Evelyne Viens

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Evelyne Viens
Evelyne Viens - UC v USF, 2019-10-24 (48958457486).jpg
Viens with South Florida in 2019
Personal information
Full name Evelyne Viens [1]
Date of birth (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Roma
Youth career
AS Mistral Laurentien
CS Haute-Saint-Charles
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 South Florida Bulls 77 (73)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Dynamo de Quebec 15 (21)
2020–2022 Gotham FC [a] 13 (0)
2020–2021Paris FC (loan) 14 (11)
2022Kristianstad (loan) 26 (21)
2023 Kristianstad 17 (12)
2023– Roma 29 (16)
International career
2021– Canada 36 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 17, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 17, 2024

Evelyne Viens (born 6 February 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Serie A club AS Roma and the Canada national team. She played college soccer at the University of South Florida.

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Early life

Viens began playing soccer at age five with AS Mistral Laurentien. [2] At age 14, she received an invitation to join the Quebec provincial team, but declined the opportunity. [3] She joined CS Haute-Saint-Charles, when she was 14. [4]

College career

Viens played for the USF Bulls women's soccer team from 2016 to 2019, [5] where she became the team's all-time top scorer with 73 goals and was named to the NCAA All-American team three times. [6] She also holds the school record for the most single season goals and has the most career goals in American Athletic Conference history. [7]

She scored her first collegiate goal on August 25, 2016, against Kentucky. [8]

Club career

In 2018 and 2019, she played for Dynamo de Quebec in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. [9] [10]

Sky Blue FC (later renamed NY/NJ Gotham FC) selected Viens with the fifth-overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. [11] She made her Sky Blue FC debut on June 30, 2020 in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. [12] Viens scored her first goal for the club on July 22, 2020, in a 3–2 defeat to the Chicago Red Stars during the semi-finals of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. [13] In August 2020, Sky Blue loaned Viens to Paris FC. [14] Viens returned to the club in March 2021. [15]

In December 2021, Gotham FC loaned Viens to Damallsvenskan club Kristianstad for the 2022 season. [16] In August 2022, she announced that she would not return to the United States. [17] On September 10, she scored four goals in a league match and a hat-trick on September 24. [18] On September 30, Kristianstad signed her to a two-year contract. [19]

In August 2023, Viens joined A.S. Roma in the Italian Serie A, on a three-year contract. [20]

International career

She was named to the Canada national team for the first time for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup. [21] She made her debut against the United States on February 18. [22] [23] She scored her first goal for Canada on April 9, 2021 in a 3-0 win against Wales. [24] Four days later, she was in the starting eleven for the first time in the 2-0 win against the England national team and scored the first goal in the third minute. [25]

On June 23, 2021, she was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed until the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [26] She played in the two games in Group E against the national teams of Japan and Great Britain. Canada won gold in the games, and Viens became the first USF alum to win an Olympic medal as an athlete. [7] [27]

On July 9, 2023, she was nominated for the 2023 World Cup. [28] She played in each of her team's three games, being substituted twice, and was eliminated with her team in the preliminary round. [29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played October 17, 2024 [30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational cup [b] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo de Quebec 2018 [31] Première Ligue de soccer du Québec|PLSQ 7878
2019 [31] PLSQ813813
Total15211521
NJ/NY Gotham FC 2020 NWSL 00006161
2021 NWSL1301031171
Total1301092232
Paris FC (loan) 2020–21 Division 1 Féminine 1411101511
Kristianstad (loan) 2022 Damallsvenskan 262143213225
Kristianstad 2023 Damallsvenskan1712542216
Total433397215441
Roma 2023–24 Serie A 241352833718
2024–25 Serie A43004285
Total2816521254523
Career total1138010241114615298
  1. Sky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021
  2. Includes NWSL Challenge Cup, Coupe de France, Svenska Cupen, Coppa Italia

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Viens goal.
List of international goals scored by Evelyne Viens
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 April 2021 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–03–0 Friendly
213 April 2021 Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England Flag of England.svg  England 1–02–0
36 October 2022 Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez, Spain Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2–04–0
419 February 2023 Geodis Park, Nashville, United States Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–02–0 2023 SheBelieves Cup
52 March 2024 BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1–01–0 ( a.e.t. ) 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
625 July 2024 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2–12–1 2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

South Florida Bulls

Dynamo de Quebec

Roma

Canada

Individual

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