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 | |||
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Full name | Josée Bélanger[1] | ||
Date of birth | May 14, 1986 | ||
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) |
National team | |||
2004 | Canada U-19 | 8 | (4) |
2004–2017 | Canada | 57 | (7) |
Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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[]
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[]
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[]
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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[]
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | June 3, 2010 | Hamar, Norway | ![]() |
Friendly | ||
2. | November 2, 2010 | Cancún, Mexico | ![]() |
2010 CONCACAF Women's Championship | ||
3. | November 5, 2010 | ![]() |
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4. | December 9, 2010 | São Paulo, Brazil | ![]() |
2010 International Women's Football Tournament | ||
5. | December 19, 2010 | ![]() |
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6. | June 21, 2015 | Vancouver, Canada | ![]() |
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
7. | December 16, 2015 | Natal, Brazil | ![]() |
2015 International Women's Football Tournament |
Honours[]
Canada
- Summer Olympic Games: Bronze Medal, 2016
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ^ "Välkommen Josée Bélanger". August 13, 2015.
- ^ "National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Canadian Players for 2016 Season". Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ "Team Canada veteran Josée Bélanger retires from competitive soccer | The Star". thestar.com. May 29, 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Estrie
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Soccer people from Quebec
- French Quebecers
- USL W-League players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Damallsvenskan players
- FC Rosengård players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football forwards
- Orlando Pride players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canadian women's soccer biography stubs