Vanessa Legault-Cordisco

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Vanessa Legault-Cordisco
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-11) May 11, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Shattuck-Saint Mary's
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 University of Evansville
2011–2013 Marquette University 55 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Laval Comets
International career
2010–2012 Canada U20 11 (2)
2010–2011 Canada 2 (0)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vanessa Legault-Cordisco (born May 11, 1992) is a former Canadian professional soccer player. [1]

She’s now married to Denis Levesque and a mother of two beautiful children (Theodore and Ophelia).

Vanessa Legault-Cordisco is a Physiotherapist at Kinatex Sport Physio at St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. She helps people affected by injury, illness or disability through movement and exercise, manual therapy, education and advice. She help maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease.

She specializes in Perineal and Pelvic Rehabilitation for woman before, during and after pregnancy.

Vanessa Legault-Cordisco began her college career at the University of Evansville, before transferring to Marquette University. She was named to the 2012-13 BIG EAST All-Academic Team. [2]

After appearances for the Canada U20 team, Legault-Cordisco received her first call-up to the senior Canadian National Team in 2010 at the age of 18. [3] She was named to the Canadian Team for the 2011 Pan American Games where they won the gold medal. [4]

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References

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