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Kaylie Ronan
Personal information
Full name Kaylie Joy Ronan[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-09) September 9, 2002 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Como
Number 3
Youth career
2016–2021 San Diego Surf
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 58 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025 Werder Bremen 11 (1)
2026– Como 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:00, September 29, 2026 (UTC)

Kaylie Joy "KJ" Ronan (born September 9, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Serie A club Como. She played college soccer for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish before starting her professional career with Frauen-Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen.

Early life

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Ronan was born in Carlsbad, California.[2] Her mother, Angela, played soccer collegiately for the Cal State Northridge Matadors.[3] Ronan spent four years in Costa Rica as a child due to her father's job before the family moved back to Carlsbad.[2] She started off playing for a variety of soccer clubs around San Diego County before joining the San Diego Surf in 2016.[4][5] With the Surf, she contributed to an Elite Clubs National League quarterfinal finish in 2017 and a championship final appearance the following year.[3] Ronan attended Carlsbad High School, where she played basketball and set the program record for career assists.

College career

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Ronan received a scholarship offer from the University of Notre Dame by her sophomore year of high school[6] and signed her National Letter of Intent in November 2020.[7] As a freshman with the Fighting Irish in 2021, she appeared in a career-high 21 games as a regular defensive substitute, including all 3 of the NCAA tournament. She helped Notre Dame's defensive unit allow less than one goal per game.[3] On September 26, 2021, she scored her first collegiate goal in a 4–1 win over Boston College.[8] The following season, Ronan operated both from the backline and as a midfielder, making her first career start in a victory over Western Michigan on August 21, 2022.[3]

Ronan then went on to participate in 23 more matches over the next two years, totaling 58 appearances in her time with the Fighting Irish.[3][9] As a senior, she strung together three consecutive starts near the end of the 2024 season as a replacement for the injured Abby Mills. She also scored her second-ever goal for Notre Dame in November 2024, helping the Fighting Irish beat Milwaukee in the NCAA tournament first round.[3] Off the field, Ronan found success in the classroom, earning two Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic team honors as a psychology major.[9]

Club career

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Werder Bremen

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On 5 February 2025, near the end of the winter transfer window, German Frauen-Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen announced that they had signed Ronan to her first professional contract to bolster a defensive unit that had been depleted due to injuries and the loan departure of club veteran Michelle Ulbrich.[5] Four days later, Ronan made her professional debut, starting in a 4–1 defeat to RB Leipzig.[10] She quickly became a fixture on the Werder Bremen team sheet, starting in the DFB-Pokal quarterfinal, semifinal, and final loss to Bayern Munich.[2][11] On 29 March 2025, she scored her first professional goal, a header against Eintracht Frankfurt.[12][13]

Ahead of Ronan's second season at the club, Werder Bremen hired Friederike Kromp [de] to replace departing head coach Thomas Horsch.[14] Ronan had trouble finding playing time under the new management, recording only 4 Bundesliga appearances (all of which were as a substitute) and one cup appearance over the first half of the season.[15] On 22 January 2026, she departed from Werder Bremen on a mutual contract termination.[15] She had appeared 15 times for the club across all competitions.[11]

Como

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Ronan joined Italian club Como in February 2026, signing a contract through the end of the season with an option for an additional year.[9][16] She made her Serie A debut on 21 February 2026, in a shutout victory over Genoa, and played in 5 more league games in her first season in Italy.[13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of September 29, 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SV Werder Bremen 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga 7 1 3 0 10 1
2025–26 4 0 1 0 4 0
Total 11 1 4 0 15 1
FC Como 2025–26 Serie A 6 0 0 0 6 0
2026–27 1 0 3 0 4 0
Total 7 0 3 0 10 0
Career total 18 1 7 0 25 0

References

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  1. ↑ "180th University of Notre Dame Commencement" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. p. 43. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Comtesse, Florent (July 2, 2025). "Werder Bremen: US-Spielerin Kaylie Ronan lebt ihr Ritual an der Weser". Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "KJ Ronan". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Neuzugang Kaylie Ronan im Interview" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. February 4, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Hanke, Maik (February 5, 2025). "Neuzugang aus den USA: Werder-Frauen reagieren mit Last-Minute-Transfer auf Abwehr-Engpass". Deichstube (in German). Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Under new head coach, LCC girls look to continue Avocado West basketball streak against tougher opposition". San Diego Union-Tribune. December 27, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  7. ↑ Puterski, Steve (November 25, 2020). "Carlsbad High student-athletes sign national letters of intent". The Coast News Group. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Irish Make it Five Straight with 4-1 Win over BC". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 Bortolotto, Claudia (February 13, 2026). "Il Como Women dà il benvenuto a Kaylie Ronan". Prima Como (in Italian). Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Kaylie Ronan über ihr Debüt für Grün-Weiß" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. February 9, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Como Women, ufficiale l'ingaggio di Kaylie Ronan". L Football (in Italian). February 12, 2026. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Victory in Bremen". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 "Kaylie Ronan". Soccerway. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Werder löst Vertrag mit Ronan auf". Kicker (in German). January 26, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Vertrag aufgelöst: Ronan verlässt Werder-Frauen vorzeitig". Deichstube (in German). January 22, 2026. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  16. ↑ Comba, Paolo (May 5, 2026). "Kaylie Ronan, Como Women: "È stato frustrante non portare a casa il risultato"". Calcio femminile italiano (in Italian). Retrieved September 29, 2026.
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