nationalcaps manageryears birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
309 2009 24 june 1975 sky blue fc 1993 -- 2010 2011 2013 -- -- 1996 1998 1998 2001 -- 2003 2009 1993 -- 1996 55 30 11 39 0 0 0 1 200 1997 -- christierampone captain 2009.jpg christie rampone christie patricia rampone fort lauderdale , florida , u.s. united states 5 6 3 4 monmouth hawks monmouth york power sky blue fc magicjack sky blue fc hawks buffalo ffillies new jersey lady stallions new defender / center-back sky blue fc -lrb- caretaker player/manager -rrb- christie rampone

christie rampone

christie patricia rampone -lrb- née pearce born june 24 , 1975 -rrb- is an american professional soccer defender .
she currently plays for sky blue fc in the national women 's soccer league and is captain of the united states women 's national soccer team .
christie rampone is a 3-time olympic gold medalist , and also a 2-time fifa women 's world cup champion .
rampone has played in four fifa women 's world cup finals and four olympics women 's football tournaments .
she is a 1999 and 2015 fifa women 's world cup champion , and a three-time gold medalist having won championship titles at the 2004 athens olympics , 2008 beijing olympics and 2012 london olympics .
she has finished no lower than third place in each of the world cup or olympic tournaments in which she has competed .
rampone played in the w-league from 1997 through 1998 .
she played in two american professional leagues the entire time they were in operation ; from 2001 through 2003 in the wusa and from 2009 through 2011 in the wps .
in 2009 , while playing for sky blue fc , she simultaneously served as coach of the club while winning the 2009 women 's professional soccer playoffs , and was named wps sportswoman of the year .
rampone is the oldest player to appear in a fifa women 's world cup game , and the second-most capped player in u.s. and world history .
