Aryana Lynn Harvey (born April 2, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Cesena.[1]

Aryana Harvey
Aryana Harvey of Çaykur Rizespor (May 2022)
Personal information
Full name Aryana Lynn Harvey
Date of birth (1997-04-02) April 2, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Tualatin, Oregon, USA
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cesena
Number 16
Youth career
2011–2015 Tualatin High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Pfeiffer Falcons 19 (9)
2017–2019 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 55 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 So Cal Union FC
2020–2021 Damaiense 9 (1)
2022 Çaykur Rizespor 11 (4)
2022–2023 Fatih Vatan Spor 11 (0)
2023–2024 Pomigliano CF
2024– Cesena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 22, 2023

Early years

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Aryana Lynn Harvey was born to Antonio Harvey and Kim Starr Harvey in Tualatin, Oregon, United States on April 2, 1997.[2][3] She is the niece of Richard Harvey.[3]

She started playing soccer on the school team during her high school years in her hometown between 2011 and 2015.[2] She played for the college team of Pfeiffer Falcons at Misenheimer, North Carolina in 2016. She scored 9 goals in 19 matches.[4] Between 2017 and 2019, she played for the college team of CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners, where she appeared in 55 games and scored 7 goals and 9 assists.[2][3] She changed position from defensive midfielder to forward in her final two seasons at Cal State Bakersfield.[3]

Club career

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Aryana Harvey of Çaykur Rizespor in the 2021–22 Turkish Women's Football Super League.

In 2019, while attending Cal State Bakersfield, Harvey joined So Cal Union FC of the Women's Premier Soccer League in Temecula, California.[3]

In July 2020, Harvey signed her first professional contract with Damaiense of Portugal's Campeonato Nacional Feminino.[5][3]

In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey, and joined the new established Çaykur Rizespor to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Turkish Women's Football Super League.[6]

In the 2022–23 Super League season, Harvey transferred to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Prima squadra 23/24". Pomigliano Calcio Femminile (in Italian). Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 Women's Soccer Roster – 4 Aryana Harvey". CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cunningham, Clay (July 28, 2020). "CSUB grad Harvey pushes through discomfort, lands pro contract in Portugal". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "12 Aryana Harvey". Pfeiffer University Falcons. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "Harvey Signs Overseas Contract with SF Damaiense" (Press release). Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners. July 27, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi Çaykur Rizespor 1–2 Wulfz Fatih Karagümrük" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Aryana Lynn Harvey" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
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