![]() Viens with South Florida in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Evelyne Viens [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 6, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Roma | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
AS Mistral Laurentien | |||||||||||||||||
CS Haute-Saint-Charles | |||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | South Florida Bulls | 77 | (73) | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Dynamo de Quebec | 15 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Gotham FC [a] | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Paris FC (loan) | 14 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | → Kristianstad (loan) | 26 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Kristianstad | 17 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Roma | 29 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021– | Canada | 41 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 17, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 27, 2025 |
Evelyne Viens (born February 6, 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Viens was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, which Canada finished as semifinalists. [30]
Viens was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [31]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup [b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dynamo de Quebec | 2018 [33] | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec|PLSQ | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | |||
2019 [33] | PLSQ | 8 | 13 | — | — | — | 8 | 13 | ||||
Total | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | 15 | 21 | |||||
NJ/NY Gotham FC | 2020 | NWSL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | |
2021 | NWSL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
Paris FC (loan) | 2020–21 | Division 1 Féminine | 14 | 11 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 11 | ||
Kristianstad (loan) | 2022 | Damallsvenskan | 26 | 21 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 25 | |
Kristianstad | 2023 | Damallsvenskan | 17 | 12 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 22 | 16 | ||
Total | 43 | 33 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 41 | |||
Roma | 2023–24 | Serie A | 24 | 13 | — | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | |
2024–25 | Serie A | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
Total | 28 | 16 | — | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 23 | |||
Career total | 113 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 152 | 98 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | April 9, 2021 | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
2 | April 13, 2021 | Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | October 6, 2022 | Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez, Spain | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
4 | February 19, 2023 | Geodis Park, Nashville, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 SheBelieves Cup |
5 | March 2, 2024 | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
6 | July 25, 2024 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
7 | June 3, 2025 | Saputo Stadium, Montréal, Canada | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
8 | 3–0 | |||||
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