Patricia Bourcier

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Patricia Bourcier
Personal information
Full name Patricia Bourcier
Date of birth (1979-08-15) August 15, 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Lévis, Quebec, Canada [1]
Position(s) Defender [2]
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004 Laval Rouge et Or
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 Laval Dynamites
2003 Ottawa Fury 12 (0)
2004 Montreal Xtreme 2 (0)
2005–2007 Dynamo de Quebec
2007–2018 Chaudière-Ouest
International career
2002 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patricia Bourcier (born August 15, 1979) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender. She made one international appearance for the Canadian national team.

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College career

Bourcier attended Laval University, where she studied physical education, [3] and played as a defender for the Rouge et Or from 1999 to 2004. [2]

As a rookie, she received FSSQ First Team All-Star honours. [4] In 2000 and 2001, she was named to the CIS All-Canadian First Team and to the FSSQ First Team All-Star. [5] [6] In her fourth season with the team, she was named to the CIS All-Canadian Second Team as well as the CIS Tournament All-Star Team. [7] [8] She also received FSSQ First Team All-Star honours for the fourth straight year, [6] and FSSQ Athlete of the week honours in November. [9] [10] She missed the 2003 season due to a knee injury, [2] but returned for the 2004 season. [11]

Club career

In 2001, Bourcier joined the Laval Dynamites in the USL W-League. [12] [13] In 2003, she played for the Ottawa Fury, [14] where she made 12 appearances, recording one assist. [15] The following year, she signed with the Montreal Xtreme, [16] but only made two appearances for the club. [17]

In 2005, after finishing university, Bourcier joined the Dynamo de Quebec in the LSEQ. [18] She was a member of the side that won the Jubilee Trophy in 2007. [19] That year, she was also nominated for the LSEQ Best Player (Meilleure Joueuse) award. [20] She later joined Chaudière-Ouest, where she played AAA soccer for almost twelve years, until 2018. [21] [22] [23] In September 2018, she was appointed as an ambassador for the club. [21]

International career

In January 2002, Bourcier was invited to attend the Canadian national team training camp in Ottawa. [24] The following month, she joined the team for the 2002 Algarve Cup. [25] On March 1, at the age of 22, she made her first and only international appearance in a 3–0 win over Scotland at the Estádio Municipal de Quarteira. [26]

Bourcier also represented Canada at the 2001 Summer Universiade in China, [27] [28] the 2003 Summer Universiade in South Korea, [29] and the 2005 Summer Universiade in Turkey. [30] [31] [2]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Canada [1] 200210
Total10

Honours

Club

Dynamo de Quebec

Individual

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