Amber Nguyen
American soccer player (born 2002)
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Amber Katherine Nguyen (born February 26, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Lexington SC. She played college soccer for the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Nguyen with Georgia in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amber Katherine Nguyen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | February 26, 2002[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Macon, Georgia, United States[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lexington SC | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 66 | (5) |
| 2024 | Georgia Bulldogs | 21 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Lexington SC | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | United States U-16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | United States U-18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | United States U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 10, 2025 | |||
Early life
Nguyen was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Don and Tonya Nguyen, and grew up in Snellville, Georgia. She has two older brothers.[2][3] She played DA club soccer for Tophat Soccer Club, earning United Soccer Coaches All-American honors three times and being named DA Best Midfielder in 2019. She graduated from Shiloh High School.[4] She initially committed to play college soccer at Tennessee before changing her commitment to Vanderbilt later in her senior year.[5][6]
College career
Nguyen won the SEC tournament with the Vanderbilt Commodores in her freshman season in 2020, making all but one of her appearances that year off the substitute bench.[2][7] She broke into the starting lineup during her sophomore season in 2021, scoring 1 goal and making a career-high 5 assists in 16 games. In her junior season in 2022, she scored 3 goals and added 2 assists in 18 games. helping Vanderbilt advance to the semifinals of the SEC tournament and the second round of the NCAA tournament.[2][8] She started all 18 games and scored 2 goals for the Commodores in her senior season in 2023, a down year for the team.[2][9]
Nguyen transferred to the Georgia Bulldogs to use her fifth year of college eligibility as a graduate student in 2024.[3][10] She played in all 21 games, all but two of them as a starter, and scored 2 goals.[4]
Club career
Nguyen joined the North Carolina Courage as a non-roster trialist in the 2025 preseason.[11] She was signed to a short-term contract from March to April.[12]
On July 1, 2025, Lexington SC announced that the club had signed Nguyen ahead of the USL Super League's second season.[13] She made her professional debut on October 10, coming on as a late substitute for Sarah Griffith in a 1–1 draw with the Carolina Ascent.[14]
International career
Nguyen trained with the youth national team at the under-16, under-18, and under-20 levels, appearing in friendlies at each age level.[4][15]
Honors and awards
Vanderbilt Commodores
