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American soccer player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bella Victoria Sember (born September 10, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Elitettan club KIF Örebro. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she won the 2024 national championship.
_006.jpg) Sember with North Carolina Courage U23 in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bella Victoria Sember[1] | ||
| Date of birth | September 10, 2003 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KIF Örebro | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 82 | (13) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | KIF Örebro | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | United States U-17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sember grew up in Centerport, New York, the oldest of four children born to Dana Porciello and Paul Sember. She attended Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York. She played club soccer for New York City FC's academy.[1] She also played futsal and was called into the futsal youth national team in 2015.[2] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a freshman.[3]
While in college, Sember played during the summer with WPSL's Downtown United Soccer Club in 2021 and 2022, USL W League's Long Island Rough Riders in 2023, and the USL W League champion North Carolina Courage U23 in 2024.[4] She also helped the US Women–sponsored team win the Soccer Tournament 2024, scoring in the final.[5]
Sember scored 2 goals in 32 appearances off the bench during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels. She was an unused substitute as a sophomore in the 2022 national title game, where North Carolina lost to UCLA. In her junior season, she appeared in all 23 games (1 start) and scored 3 goals with 1 assist. She scored two of her goals during the NCAA tournament, including the only goal in a 1–0 win against Texas Tech in the third round, as North Carolina reached the quarterfinals.[1] Sember played a bigger role in her senior season, becoming one of the team's captains after only 12 players returned to the team.[6][7] She appeared in all 27 games (23 starts) and scored a team-third-high 8 goals (half of them penalties) with 4 assists. In the NCAA tournament, she opened scoring with a penalty in an 8–0 win against USC Upstate in the first round. She started the first four games of the tournament, before seeing limited minutes in the semifinal and final, as North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][8]
Swedish club KIF Örebro announced Sember's signing on a one-year contract on January 4, 2025.[9][10]
Sember trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-15, and under-17 levels from 2016 to 2020, scoring for the under-17 team against the Republic of Ireland at the UEFA Development Tournament in 2019.[11][12]
North Carolina Tar Heels
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