Amelia Pietrangelo

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Amelia Filomena Pietrangelo (born July 14, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a striker.

Amy Pietrangelo
Pietrangelo with FF USV Jena in 2017.
Personal information
Full name Amelia Filomena Pietrangelo
Date of birth (1993-07-14) July 14, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
CS Monteuil
Youth career
CS Monteuil
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 70 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Laval Comets 4 (0)
2013–2015 Laval Comets 24 (7)
2016–2017 FC Neunkirch 10 (1)
2017–2018 USV Jena 20 (4)
2021 CS Monteuil 2 (0)
International career
2012 Canada U20 4 (1)
2010–2011 Canada 6 (1)
Medal record
Representing Canada U-20
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 Panama City
Representing Canada
International Women's Football Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2010 São Paulo
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Representing FC Neunkirch
Gold medal – first place Nationalliga A 2017
Gold medal – first place Swiss Women's Cup 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 15, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 20, 2017

Early life

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Born in Laval, Quebec, Pietrangelo began playing soccer at the age of four for CS Monteuil. She began to play competitively at the age of eight with players a year older than herself. As a child, Pietrangelo also participated in gymnastics and figure skating.[1]

Aged 14, she received her first call-up to Quebec's provincial team to play at the Canadian Championships and was subsequently scouted by the Canadian national team.[1] Pietrangelo won gold at the Under-16 Canadian Championship and was named Juvenile Player of the Year by the Quebec Soccer Federation.[2]

College career

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Pietrangelo attended Rutgers University to study Exercise Science on a full scholarship and played for the Scarlet Knights from 2011 to 2014.[3]

She scored once in 18 games in her freshman year, and made a further 13 appearances the following year while contributing two goals. Pietrangelo made 19 appearances in her junior year, and scored four goals while starting all 20 matches as a midfielder in her senior year.[2]

Club career

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Laval Comets

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During her time at Rutgers University, she also competed with W-League side Laval Comets. After four appearances in 2011, Pietrangelo returned to the club in 2013 and scored seven goals in 24 appearances.[4]

Indoor soccer

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In 2015, Pietrangelo competed in the Quebec Soccer League - an indoor league based in Montreal. She scored three goals in four games for Fly Emirates and 18 goals in nine games for Tough Mothers.[5]

FC Neunkirch

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On January 6, 2016, she completed a move to Swiss club FC Neunkirch to link up with fellow Canadian international Alyssa Lagonia. During her time with the club, Pietrangelo won the Nationalliga A and the Swiss Women's Cup.[6]

FF USV Jena

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On June 26, 2017, Pietrangelo joined Frauen-Bundesliga club FF USV Jena on a one-year contract. In doing so, she became the third Canadian to represent the club alongside Tiffany Cameron and Shannon Woeller.[4] In the second last game of the season, she suffered a serious knee injury.[7]

CS Monteuil

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In 2021, she played with CS Monteuil of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, helping the team to a second place finish.[8]

International career

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In 2010, Pietrangelo first featured in the Canadian youth program as a 16-year-old under Bryan Rosenfold. Later that year she made her international debut in a 5–0 victory against the Netherlands on December 9.[9]

On October 18, 2011, she scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over Costa Rica.[10] She won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, but was unable to appear in the championship match due to school commitments. At the end of the year, Pietrangelo was named Canadian Under-20 Player of the Year.[11]

In 2012, she won silver at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in Panama.[11]

In November 2017, she received a call-up to the national team after a five-year absence.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Imagiamedia.ca. "Amelia Pietrangelo: The Future of Canadian Women's Soccer - Panoram Italia". Panoram Italia. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Official Site of Rutgers Athletics". scarletknights.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Tieman, Randy (September 26, 2012). "Randy's Rookies: Amelia Pietrangelo, soccer star". CTV News.
  4. ^ a b Vavel (June 27, 2017). "USV Jena add Knupfer and Pietrangelo". VAVEL.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "QSL | Quebec Super League". www.qslsoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "Amelia Pietrangelo - FC Neunkirch". FC Neunkirch (in German). Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  7. ^ O'Neill, Paméla (November 23, 2018). "Amy Pietrangelo : Une Québécoise au plus haut niveau du soccer féminin mondial" [Amy Pietrangelo: A Quebecer at the highest level of world women's soccer]. Viau Park (in French).
  8. ^ Martin, Ludovick (August 18, 2021). "Le soccer féminin, toujours en déficit de professionnalisme" [Women's soccer, still lacking in professionalism]. Viau Park (in French).
  9. ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  10. ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  12. ^ "Canada Soccer Women's National Team to take on Norway 28 November in Marbella, Spain | Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.