Personal information | |||
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Full name | Latifah Iesha Abdu [1] | ||
Date of birth | October 18, 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Montreal Roses | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Lachine SC | ||
2013–2018 | Lakeshore SC | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Vanier College | (21) | |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis | 9 | (5) |
2019 | CS Monteuil | 12 | (5) |
2020 | Soyaux | 1 | (0) |
2021 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 9 | (8) |
2022 | Metz | 10 | (4) |
2022–2023 | Strasbourg | 16 | (9) |
2023–2024 | Dijon | 14 | (2) |
2024 | Guingamp | 9 | (0) |
2025– | Montreal Roses | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Canada | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 17, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 1, 2023 |
Latifah Iesha Abdu (born October 18, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for Montreal Roses FC in the Northern Super League and the Canada national team.
Abdu began playing youth soccer at age nine with Lachine SC. [2] She later played with Lakeshore SC, leading the team to a silver medal at the 2018 U17 national championship, leading the tournament with 12 goals. [3]
In 2017, she played with Team Quebec at the 2017 Canada Summer Games, winning the gold medal. [1] She was named to the tournament all-star team. [2]
In 2019, Abdu began attending Vanier College, where she played for the women's soccer team. In her first season, she scored 11 goals and added an additional three goals in the playoffs, helping the team to the RSEQ Division 2 title. [4] In her second season in 2021, she won the RSEQ Division 1 title with the club, scoring 10 goals in seven games. She also helped the team with the CCAA national title, also winning the CCAA Player of the Year award. [5] [6]
In 2018 and 2019, she played with Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis and CS Monteuil in the semi-professional Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [7]
In September 2020, she signed a professional contract with French club Soyaux in the Division 1 Féminine. [7] She made her professional debut on October 2, 2020. [2]
In the summer of 2021, she returned to the PLSQ and played with CS Mont-Royal Outremont. [8] She won the league's golden boot as the top scorer and was named the Ballon de bronze winner as the league's third best player. [9] [10]
In January 2022, she joined Metz in the Division 2 Féminine. [11]
In September 2022, she joined Strasbourg. [12] On January 21, 2023, she scored a hat-trick in a 3–2 victory over her former club Metz. [13]
In July 2023, she signed with Dijon in the Division 1 Féminine on a two-year contract. [14] [15] On September 30, she scored her first goal for the club against Lille. [16]
In July 2024, she signed with En Avant Guingamp. [17]
In December 2024, she returned to Canada to sign with Montreal Roses of the Northern Super League for the inaugural season in 2025. [18] [19]
In April 2017, she made her debut in the Canadian national program attending a camp with the Canada U17 team. [2]
In November 2023, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time, ahead of a pair of friendlies in December against Australia. . [20] She made her international debut in the first match on December 1. [21]
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