Katrina Guillou
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Katrina Jacqueline Guillou[1] | ||
Date of birth | December 19, 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Washington, D.C., United States | ||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward[1] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Piteå IF | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bishop Ireton Cardinals | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | UNC Wilmington Seahawks | 80 | (30) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Oulu Nice Soccer | 23 | (8) |
2019–2020 | Morön BK | 49 | (21) |
2021– | Piteå IF | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2022– | Philippines | 5 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 3, 2022 |
Katrina Jacqueline Guillou (born December 19, 1993) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Piteå IF and the Philippines women's national team. She can also play as a forward.
Early life and education[]
Guillou was born to a Filipino mother, Lorna (née Rivera), and a French father, Yves Guillou, in Washington, D.C., United States.[1][2] A native of Fort Washington, Maryland, she attended the Bishop Ireton High School in Virginia for her secondary studies and later the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) for her collegiate studies.[1]
College career[]
From 2012 to 2015, Guillou played for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's soccer (football) team which competes in the .[3] In her senior year, she helped the Seahawks secure an at-large berth for the NCAA Division I.[1]
Club career[]
After graduating from UNCW, Guillou signed up to play for Finnish club Oulu Nice Soccer in 2016.[4][5] She would move to Sweden to play for Morön BK[6] and in December 2020 switch to Piteå IF.[7]
International career[]
When she was still a college player, her coach would convince her to join a national team. Two years prior to the Asian Cup, she sent the Philippine Football Federation a highlight reel of her earlier part of her stint in Sweden which led to her securing a Philippine passport in order for her to be able to play for the national team.[8]
Philippines[]
Guillou made her first cap for the Philippines in the national team's 1–0 win against Thailand at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9]
International goals[]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 January 2022 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India | ![]() |
1–0 | 6–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Katrina Guillou - Women's Soccer". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ Atencio, Peter (January 20, 2022). "Momentum on side of PH women's booters vs. Thais". Manila Standard. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Soccer".
- ^ "Former Seahawk standouts land pro soccer contracts". Port City Daily. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Former Seahawk Guillou signs pro contract". WECT News 6. Gray Television, Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Katrina Guillou: "Jag har alltid velat spela i Sverige"" [Katrina Guillou: "I have always wanted to play in Sweden"]. Norran (in Swedish). Norr Media AB. Retrieved January 22, 2022.(subscription required)
- ^ "Piteås nyförvärv: "Jag tror att det blir min roll"". Piteå-Tidningen (in Swedish). Norr Media AB. December 30, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
Amerikanskan Katrina Guillou från Morön är exempelvis en riktigt bra spelare...
(subscription required) - ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (January 22, 2022). "Being part of PWNFT was a long-time coming for Katrina Guillou". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ Lozada, Bong (January 21, 2022). "PH upsets Thailand in 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Citizens of the Philippines through descent
- Filipino women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football forwards
- Piteå IF (women) players
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- Elitettan players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Philippines women's international footballers
- Filipino expatriate footballers
- Filipino expatriates in Finland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
- Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Filipino people of French descent
- Soccer players from Washington, D.C.
- People from Fort Washington, Maryland
- Sportspeople from the Washington metropolitan area
- Soccer players from Maryland
- American women's soccer players
- UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's soccer players
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- American expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- American people of French descent
- American sportspeople of Filipino descent