Gianna Paul

Forward

HOMETOWN: Huntington Station, N.Y., United States

HEIGHT: 5'10"

Gianna Paul signed her first professional contract with the Kansas City Current in December 2025 as a free agent from the collegiate ranks. She had a remarkable four-year career at the University of Alabama from 2022-25 where she graduated as the program record holder with 40 goals, 94 points, 279 shots and 115 shots on target. She started 69 of her 90 career games and logged over 6,000 minutes. Paul led the roster with 12 goals and 31 points in 2025, 12 goals and 25 points in 2024 as well as eight goals and 17 points in 2023. A team captain, she totaled nine game-winning goals in her career, five of which came in 2023 to lead the SEC.

Paul’s back-to-back United Soccer Coaches Fourth Team All-America selections in 2024 and 2025 made her the first player in Alabama history to become a two-time All-American. In 2022, Paul was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and landed on the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team. She was tabbed to the All-Southeast Region First Team in 2023 and 2024 before garnering second team praise as a senior. Paul also earned All-SEC First Team honors for three straight years. She led Alabama to NCAA Tournament berths in three of her four seasons, including the program’s first-ever trip to the College Cup in 2022, and the Crimson Tide won the 2022 SEC regular season title and was the SEC Tournament runner-up that year.

The forward was also called up to United States Youth National Team training camps in 2023 at the Under-19/U-18 level in preparation for the 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship.