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Brittany Persaud
Personal information
Full name Brittany Persaud[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Westerville, Ohio, United States
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Youth career
Westerville North High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Dayton Flyers 8 (0)
2009–2011 Wright State Raiders 61 (16)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Kungsbacka DFF 7 (0)
2012–2013 ADO Den Haag 15 (1)
2013–2014 Telstar 14 (2)
International career‡
2010–2018 Guyana 7+ (2+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, November 21, 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 April 2018

Brittany Persaud (born 1 April 1990) is an American-born Guyanese footballer who plays as a forward. She has been a member of the Guyana women's national team. She played college soccer for Dayton and Wright State.[2][3]

Education

At Wright State, she was the all-time leader in assists with 24 during her three-year Raider career, and eighth in points with 56 (16 goals, 24 assists) and shots attempted with 146. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Exercise Science at Wright State[4] before being picked up by a Swedish team, Kungsbacka DFF.[5]

She earned a Master of Science in Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands during her European football career.[4]

Returning to US football, she signed on with the Ohio-based Dayton Dutch Lions WFC in 2015.[6]

In 2019, she was a part of the coaching team for Guyana's U20 Women’s Team[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 5 March 2010 Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown, Guyana  Suriname
1–0
2–0
 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying qualification
2
 3 July 2010 Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana  Cuba
2–1
3–1
3
 20 November 2015 Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago  Jamaica
2–1
 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
4
 27 April 2018  Suriname
2–2
 2018 CFU Women's Challenge Series
5
 25 May 2018 Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana
1–1
6–1
 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
6
5–1

Honours

ADO Den Haag

Winner

Runners-up

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Brittany Persaud - Women's Soccer". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Persaud Nets Game Winner for Guyana". WSURaiders.com.
  3. ^ "Wright State's Persaud Leads Guyana to First Gold Cup Appearance". Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Girls Soccer Camp | Mentor | Elite Sports Performance & Fitness". Elite. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Persaud to Play Professionally in Sweden". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dutch Lions FC Sign Persaud for 2015 W-League Season". International Soccer Network. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  7. ^ GTIMES (July 12, 2019). "20-member Under-20 Squad ready for CONCACAF Championships". Guyana Times. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

External links

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