Birth date | 29 May, 1988 |
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Age |
31 yrs
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Occupations |
Association football player
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Citizenship |
United States of America
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Birth place |
Morristown
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Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Gender |
Female
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Description | American soccer player |
Heath is an American soccer player; she was born on 29th May 1988. She first started playing in 2004 in New Jersey.
Amber Riley
Early life
Heath biography started when she began playing soccer at the age of four. She is the daughter of Cindy and Jeff Heath; she was brought up in the basking ridges of New Jersey. She has two older sisters namely Katie and Perry; she also has a young brother called Jeffrey. She comes from a Christian family and supports the athletes in action and champions for Christ.
Tobin went to Ridge High School and graduated in 2006, during her school year, she played soccer for three years. Her team won the national championships in 2003 where she participated, she was number two in her school year and featured in both the soccer buzz magazine and the Parade magazine in 2005.
Education
She attended the Ridge High School where she used to play soccer and later she joined the University of Carolina where she won NCAA women's soccer championship in three consecutive years.
Career
She played internationally for the first time in 2008, where she played against Finland and won an Olympics gold medal. In the process of performing, she got an ankle injury which paused her soccer career. In 2012, she returned and won another Olympic gold medal when she was playing against London.
Previously, she was playing for Atlanta beat; she moved to New York Fury in 2012 where Tobin played for a few months before she joined the national team. The next year, she joined the Paris Saint Germain where she signed a six months contract, during her stay there she scored five goals out of the twelve games she played.
She moved to Portland Thorns FC where she currently plays. When she returned to Portland, she helped them achieve a third place in the NWSL. The same year after her return, they won after defeating Western New York Flash. After scoring that goal, she was named the most valuable player in the Championship. She was named the player of the month in 2016 when she scored five goals in five matches.
In 2017, she suffered a back injury which made her miss out most of the games. She returned in early 2018 where she played against Orlando Pride where she scored and won the championships. In the process of performing, she suffered an ankle injury and was forced to stay away from soccer until the wound got healed completely. In 2018 after her a successful surgery, she attended the NWSL seasons where her team was playing against Utah Royals FC, she joined the third last minute and scored her team a goal.
Awards
Tobin has scored numerous awards both locally and internationally. She NCAA Women's champion in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Internationally she won two Olympics gold medals in 2008 and 2012. In 2016, she won she believes cup and also won the four national tournaments in 2008 and 2011. Tobin Heath is not married, and her personal life is very private. There is no information about who she is dating, or if she is married, people think she is gay.
Last Modified: Jun 24, 2020