Sarina Bolden

Sarina Isabel Bolden (born 30 June 1996) is an American-born Filipino association footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Sandvikens IF and the Philippines women's national team.

Early life and education
Sarina Isabel Bolden was born in June 30, 1996 in Santa Clara, California, U.S. to Sherry and Robert Bolden and has a younger brother. She attended Milpitas High School where she played for its women's soccer and softball teams.

Youth career
With the Milpitas High School Trojans, Bolden led her high school team to the 2015 SCVAL El Camino Division title. She was named as part of the first team All-SCVAL selection for three years from 2013 to 2015. In the club level, Bolden played for MLVA Mercury Black '96 helping the club reached the 2014 ECNL National Playoffs and helped the Denza Force '95 win the 2013 and 2015 ECNL North West Conference championships.

Collegiate career
Bolden attends the Loyola Marymount University where she plays for the school's women's soccer team. In 2016 she scored six goals for her college team and she was named as part of the All-West Coast Conference First Team and the NSCAA All-West Region.

International career
Bolden's performance with the Loyola Marymount University women's soccer team led to her being invited to participate in a training camp in Orlando, Florida in April 2017 which was organized by the United States women's national under-23 soccer team. In late 2017, she was able to participate in training camps organized by the Philippines women's national football team and caught the attention of Richard Boon, then head coach of the national team. She was later named in the final line up for the Philippine national team that will participate at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

In the Philippines' first group stage match against host Jordan, Bolden had her first international cap. She scored the winning goal for the Philippines in their 2–1 victory against host.

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

References

Category:1996 births
Category:Living people
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Filipino women's footballers
Category:Philippines women's international footballers
Category:Filipino people of African-American descent
Category:Filipino expatriate footballers
Category:Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from California
Category:Sportspeople from Santa Clara, California
Category:People from Milpitas, California
Category:American sportspeople of Filipino descent
Category:African-American women's soccer players
Category:Loyola Marymount Lions women's soccer players
Category:American expatriate soccer players
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games