Tanya Boychuk

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Tanya Boychuk
Personal information
Full name Tanya Laryssa Boychuk
Date of birth (2000-06-20) June 20, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Montreal Roses
Youth career
McLeod Community League
Edmonton Xtreme FC
Internazionale SC of Edmonton
FC Edmonton REX
Vancouver Whitecaps REX
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Memphis Tigers 74 (21)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Calgary Foothills 7 (8)
2021–2022 St. Albert Impact
2023 Þróttur 23 (6)
2024 Vittsjö GIK 25 (7)
2025– Montreal Roses 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Canada U18 2 (1)
2018–2020 Canada U20 8 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 19, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 4, 2020

Tanya Laryssa Boychuk (born June 20, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for Northern Super League club Montreal Roses FC.

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Early life

Boychuk began playing youth soccer with the McLeod Community League when she was four years old, later playing with FC Xtreme, Internazionale SC of Edmonton, and the FC Edmonton REX Program. [1] She later joined the Vancouver Whitecaps REX program. [2]

In her youth, Boychuk participated in both soccer and diving. In diving, she won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games in the 1 metre dive and a bronze medal at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games in 3 metre syncro diving with partner Elaena Dick. [3] [4] She was selected to the Team Alberta teams for the 2017 Canada Summer Games for both soccer and diving, however, she opted to participate in soccer with both sports competitions occurring at the same time. [1] [5]

College career

In 2018, Boychuk began attending the University of Memphis, where she played for the women's soccer team. On September 20, 2018, she scored her first collegiate goal in a victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats. [6] In October 2018, she was named the AAC Rookie of the Week and at the end of the season was named to the AAC All-Rookie Team. [7]

In 2019, she was named to the All-AAC Second Team. [7] In her third season, she was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week in March 2021, [8] and named to the All-AAC First Team, [7] the All-South Region First Team, [9] and a Second Team All-American. [10]

Ahead of her senior year, she was named to the AAC All-Preseason Team. [7] She was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week in October 2021 [11] and was named to the All-AAC First Team. [7] Over her four years, she was named to the Dean's List and Academic Honour Roll every semester and was named to the AAC All-Academic team three times from 2019 to 2021. [7] She was also named a Second Team Scholar All-American in 2021. [12]

Club career

In 2019, she played with Calgary Foothills WFC in United Women's Soccer. [13] At the end of the season, she was named to the All-UWS Third Team. [14]

In 2021, she began playing with the St. Albert Impact in United Women's Soccer. [15]

In April 2023, she signed with Icelandic club Þróttur in the Besta deild kvenna. [16]

In 2024, she signed with Vittsjö GIK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. [17] [18] In December 2024, the club announced that she would be departing the club as she had transferred her to another club for a fee. [19]

In December 2024, Boychuk signed with Montreal Roses FC ahead of the first-ever Northern Super League season. [20] [21]

International career

Boychuk was born in Canada to Ukrainian prarents. [22] [23]

In February 2017, she debuted in the Canada Soccer program, attending a camp with the Canada U20. [3] She was later called up to the U20 team for a three nations tournament in Australia in July 2017, the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, and the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [3] [24] She scored 5 goals in 8 matches, across both tournaments. [25] She had also been called up to the Canada U18 in July 2019 for a pair of friendlies against England U18. [26] In 2020, she was nominated for the Canada Soccer Young Player of the Year award. [2] [27]

In February 2022, she was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time for the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup. [28] [29] [30]

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