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Daphné Marie Corboz (born 14 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris FC. Born in the United States, she represented them at youth level before switching her allegiance to France.
Born to French-born parents, Michel and Christine, Corboz has a dual citizenship with France. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, where her father, a former semi-professional player in Grenoble, was pursuing his postdoctoral research at the University of South Alabama. Her younger brother, Mael played soccer for Rutgers before transferring to Maryland, and she was teammates at Georgetown with younger sister Rachel, who is three years her junior.
Corboz had a four-year career with the Georgetown University women’s soccer team, with whom she was a three-time All-America selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, including first-team honors in 2012 after her sophomore season. She finished her college career with 47 goals, a school record. Before Georgetown, she attended Watchung Hills Regional High School in New Jersey and played club soccer with PDA Tsunami.
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