Rhian Wilkinson

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Rhian Wilkinson
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Wilkinson in the Jersey of the Boston Breakers (2013)
Personnel
Surname Rhian Emilie Wilkinson
birthday May 12, 1982
place of birth Pointe-Claire , Quebec ,  Canada
position Defense / midfield / storm
Juniors
Years station
1997-1999 Quebec Provincial Team
1997-1998 Lakers Lac St. Louis
2000-2002 Tennessee Lady Vols
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2005 Ottawa Fury 38 (13)
2005-2009 Lillestrøm SK Kvinner 59 0(6)
2009 →  Western Mass Lady Pioneers  (loan) 1 0(0)
2010 Surrey United Firefighters 13 0(1)
2013 Boston Breakers 14 0(2)
2014 Laval Comets 4 0(0)
2015 Portland Thorns FC 1 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2003 Canada U-19 / U-20 3 0(0)
2003-2016 Canada 181 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009 UT Lady Volunteers
2018 Canada (U-15)
2018– Canada U-17
2019– Canada U-20
1 Only league games are given.

Rhian Wilkinson (born May 12, 1982 in Pointe-Claire , Québec ) is a former British-Canadian soccer player and current coach . She is the daughter of a Danish born Canadian and a Welsh woman . The all-rounder last played for Portland Thorns FC and 181 times for the Canadian national soccer team , and ended her playing career in February 2017.

Career

Wilkinson began playing soccer in her home province of Québec and moved to the University of Tennessee in 2000 . From 2003 she played with Ottawa Fury in the W-League , then four years in Norway with Lillestrøm SK Kvinner and then briefly on loan for the Western Mass Lady Pioneers again in the W-League. In 2010 she played for Surrey United Firefighters .

In the 2013 season she played in the newly formed National Women's Soccer League for the Boston Breakers . For the 2014 season, she moved to the Laval Comets in the USL W-League for one season . Before the 2015 season, Wilkinson was assigned to Portland Thorns FC , but only completed a brief assignment there and left the franchise at the end of the season.

International

Wilkinson made her first international match on April 26, 2003 in a 6-1 draw against the USA . With the Canadian national soccer team , she finished fourth at the 2003 World Cup . In 2007 she was eliminated with Canada in the preliminary round of the World Cup. At the 2008 Summer Olympics , she and her team made it to the quarter-finals. There they lost 2-1 in extra time against eventual tournament winners USA. On June 14, she made her 100th international match in the friendly against North Korea . She was a member of the Canadian squad for the World Cup and was used in the opening game against Germany. It was also used in the other two games, but Canada was eliminated after the preliminary round without winning a point.

It was also nominated for the 2012 Olympic Games , was used in all six Canadian games and won the bronze medal with the team.

On March 10, 2014, she made her 150th international match in the Cyprus Cup 2014 against England as the 3rd Canadian in the group game.

Wilkinson (right) at the 2016 Olympics

In the summer of 2015 she was appointed to the squad for the World Cup in her own country , in which she only made three appearances.

She was also part of the squad for the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics , in which the Canadians qualified for the Olympic Games. But it was only used in the last group game and in the final, which was lost 2-0 to the USA.

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she won the bronze medal again with the Canadian team. However, she only played in the group game against Germany for over 90 minutes, in the group game against Australia she was substituted in the second half and in the semifinals against Germany after an hour.

As a trainer

After working as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee in 2009 , she became a coach for Canada's U-15 girls' national team on July 31, 2018 . On October 29, 2018, she took on the interim vacant coaching job for Canada's U-17 national team for the 2018 U-17 Women's World Cup . At the beginning of August 2019, she also became the head coach of the U-20 national team.

Personal

Wilkinson has been playing the cello and trumpet since 1994 for the Suzuki Strings Orchestra at the Suzuki Institute in Montreal .

successes

Web links

Commons : Rhian Wilkinson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Team Statistics: 2010-11 Metro Women Premier ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Baie-D'Urfé's Rhian Wilkinson seeks challenges as soccer career ends
  3. ↑ ussoccer.com: NWSL Announces Allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs ( Memento from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Laval Comets - 2014 Statistics ( Memento from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), uslsoccer.com (English). Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ Wilkinson makes 100th appearance for Canada ( Memento June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ FIFA.com Squad Canada
  7. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Matchreport Canada vs England - 2014-03-10
  8. ^ Rhian Wilkinson player profile . University of Tennessee.
  9. ↑ LVFL Rhian Wilkinson named head coach of Canada Soccer U-15 CONCACAF squad
  10. ^ Rhian Wilkinson to coach Canada at FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
  11. ↑ canadasoccer.com: Former Canadian International Player Rhian Wilkinson named Canada Soccer's Women's National Youth Team Head Coach
  12. ^ Wilkinson have made her a member of the Suzuki Strings Orchestra since 1994
personal data
SURNAME Wilkinson, Rhian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilkinson, Rhian Emilie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Canadian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Pointe-Claire , Quebec