Sophie Wais Braun (born 26 January 2000), known as Sophia Braun, is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in the United States, she plays for the Argentina national team. Braun played

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for the

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Early life

Braun was raised in Beaverton,

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to an American father and an Argentine mother.

High school and college career

Braun attended the Jesuit High School in Beaverton, Oregon and

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Club career

Braun joined

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club

Kansas City Current The Kansas City Current are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It was founded as an NWSL expansion, expansion team in 2021 NWSL ...

on January 30, 2024. In July 2024, Kansas City loaned Braun to

club Spokane Zephyr for the remainder of the NWSL season, making her the first NWSL player loaned to the new league. On December 10, 2024, Current declined Braun's option for 2025, making her a free agent. She subsequently signed with the Zephyr on a permanent deal.

International career

Braun represented Argentina at the

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. She made her senior debut on February 18, 2021, in a 1–4 loss to

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at that year's edition of the

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Career statistics

International

International goals

References

External links

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(archived) * 2000 births Living people Argentine women's footballers 21st-century Argentine sportswomen Women's association football midfielders Argentina women's youth international footballers Argentina women's international footballers Argentine people of American descent Sportspeople from Beaverton, Oregon Soccer players from Oregon American women's soccer players Gonzaga Bulldogs women's soccer players Sportspeople of Argentine descent 21st-century American sportswomen 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Liga MX Femenil players Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico Club León (women) footballers Kansas City Current players {{US-women-footy-midfielder-stub