Chelsea Stewart

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Chelsea Stewart
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Personal information
Full name Chelsea Blaine Stewart [1]
Date of birth (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Denver, Colorado, United States [2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2007 Mountain Vista High School
2007–2008 Shattuck-Saint Mary's
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Vanderbilt Commodores
2011–2013 UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 (0)
2014 Boston Breakers 10 (0)
2014 → INAC Kobe Leonessa (loan) 2 (0)
2015 Western New York Flash 3 (0)
2016 SC Freiburg 1 (0)
International career‡
2008–2010 Canada U-20 24 (4)
2009–2013 Canada 44 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 30, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 29, 2013

Chelsea Blaine Stewart (born April 28, 1990) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender for the Canada women's national soccer team.

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Personal

Stewart was born in Denver, Colorado to a Canadian father and an Italian mother (from Naples). [3] [4] She was raised in Denver and The Pas, Manitoba, her father's homeland. [4] She comes from a family of sport. Her father and brother both played ice hockey while her sister is also a soccer player. [5] She was raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Youth career

Stewart attended Vanderbilt University her freshman year and scored 3 goals in 18 games for the Commodores. [6] She then transferred to UCLA, and after sitting out a year because of national team commitments, scored 2 goals in 66 games for the Bruins. [6] [7]

Club career

In January 2014, the Canadian women's national team allocated Stewart to the Boston Breakers of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). [8] She signed on loan for Japanese club INAC Kobe Leonessa in October 2014. [9] In 2015, Stewart returned to the NWSL after the Western New York Flash signed her as a Discovery Player. [10] Stewart was waived by the Flash on July 22, 2015. [11] Stewart signed for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg on August 8, 2016. [12]

International career

Stewart has represented Canada on the U-20 youth as well as participating in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. When the Canadian team that competed in the 2012 Olympics defeated France 1–0 on August 9, 2012 in the bronze medal match, Stewart was awarded a medal since she had played in four of the matches for Canada. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Canada" (PDF). FIFA . July 28, 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ Chelsea Stewart – Defender Archived January 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Boston Breakers
  3. ↑ "Chelsea Stewart". June 27, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Chelsea Stewart at the Canadian Soccer Association
  5. ↑ "Female stars keeping it in the family". FIFA. April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Chelsea Stewart - Women's Soccer".
  7. ↑ "2013 Statistics - UCLA Bruins Official Athletic Site | UCLABruins.com". Archived from the original on July 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  8. ↑ "Chelsea Stewart Allocated to Boston Breakers of NWSL - UCLA Bruins Official Athletic Site | UCLABruins.com". Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  9. ↑ "チェルシー選手 新加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). INAC Kobe Leonessa. October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "#19 Chelsea Stewart, D". Western New York Flash. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Flash Waive Defender Chelsea Stewart". Western New York Flash. July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Freiburg verpflichtet Kanadierin Stewart" (in German). German Football Association. August 8, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ Fifa Statistics


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