Bella Sember


Bella Victoria Sember is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club Eskilstuna United. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the [2024 NCAA Division I women's association football|soccer tournament|2024 national championship]. She began her professional career with KIF Örebro in 2025.

Early life

Sember grew up in Centerport, New York, the oldest of four children born to Dana Porciello and Paul Sember. She began playing soccer when she was three. She played club soccer for New York City FC's academy. She also played futsal and was called into the futsal youth national team in 2015, 2023, and 2024. She committed to the University of North Carolina during her freshman year at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York.

College career

Sember scored 2 goals in 32 appearances off the bench during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels. She was an unused substitute as a sophomore in the 2022 national title game, where North Carolina lost to UCLA. In her junior season in 2023, she appeared in all 23 games and scored 3 goals with 1 assist. She scored two goals during the NCAA tournament, including the lone goal against Texas Tech in the third round, as North Carolina reached the quarterfinals.
Sember played a bigger role in her senior season in 2024, becoming one of the team's captains after only 12 players returned to the team. She appeared in all 27 games and scored a team-third-high 8 goals with 4 assists. In the NCAA tournament, she opened scoring with a penalty against USC Upstate in the first round. She started the first four games of the tournament, before seeing limited minutes in the semifinal and final, as North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012.
While in college, Sember played during the summer with the WPSL's Downtown United Soccer Club in 2021 and 2022, the USL W League's Long Island Rough Riders in 2023, and the USL W League champion North Carolina Courage U23 in 2024. She also helped the US Women–sponsored team win the Soccer Tournament 2024, scoring in the final and several games leading up to the final.

Club career

KIF Örebro

On January 4, 2025, newly relegated Elitettan club KIF Örebro announced that they had signed Sember to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. KIF Örebro's sporting director said she possessed Damallsvenskan quality and could have signed in the top flight. She made her professional debut on March 1, starting and playing the entire match in a 1–1 draw with Norrköping in the Swedish Cup group stage. She scored her first professional goal in her home league debut, a 2–1 loss to Trelleborg on April 19. On October 11, she netted her tenth league goal in a 3–2 win over city rivals Örebro SK. She said before the game that she was "a little surprised" to have scored so many good goals, especially from distance.
Sember scored again in the following game against Mallbacken as KIF Örebro extended their league unbeaten run to 17 games. On November 15, she scored a goal in the season finale against Sunnanå, confirming KIF Örebro's place in the Damallsvenskan qualifiers, but they lost the promotion series 4–0 on aggregate. Her rookie season finished with 14 goals in 26 league games, tied for first on the team and third in the league. She played in all 32 games for KIF Örebro, starting 30, and scored 15 goals in all competitions.

Eskilstuna United

On November 24, 2025, Sember signed with newly promoted Damallsvenskan club Eskilstuna United on a two-year contract.

International career

Sember trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-15, and [United States women's national United States women's national under-17 soccer team|under-17 soccer team|under-17] levels from 2016 to 2020, scoring for the under-17 team against the Republic of Ireland at the UEFA Development Tournament in 2019.

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina Courage U23