Kiki Bosio

{{Short description|American former soccer player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kiki Bosio

| image = Kiki Bosio at Earthquakes 2010-09-15 1.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Bosio with the Gold Pride in September 2010

| fullname = Kiara Michelle Bosio{{cite magazine |location=Santa Clara, California |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30037569 |title=Leavey School of Business – Bachelor of Science in Commerce: Accounting |magazine=2010 Undergraduate Commencement |publisher=Santa Clara University |page=16 |date=June 12, 2010 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707004704/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.30037569.pdf |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|3}}

| birth_place = Anaheim, California, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

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| youthclubs1 = Southern California Blues

| youthyears1 = 2005–2006

| youthclubs2 = Laguna Hills Eclipse

| youthyears2 = 2002–2005

| college1= Santa Clara Broncos

| collegeyears1 = 2006–2009

| clubs1 = Ajax America Women

| years1 = 2007–2009

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| clubs2 = FC Gold Pride

| years2 = 2010

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 0

| clubs3 = Orange County Waves

| years3 = 2011

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 3

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| nationalteam1 = United States U-17

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004

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| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalteam2 = United States U-23

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2009

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Kiara Michelle "Kiki" Bosio (born November 3, 1987) is an American former soccer player from Mission Viejo, California. She played as a forward for the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club FC Gold Pride and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team.

Bosio played college soccer for Santa Clara Broncos, where she became known for her acrobatic flip throw-ins.{{cite web|title=Broncos soccer team ready for flip side|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 12, 2009|accessdate=October 2, 2013|first=Tom|last=Fitzgerald|url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Broncos-soccer-team-ready-for-flip-side-3281322.php}} While at University she also occasionally turned out for Ajax America Women of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL).{{cite web|title=The Bosio Sisters lead a Ajax family affair as they win their first WPSL Championship since 2001|publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League|accessdate=October 2, 2013|url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/index.php/?cat=1&id=572|date=March 8, 2008}}

In 2011 Bosio played for Orange County Waves alongside her sister Dani.{{cite web|title=LOCALS: Waves make waves in women's game|publisher=ESPN|date=July 22, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2013|first=Scott|last=French|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/soccer/post/_/id/9849/locals-waves-make-waves-in-womens-game}} She scored three goals in nine regular season appearances as the team won the 2011 WPSL Championship.{{cite web|title=2011 Statistics – Games Played|publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League|accessdate=September 26, 2013|url=http://www.wpsl.info/stats/index2011b.php?category=played|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928073122/http://www.wpsl.info/stats/index2011b.php?category=played|archive-date=September 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=2011 Statistics – Goals|publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League|accessdate=September 26, 2013|url=http://www.wpsl.info/stats/index2011b.php?category=goals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928073125/http://www.wpsl.info/stats/index2011b.php?category=goals|archive-date=September 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}

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