Walker Loseno

Walker Amiel Loseno (born 12 January 1982), known in Greece as Amalia Loseno (Greek: Αμαλία Λοσένο), is an American-born Greek retired footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.

Amalia Loseno
Personal information
Full name Walker Amiel Loseno[1][2]
Date of birth (1982-01-12) 12 January 1982[3][1]
Place of birth New York City, New York, U.S.[3]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Royals Soccer Club
Kentridge Chargers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Gonzaga Bulldogs
International career
2004 Greece 23 (?) (3)

College career

Loseno has attended the Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.[4]

International career

Loseno began playing for the Greece in January 2003, after coming across a notice on a women's football website that the Greek national team was looking for players. She represented the country at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Loseno was born to Susan Johnson (née Haldezos) and David Loseno, and is named after the photographer Walker Evans. Though born in the United States, Amalia was able to obtain Greek citizenship in 2004 through her great-grandparents on her mother's side, who emigrated to the United States from Plomari. She holds Greek citizenship under her baptismal name, Amalia.[1][5]

See also

References
  1. Levesque, John (2 July 2004). "Renton girl embarks on big fat Greek Olympic adventure". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. "Women's National Team vs Greece (March 20, 2003)". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. Walker Loseno at Olympedia
  4. "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Greece (GRE)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. Reid, Scott M. (12 August 2004). "Olympic opportunity". Orange County Register. Retrieved 12 February 2022.


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