Natalie Viggiano

Natalie Viggiano
Personal information
Full name Natalie Nicole Viggiano
Date of birth (2000-02-23) February 23, 2000
Place of birth Troy, Michigan, US
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sandvikens IF
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Wisconsin Badgers 83 (16)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 OL Reign 0 (0)
2023 Damaiense
2024 ÍBV
2024–2026 Spokane Zephyr 27 (0)
2026– Sandvikens IF 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:28, December 23, 2025 (UTC)

Natalie Nicole Viggiano (born February 23, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Elitettan club Sandvikens IF. She played college soccer for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected by the OL Reign in fourth round of the 2023 NWSL Draft. She is the sister of fellow soccer player Marisa DiGrande.

Early life

Viggiano grew up in Troy, Michigan. She previously played for Dakota High School in the nearby Macomb Township.[1]

College career

At the collegiate level, Viggiano was a member of the women's soccer team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that won the 2019 Big Ten Conference Championship. Individually, she was a First-Team All-Big Ten selection for the 2022 season.[1]

Club career

The OL Reign selected Viggiano as the 46th overall pick of the 2023 NWSL Draft. On June 26, 2023, the Reign announced that they had signed Viggiano to her first professional deal, a national team replacement player contract.[2] She made 3 appearances in the NWSL Challenge Cup before departing from the Reign.[3]

Viggiano then spent a stint in Portugal for S.F. Damaiense.[4] In February 2024, she signed with Icelandic club ÍBV.[5][6]

On August 14, 2024, Viggiano was announced to have joined Spokane Zephyr FC's roster ahead of the inaugural USL Super League season.[7] In May 2026, the club folded after two seasons.[8]

On August 20, 2026, Swedish second-division team Sandvikens IF announced the signing of Viggiano.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Natalie Viggiano". University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  2. ↑ "OL Reign Signs Five Players as National Team Replacement Players". Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Natalie Viggiano". FBref.
  4. ↑ "Marítimo vence Damaiense e sobe ao quarto lugar da Liga feminina". Sportinforma (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  5. ↑ Ólafsdóttir, Díana (2024-02-20). "Lexie Knox og Natalie Viggiano til ÍBV". Eyjafréttir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Natalie Viggiano skrifar undir hjá ÍBV". ibvsport.is. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  7. ↑ "Zephyr FC Add Hisey, Viggiano to Roster as Season Opener Approaches". USL Spokane. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  8. ↑ "Official Zephyr FC Club Statement". Spokane Zephyr FC. 2026-05-20. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
  9. ↑ "Välkommen Natalie Viggiano". Sandvikens IF (in Swedish). 2026-08-20. Retrieved 2026-08-21.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.