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Full name | Nichelle Patrice Prince[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 19, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ajax, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kansas City Current | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ajax SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond Hill SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pickering SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toronto Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 72 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Toronto Lady Lynx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2023 | Houston Dash | 88 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Canada U-17 | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Canada U-20 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013– | Canada | 96 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 19, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 5, 2023 |
Nichelle Patrice Prince (born February 19, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for American NWSL club Kansas City Current and the Canada women's national team.[2]
After playing college soccer with the Ohio State Buckeyes,[3] Prince was selected 28th overall by the Houston Dash in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.[4] Prince would miss the majority of the 2019 season after tearing her meniscus at the 2019 Women's World Cup.[5]
In January 2024, Prince was traded to the Kansas City Current.[6]
Prince was a member of the team that won a silver medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in Guatemala and a silver medal at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship. She and her team won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] On May 25, 2019, she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7] On August 6, 2021, she won the Olympic Gold Medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics with Canada.[8]
Prince's father is Afro-Jamaican, while her mother comes from the United States.[2] She has two sisters named Christine and Kendra. She enjoys reading, writing, yoga during her free time. Her favourites have included soccer players Christine Sinclair, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tévez, Canadian hurdlers Perdita Felicien and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, and soccer clubs Real Madrid and Manchester City.[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Playoffs[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Houston Dash | 2017 | NWSL | 23 | 3 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
2018 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||||
2019 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||||
2020 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||
2021 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
2022 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 6 | |||
2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 88 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 107 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Canada | 2013 | 3 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | 4 | 2 | |
2016 | 14 | 3 | |
2017 | 11 | 0 | |
2018 | 11 | 4 | |
2019 | 12 | 1 | |
2020 | 4 | 0 | |
2021 | 16 | 2 | |
2022 | 15 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 3 | |
Total | 96 | 16 |
Houston Dash
Canada