Briana De Souza

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Briana DeSouza
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Pickering SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Carleton Ravens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Ottawa Fury
2015–2019 Durham United FA 48+ (1)
2021 Vaughan Azzurri 2 (0)
International career
2008– Guyana 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2017

Briana DeSouza (born 22 May 1991) is a footballer who plays as a defender. Born in Canada, she co-captains the Guyana national team [1] and competed at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship. [2]

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Career

From 2009 to 2013, she attended Carleton University, playing for the women's soccer team, [3] captaining the team in her final year. [4] In 2011, she was named an OUA All-Star. [5] She was named an OUA East All-Star in 2012. [6]

In 2013, she signed with the Ottawa Fury of the USL W-League. [7] [8]

From 2015 through 2019, she played with Durham United FA in League1 Ontario. In 2015, she was named a league First Team All-Star. [9] In 2016, she played 15 matches, making her debut on 8 May against the Kingston Clippers. [10] In 2017, she made another 15 appearances, scoring her first goal on 30 August against the Toronto Azzurri Blizzard, [11] and was a league Second Team All-Star. [12] She made 9 appearances in each of the 2018 [13] and 2019 seasons, [14] once again being named a Second Team All-Star in 2019. [15]

In 2021, she played with Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario, making two regular season appearances and one playoff appearance. [16]

Personal

DeSouza is of Guyanese heritage on her father's side, where her grandfather was born, and Italian heritage on her mother's side. [17] Her sister, Kayla DeSouza also played for the Guyana national team. [18]

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  2. ↑ "Final 20-Player Rosters Announced for CWOQ 2016". concacaf.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Sachgau, Oliver (26 March 2014). "My favourite play: Briana De Souza". The Charlatan.
  4. ↑ Prichard, Taylor (18 September 2015). "Ravens Rewind: Briana De Souza (Women's Soccer '13)". Carleton Ravens .
  5. ↑ "Briana De Souza named OUA soccer all-star". Oshawa This Week. 1 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Two women's soccer Ravens named to OUA East division all-star lists". Carleton Ravens . 1 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ravens Sign for Ottawa Fury". Carleton Ravens . 27 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Tim Baines, Tim (22 May 2013). "Ottawa Fury women look to repeat, men to conquer". Ottawa Sun .
  9. ↑ "2015 League1 Ontario Women's All-Stars". League1 Ontario . 9 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Briana De Souza 2016 Stats". League1 Ontario .
  11. ↑ "Briana De Souza 2017 Stats". League1 Ontario (women).
  12. ↑ "Standout Performers Recognized At League1 Ontario 2017 Awards Banquet". League1 Ontario . 13 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Briana De Souza 2018 Stats". League1 Ontario .
  14. ↑ "Briana De Souza 2019 Stats". League1 Ontario .
  15. ↑ "Men's And Women's 2019 First, Second And Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario . 30 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Briana De Souza 2021 Stats". League1 Ontario .
  17. ↑ Watts, Nicole (28 October 2010). "Local sisters suit up for Guyana in World Cup qualifying". The Toronto Observer.
  18. ↑ "UOIT alumna Kayla De Souza playing in Olympic qualifier". UOIT Ridgebacks . 11 February 2016.
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