Josée Bélanger

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Josée Bélanger
Bélanger in São Paulo, during a match against Brazil, which gave Canada the bronze medal in women's football for Rio 2016
Personal information
Full name Josée Bélanger[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-14) May 14, 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Coaticook, Quebec, Canada[2]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Full back, winger
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Sherbrooke Vert et Or
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Laval Comets 5 (3)
2009–2012 Quebec City Amiral SC 25 (13)
2014 Laval Comets 6 (1)
2015 FC Rosengård 9 (2)
2016 Orlando Pride 14 (0)
International career
2004 Canada U-19 8 (4)
2004–2017 Canada 57 (7)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josée Bélanger (born May 14, 1986) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Canadian national team.

Club career[edit]

Bélanger signed with FC Rosengård in August 2015.[3]

On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Bélanger would play for the Orlando Pride for the 2016 season of the National Women's Soccer League via the NWSL Player Allocation.[4]

She retired in May 2017.[5]

International career[edit]

She won a regional gold medal with Canada on two occasions, first at the 2004 CONCACAF Women's U-19 Championship and subsequently at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Championship.

International statistics[edit]

 Canada
Year Apps Goals
2004 1 0
2010 10 5
2014 11 0
2015 17 2
2016 17 0
2017 1 0
Total 57 7

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

Honours[edit]

Canada

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Canada" (PDF). FIFA. July 6, 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Välkommen Josée Bélanger". August 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Canadian Players for 2016 Season". Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Team Canada veteran Josée Bélanger retires from competitive soccer | The Star". thestar.com. May 29, 2017.

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