Jenaya Robertson

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Jenaya Robertson
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-08) April 8, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Calgary Wild FC
Youth career
2009–2010 SurDel Girls SC
Coastal FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Trinity Western Spartans 92 (34)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 FC Würzburger Kickers 10 (0)
2022 CP Cacereño 5 (0)
2023 Shelbourne 3 (0)
2024 Athlone Town 4 (0)
2024 Unity FC 7 (3)
2025– Calgary Wild FC 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 4, 2024

Jenaya Robertson (born April 8, 1997) is a soccer player who plays for Calgary Wild FC in the Northern Super League.

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Early life

Robertson played youth soccer with Coastal FC. [1] She also played with SurDel Girls SC for one season in 2009-2010. [2] Through high school and her early university career, she played five years while having a torn ACL. [3]

University career

In 2015, Robertson began attending Trinity Western University, where she played for the women's soccer team. On September 19, 2015, she scored her first goal in a victory over the Thompson Rivers WolfPack. [4] In 2017, she was named team captain. [2] In 2018, she was named a Canada West Second Team All-Star. [5] In 2019, she returned for a fifth season scored a school-record 14 goals. [6] That season, she was named the Canada West Player of the Year and a Canada West First Team All-Star, and was a finalist for the overall Canada West Athlete of the Year. [7] [8] [9] In addition, she was named the U Sports Player of the Year and a First Team All-Canadian. [10] She was also named the 2019 Trinity Western Female Athlete of the Year and also awarded the Complete Champion Award, the most prestigious honour a Spartan athlete can earn over their career at TWU. [11] [12] Over her time at TWU, she was also a three-time Academic All-Canadian. [13]

Club career

In February 2021, she signed with German 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Würzburger Kickers. [14] [15] [16] [17] At the end of the season, she departed the club. [18]

In March 2022, she signed with Spanish club CP Cacereño, for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. [19] [20]

In February 2023, she signed with League of Ireland Women's Premier Division club Shelbourne. [21]

In February 2024, she signed with Athlone Town. [22]

In the summer of 2024, she played with League1 British Columbia club Unity FC. [23]

In January 2025, she signed with Calgary Wild FC of the Northern Super League. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's soccer signs local trio Robertson, Tidder, Hutchinson". Trinity Western Spartans . April 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Tsumura, Howard (October 17, 2019). "TWU's Jenaya, Rachel & Brooklyn: Three for the show… it will be tough for Spartans' fans to see this dynamic soccer trio go!". Varsity Letters.
  3. ↑ Janzen, Mark (November 8, 2017). "Spartan Spotlight: Third-year midfielder Jenaya Robertson". Trinity Western Spartans .
  4. ↑ "Spartans tally three to knock of visiting Wolfpack". Trinity Western Spartans . September 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Five Spartans earn Canada West honours". Trinity Western Spartans . October 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ "A record season for Delta midfielder". Delta Optimist . October 28, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Six Spartans honoured by Canada West". Trinity Western Spartans . October 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Robertson CW Player of the Year, Roxburgh Coach of the Year". Trinity Western Spartans . October 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Robertson, Loeppky finalists for Canada West Athlete of the Year awards". Trinity Western Spartans . May 4, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Robertson named U Sports Player of the Year, Sakaki 1st Team All-Canadian". Trinity Western Spartans . November 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Robertson named Spartans Female Athlete of the Year". Trinity Western Spartans . April 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Robertson honoured with Complete Champion Award". Trinity Western Spartans . April 9, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Robertson signs pro contract with FC Wurzburger Kickers Frauen". Trinity Western Spartans . February 10, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Star TWU soccer player signs pro contract". Langley Advance Times . February 11, 2021.
  15. ↑ Booth, Mark (March 19, 2021). "Delta midfielder taking her career to Europe". Delta Optimist .
  16. ↑ Krapf, Steffen (February 17, 2021). "Fußball: Ein Steven Gerrard mit Köpfchen bei den Rothosen" [Football: A smart Steven Gerrard at the Reds]. Main-Post (in German).
  17. ↑ "Die Beste aus Kanada" [The Best of Canada]. FC Würzburger Kickers (in German). February 14, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Das letzte Spiel" [The last game]. FC Würzburger Kickers (in German). June 6, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Jenaya Robertson, mediocentro polivalente para el Cacereño Femenino" [Jenaya Robertson, versatile midfielder for Cacereño Women]. CP Cacereño (in Spanish). March 7, 2022.
  20. ↑ "El Cacereño ficha a la canadiense Jenaya Robertson" [Cacereño signs Canadian Jenaya Robertson]. El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). March 7, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Noel King strengthens squad". Shelbourne F.C. February 21, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Our 2024 Signings So Far". Athlone Town AFC. February 29, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Jenaya Robertson L1BC Stats". League1 British Columbia .
  24. ↑ "Two Canadian USports Athletes Added to Calgary Wild FC Roster Hometown girl Talia White and British Columbia's Jenaya Robertson commit to Calgary". Calgary Wild FC . January 15, 2025.
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