Raby George
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raby Abdulmasih George[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Södertälje, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Assyriska FF | ||
| 2008–2009 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2010 | Syrianska FC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 85 | (10) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Syrianska FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Georgia Revolution FC | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Enhörna IF | 44 | (16) |
| 2020–2021 | Trosa-Vagnhärad SK | 21 | (4) |
| 2022– | Enhörna IF | 14 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2022 | |||
Raby Abdulmasih George (born 13 February 1992) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Enhörna IF.
Career
[edit]Raby George made his Allsvenskan debut for Syrianska FC in 2011, coming on as a substitute for Nahir Oyal against Helsingborgs IF in the 88th minute.[2]
He left Syrianska FC in August of the following year to enroll at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a student-athlete, earning a North Carolina Tar Heels soccer scholarship.[3][4] He played four seasons with North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer, scoring 10 goals in 85 appearances.[5] While attending UNC, he also played for the U23 team of the National Premier Soccer League club Carolina Railhawks.[5] George spent the 2016 season playing for the Georgia Revolution FC in the NPSL.[6]
When returning to Sweden in 2016, he signed with Enhörna IF.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Raby George is good friends with Chicago Fire defender Jonathan Campbell, whom he befriended while a student-athlete at UNC.[7] George graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from UNC in 2016.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 north carolina men's soccer - University of North Carolina" (PDF). North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ ""Jag tycker att vi ska spela vidare"". 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Tre spelare får lämna Syrianska FC". Syrianska FC. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Raby George Bio - University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Site". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Raby George - Men's Soccer".
- ^ Edmiston, Matthew (26 May 2016). "Georgia Revolution let a two-goal lead slip". Dirty South Soccer. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Legendarens oväntade hyllning – till svenska div 3-klubben". 12 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Raby George at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
- Raby George club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived) (archive)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Swedish people of Assyrian or Syriac 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
- Sportspeople from Södertälje
- Footballers from Stockholm County
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen