Kayla Uddenberg

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Kayla Uddenberg
Personal information
Full name Kayla Francis Uddenberg [1]
Date of birth (2005-10-24) 24 October 2005 (age 18) [2]
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Simcoe County Rovers
Youth career
Aurora FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Seneca Sting 8 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Vaughan Azzurri 1 (0)
2023– Simcoe County Rovers 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 Saint Kitts and Nevis U15
2019 Saint Kitts and Nevis U20 1 (0)
2019– Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 22, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022

Kayla Uddenberg (born 24 October 2005) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Simcoe County Rovers FC in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she represents the Saint Kitts and Nevis women's national team. She is the youngest player to ever represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally at the age of 13 years and 341 days.

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Early life

Born in Canada, Uddenberg played youth soccer with Aurora FC [3] and for the Our Lady Queen of the World Catholic Academy (formerly Jean Vanier CSS) high school soccer team. [4]

College career

In 2023, she began attending Seneca College, where she played for the women's soccer team. [5] [6] At the end of her first season, she was named an OCAA East Division Second Team All-Star. [7]

Club career

In 2022, she played for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario, making her debut on May 29 against Tecumseh SC. [8]

In 2023, she played with the Simcoe County Rovers. [9]

International career

Born in Canada, Uddenberg and her sisters are eligible to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally, where their paternal grandparents were born. [10]

Uddenberg began her international career with the Saint Kitts and Nevis U15 team in 2018. [11]

On 30 September 2019, she made her debut for the Saint Kitts and Nevis senior team at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification tournament against the Dominican Republic at the age of 13 years and 341 days, becoming the youngest player to ever represent St. Kitts and Nevis and the 11th youngest women's international debut. [12] She played significant minutes at the qualification tournament, helping the country qualify for the main Olympics qualification tournament, [13] [14] where she was the youngest player in the entire tournament. [15]

Personal life

Uddenberg's sisters, Cloey and Carley, are also members of the Saint Kitts and Nevis women's national football team. [1] [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Uddenberg Sisters: from St Kitts & Nevis to the York Region". OneSoccer . 25 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying – Player National Team Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF . 21 January 2020. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Grainey, Tim (6 December 2019). "Meet Jené Baclawski, the American leading Saint Kitts and Nevis into Olympic qualifying". Equalizer Soccer.
  4. ↑ "York Catholic District School Board sisters give it their all in 2020 Olympics Qualifier Tournament". York Catholic District School Board . 26 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "2023-24 Women's Soccer Preview". Seneca Sting . 8 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kayla Uddenberg Seneca profile". Seneca Sting .
  7. ↑ "2023 OCAA Women's Soccer Awards". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association .
  8. ↑ "Kayla Uddenberg 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  9. ↑ "Kayla Uddenberg 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  10. ↑ Cudmore, John (16 May 2018). "Aurora Stingers' Uddenberg looks forward to Women's World Cup qualifier". Richmond Hill Liberal.
  11. ↑ "SKN Girls Ready for U-15 Tournament in Florida". SKN Pulse. 3 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football". RSSSF .
  13. ↑ Gainey, Tim (23 December 2019). "The Week in Women's Football: St. Kitts and Nevis take huge leap". Tribal Football.
  14. ↑ @aysc64 (15 October 2019). "Congrats to Cloey and Kayla Uddenberg, leading the St. Kitts-Nevis Senior Women's National Team through to the final stage of the Olympic Qualifiers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Welch, RD (29 January 2020). "NOTES: And, Introducing… The Saint Kitts and Nevis WNT". Women's Soccer Express.
  16. ↑ Davidson, Neil (27 January 2020). "Sugar Girlz from St. Kitts/Nevis rely on Canadian content in Olympic qualifier - Teenaged Uddenberg sisters are part of burgeoning team's roster". CBC Sports .
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