blue FC. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  12. ^ "DAPHNE CORBOZ JOINS FRENCH CLUB FC FLEURY 91 ON LOAN". Sky Blue FC. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  13. ^ "#D1F Daphné Corboz prolonge !". FC Fleury Twitter. 18 June 2019.
  14. ^ Pentland, Daniel (23 June 2020). "FORMER MANCHESTER CITY MIDFIELDER JOINS PARIS FC". FAWSLfulltime.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Daphné Corboz rejoint le Paris FC !" [Daphné Corboz joins Paris FC!]. parisfc.fr (in French). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  16. ^ Orsini, Vincent (15 November 2017). "DIX-HUIT JOUEUSES EN STAGE À CLAIREFONTAINE". FFF. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  17. ^ "2 FORFAITS, 2 ARRIVÉES". FFF. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  18. ^ @equipedefrance (5 November 2018). "Eugénie Le Sommer et Kenza Dali sont forfait pour France - Brésil. Elles quittent le rassemblement des Bleues à Cla…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "Women's Continental Cup final: Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City (aet)". BBC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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