Raby Abdulmasih George (born 13 February 1992) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for

Enhörna IF Enhörna IF is a Sweden, Swedish Association football, football club located in Enhörna, north-west of Södertälje in Södermanland. Background Enhörna Idrottsförening was founded on March 13, 1928. Arvid Starberg was elected as chairman and ...

Career

Raby George made his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

debut for

Syrianska FC Syrianska Football Club, also known as Syrianska FC or simply Syrianska, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Södertälje in Stockholm County. The club was founded by Aramean people, Syriac-Aramean immigrants ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, coming on as a substitute for

Nahir Oyal Nahir Oyal (born 17 December 1990), is a Swedish footballer who plays for Arameiska-Syrianska IF. Career He played in Allsvenskan and Superettan with Syrianska FC before signing a 4-year pre-contract for Djurgårdens IF in the summer of 2011, ...

against

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

in the 88th minute. He left

in August of the following year to enroll at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

as a

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, earning a

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soccer scholarship. He played four seasons with North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer, scoring 10 goals in 85 appearances. While attending UNC, he also played for the U23 team of the

National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The league is officially affiliated to the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and has automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup. ...

club

Carolina Railhawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks. On December 6, 2016, the RailH ...

. George spent the

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season playing for the Georgia Revolution FC in the NPSL. When returning to Sweden in 2016, he signed with

Personal life

Raby George is good friends with Chicago Fire defender Jonathan Campbell, whom he befriended while a student-athlete at UNC. George graduated with a

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degree in

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from UNC in 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Raby 1992 births Living people Swedish people of Assyrian descent Syrianska FC players Syrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Allsvenskan players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Syrian men's footballers University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Swedish expatriate men's footballers Assyriska FF players Swedish men's footballers Hammarby Fotboll players Men's association football midfielders Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Swedish people of Syrian descent Georgia Revolution FC players Assyrian footballers Footballers from Södertälje 21st-century Swedish sportsmen