Mélissa Busque (born 18 February 1990) is a Canadian soccer player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CS Fabrose | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2008 | Saint-Bruno | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Connecticut Huskies | ||
| 2012 | Seattle Redhawks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Ottawa Fury | 33 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | (7) |
| 2014 | Laval Comets | 1 | (0) |
| 2014 | Herfoder SV | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Laval Comets | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Sand | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Laval Comets | 12 | (4) |
| 2018 | FC Sélect Rive-Sud | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | CS Fabrose | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Canada U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Canada U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Canada | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:39, 7 September 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:39, 7 September 2018 (UTC) | |||
Busque was born in Montreal, Quebec in Canada and played college soccer with Connecticut Huskies and also played with the Seattle Redhawks. She began her professional career with Ottawa Fury, before moving to Seattle Sounders in 2013. Between 2014 and 2015, Busque has had five spells with three clubs. Firstly joining Laval Comets in 2014, then leaving to sign for German Bundesliga club Herfoder SV before returning to Laval later that year. After spending more time with Laval, Busque was on the move again as she joined another Bundesliga club in Sand. Her spells with both German sides were unsuccessful as she failed to make an appearance for Herforder or Sand before again returning to Laval.
Busque has won three caps with the Canadian national team. She has also played futsal.
Early life
editBusque was born in Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of Rejean Busque and Ginette Blouin. She graduated from the Collège Français Longueuil, before enrolling at the University of Connecticut in 2008 where she studied sports management before leaving to go to Seattle University in 2012 where she studied Psychology.[1][2]
Career
editClub
editYouth, 1995–2008
editBusque started her career at the age of five with Saint-Bruno.[3] She stayed with Saint-Bruno from 1995 until 2008 when she started college soccer with Connecticut Huskies and Seattle Redhawks. She played with Connecticut from 2008 to 2011 and made a total of sixty-five appearances for the team, whilst scoring ten goals and assisting fourteen. After three strong years with Connecticut, she next moved to the Seattle Redhawks. During her months with Seattle, she made twenty appearances and scored four goals while providing four assists.[1][2]
Ottawa Fury, 2009–2013
editBusque joined her first North American W-League team, Ottawa Fury, in 2009 where she remained for three years. During her time with Ottawa, she won 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs but lost in the Championship final 6–1 to Atlanta Silverbacks.[4] She left Ottawa in April 2013, she made thirty-three appearances and scored twelve goals and participated in three division titles, two conference championships, two final four appearances, and played in two championship matches.[5]
Seattle Sounders, 2013–2014
editOn 23 April 2013, Busque joined Seattle Sounders. She had been on trial beforehand and featured in a friendly match against Oregon State Beavers where she impressed Seattle's assistant coach Zahra Lechak.[5] In 2013, she was selected in the USL W-League All-Star team following an online survey.[6] After playing in thirty matches for Seattle and scoring seven goals, Busque moved clubs again as she left Seattle on 1 May 2014.
Laval Comets to Herforder and back to Laval, 2014
editFollowing her departure from Seattle, Busque signed for Laval Comets on 1 May 2014[7] but made just one appearance before leaving for newly promoted German Bundesliga club Herfoder SV on 18 June.[8] However, after delaying her move to the club on numerous occasions the club decided to cancel her contract on 2 August.[9] She failed to make an appearance for Herforder. She rejoined Laval Comets where she made ten appearances before leaving again in 2015.
Sand, 2015
edit2015 was more of the same for Busque as she moved back to the Bundesliga but this time agreed to join Sand in January 2015.[10] Despite spending six months with Sand, Busque didn't make a single appearance for the club and left to rejoin Laval Comets for the third time in her career.[11]
Laval Comets, 2015
editAfter returning to Laval for a third time in 2015, Busque made twelve appearances for the club.[12]
FC Sélect Rive-Sud, 2018
editBusque made a return to soccer in May 2018 by joining Première Ligue de soccer du Québec side FC Sélect Rive-Sud.[13]
CS Fabrose, 2019
editIn 2019, after leaving FC Sélect Rive-Sud, Busque signed with fellow PLSQ team CS Fabrose on a part-time basis.[14]
International
editThroughout her career, Busque has made three senior appearances for the Canada women's national soccer team. Her three caps have come in matches against Germany,[15] South Korea[16] and Mexico.[17] Before making the step up to senior internationals, Busque represented Canada at Under-15, Under-16 and Under-20 level and made seven appearances overall.[3]
Futsal career
editBusque featured in the Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec for Xtreme ADR in 2016.[18][19][20] In early 2019, Busque played for the Quebec women's futsal team in friendly wins over their Belgium counterparts.[21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 27 October 2015.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ottawa Fury | 2009–13 | W-League | 33 | 12 | — | 33 | 12 | |
| Total | 33 | 12 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
| Seattle Sounders | 2013–14 | W-League | 30 | 7 | — | 30 | 7 | |
| Total | 30 | 7 | — | 30 | 7 | |||
| Laval Comets | 2014 | W-League | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Herfoder SV | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laval Comets | 2014 | W-League | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Sand | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laval Comets | 2015 | W-League | 12 | 4 | — | 12 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | — | 12 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 86 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 23 | ||
International
edit- As of 4 February 2018.[3]
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
editBusque has won two club honours and one individual honour during her career. She won the 2011 W-League Central Conference and 2011 W-League Central Conference Play-offs with Ottawa Fury. She was selected in the All-Star team in the 2013 W-League season during her time with Seattle Sounders.[4][6]
Club
edit- Ottawa Fury
Individual
edit- Seattle Sounders
References
edit- ^ a b [1] Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Connecticut Huskies. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b [2] Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Seattle Redhawks. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c [3] Canadian Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b [4][permanent dead link] W-League Soccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Sounders Women Bring in Canadian Talent – Melissa Busque - Seattle Sounders Women". Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2015-10-27. Seattle Sounders Women FC. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b [5] GoalWA. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2015-10-27. W-League Soccer. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [6] NW. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [7] NW. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [8] FuPa. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [9] Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18. W-League Soccer. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [10] Le Courrier du Sud. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ [11] Mélissa Busque : pas de retour. Les Versants. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ [12] Canadian Soccer. June 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [13] Canadian Soccer. October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [14] Canadian Soccer. November 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ [15] Facebook. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ [16] Federation Soccer. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ [17] PLFQ (Première Ligue de Futsal du Québec). 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ [18] Soccer Québec. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
External links
edit- Mélissa Busque at the Canadian Soccer Association
- Melissa Busque - Seattle University Redhawks Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived September 24, 2015)
- Mélissa Busque (FC Sélect Rive-Sud) - YouTube