Rashida Beal | |
Fullname: | Rashida Marie Beal[1] |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1994 |
Birth Place: | Germantown, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Height: | 1.68 m[2] |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | FC Gintra |
Clubnumber: | 3 |
Youthclubs1: | Germantown High School |
Collegeyears1: | 2013–2016 |
College1: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
Years1: | 2017 |
Clubs1: | FC Kansas City |
Years2: | 2020 |
Clubs2: | BV Cloppenburg |
Years3: | 2021 |
Clubs3: | FCU Olimpia Cluj |
Years4: | 2022– |
Clubs4: | Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor |
Caps4: | 39 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 2024– |
Clubs5: | FC Gintra |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Club-Update: | December 23, 2023 |
Rashida Marie Beal (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional soccer player, who plays as a defender for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.
Rashida Marie Beal was born in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States on November 18, 1994. She performed track athletics in the middle school. She finished Germantown High School in 2013. She studied Psychology with minor in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota graduating in December 2016.
Beal played two years for Germantown High School team, and four years for North Shore United AFC. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. She was named Academic All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was selected to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region (Central) in 2015. In November 2016, she was named a First Team Academic All-American. She enjoyed the champion title of the Big Ten women's soccer tournament in 2016. She was named the 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year.
After finishing the college, she was drafted by FC Kansas City in January 2017. Beal played soccer as a professional in her country 's National Women's Soccer League.
Between February and June 2020, she was with the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg in Germany. By February 2021, she was called up to Kansas City NWSL for the 2021 Preseason.
In August 2021, she transferred to the Romanian league champion club FCU Olimpia Cluj to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. She appeared in two matches.
In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Women's Super League.
In July 2024 she removed to lithuanian FC Gintra.[3]
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