Cloé Lacasse

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Cloé Lacasse
Personal information
Full name Cloé Zoé Eyja Lacasse
Date of birth (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 20
Youth career
Sudbury Canadians
Brampton Brams United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Iowa Hawkeyes 85 (42)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Toronto Lady Lynx
2015–2019 ÍBV 58 (43)
2019– Benfica 37 (39)
National team‡
2021– Canada 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 27, 2021

Cloé Zoé Eyja Lacasse (born 7 July 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica and the Canada national team.[1]

Early life[]

Lacasse began playing soccer with the Sudbury Canadians before moving on to Brams United.[2]

College career[]

Lacasse played college soccer for the University of Iowa and was the school's top scorer during all her four seasons there.[3][4] She was a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 2013 and 2014 and an NSCAA first-team all-region honoree as a senior.[5] She finished her career tied for first in points (112) and shots (306), as well as second in program history in goals (43), game-winning goals (13), and assists (26).[6]

Club career[]

Early career[]

In 2012, she played with the Toronto Lady Lynx in the USL W-League.[7]

IBV[]

Lacasse started her professional career with ÍBV in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2015.[8] In 2017, she won the Icelandic Cup with ÍBV.[9] She was one of the top players in the league during the 2018 season, scoring 10 goals in 17 matches.[10]

Benfica[]

On 19 July 2019, Lacasse signed a two-year contract with Portuguese club Benfica in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.[11][12]

International career[]

After receiving Icelandic citizenship in June 2019, the head coach of the Icelandic national team, Jón Þór Hauksson, stated that she would be considered for a call-up for the team's next games.[13] In July 2020, Jón Þór revealed that Lacasse did not fulfill FIFA's rules to be eligible for the national team but the Football Association of Iceland was working with her on that issue.[14]

On April 1, 2021 she accepted a call-up to Canada.[15]

Personal life[]

Lacasse was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario.[16][17] In 2017, she started working towards her application for an Icelandic citizenship.[18][19] In June 2019, the Judicial Affairs and Education Committee recommended that Lacasse would be given an Icelandic citizenship.[20][21] On 19 June she received her Icelandic citizenship[22] although she did not immediately receive clearance from FIFA to play with the national team.[23]

Honours[]

Club

ÍBV

Benfica

References[]

  1. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 November 2020). "Eyja Lacasse skoraði fyrir Benfica í Meistaradeildinni í dag". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ Pascal, Randy (May 12, 2011). "Cloe Lacasse takes scholarship at Iowa". Sudbury.
  3. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 February 2020). "Verður Cloé Lacasse í íslenska landsliðshópnum í fyrsta sinn?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Cloe Lacasse – Women's Soccer – University of Iowa Athletics". University of Iowa Athletics. hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ James Allan (3 July 2017). "Lacasse Shining in Iceland". hawkeyesports.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil (April 7, 2021). "Sudbury winger Cloe Lacasse 'honoured and excited' to get Canada call-up". Toronto Star.
  7. ^ "Strong Summer Propels Lacasse". Iowa Hawkeyes. August 16, 2012.
  8. ^ Scott Haddow (18 July 2017). "HADDOW: Lacasse has gone far". The Sudbury Star. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  9. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (26 September 2017). "Einn besti erlendi leikmaðurinn í Pepsi deildinni vill verða Íslendingur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  10. ^ Víðir Sigurðsson (26 September 2018). "Cloé Lacasse best í deildinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Cloé Lacasse assina pelo Benfica" [Cloé Lacasse signs for Benfica]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  12. ^ Dores, Márcia (19 July 2019). "Close Lacasse signed". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (20 June 2019). "Jón Þór: Cloe kemur að sjálfsögðu til greina í landsliðið". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (10 July 2020). "Jón Þór um Cloe: "Hún uppfyllir ekki kröfur FIFA"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Eyjakonan valin í landslið Kanada". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ Orri Rafn Sigurðarson (26 September 2017). "Cloe um íslenskan ríkisborgararétt: Yrði heiður að fá tækifæri". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  17. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (4 July 2017). "Mamma vildi ekki að ég spilaði íshokkí". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  18. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 September 2018). "Skoraði fernu í gær og dreymir um að verða Íslendingur í desember". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  19. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (12 May 2018). "Yrði mikill heiður að spila fyrir Ísland". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  20. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (13 June 2019). "Cloé Lacasse við það að fá íslenskan ríkisborgararétt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Lagt til að Cloé öðlist íslenskan ríkisborgararétt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  22. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 June 2019). "Cloé komin með íslenskan ríkisborgararétt: "Sannarlega biðarinnar virði"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  23. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (5 December 2019). "Bestu aðstæður sem ég hef upplifað". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  24. ^ "Benfica conquista troféu" [Benfica conquer trophy]. FPF (in Portuguese). 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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