Nia Christopher | |
Birth Date: | 2 May 2001 |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Position: | Forward, midfielder |
Currentclub: | Fort Lauderdale United FC |
Youthyears1: | 201?–2020 |
Youthclubs1: | The John Carroll Patriots |
Collegeyears1: | 2020–2023 |
College1: | Towson Tigers |
Collegecaps1: | 66 |
Collegegoals1: | 41 |
Years1: | 2024– |
Clubs1: | Fort Lauderdale United FC |
Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
Nationalteam1: | Bermuda U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2020 |
Nationalteam2: | Bermuda U20 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears3: | 2018– |
Nationalteam3: | Bermuda |
Nationalcaps3: | 8 |
Nationalgoals3: | 6 |
Pcupdate: | 31 October 2021 |
Ntupdate: | 12 April 2022 |
Nia Christopher (born 2 May 2001) is a Bermudian footballer who plays as a forward and a midfielder for Fort Lauderdale United FC of the USL Super League and the Bermuda women's national team.
Christopher was raised in the Devonshire Parish and began playing football at age four.[1] Her parents sent her to the United States at age 15, and she initially studied in Georgia for one year.[1] Christopher transferred The John Carroll School in Bel Air, Maryland, where she became a two-time All-Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland selection.[1]
Christopher attended Towson University in the United States.[1]
She signed with Fort Lauderdale United FC in May 2024.[2]
Christopher represented Bermuda at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She capped at senior level during two CONCACAF W Championship qualifications (2018 and 2022).
Christopher scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win against the Cayman Islands on February 22, 2022.
Her father, D. Lloyd Christopher, played football at American International College and represented the Bermuda national team before becoming general secretary of the Bermuda Football Association and president of the Bermuda Referees Association.[1]