Amelia Pietrangelo

Amelia Pietrangelo (born July 14, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a striker for Frauen-Bundesliga club FF USV Jena and the Canadian national team.

Amelia Pietrangelo

Pietrangelo with FF USV Jena in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	Amelia Pietrangelo
Date of birth	July 14, 1993
Place of birth	Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	FF USV Jena
Number	10
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–	USV Jena	20	(4)
National team^‡
2012	Canada U20	4	(1)
2010–	Canada	6	(1)
Honours Representing Canada U-20 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 2012 Panama City {{{3}}} Representing Canada International Women's Football Tournament 2010 São Paulo {{{3}}} Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team Representing FC Neunkirch Nationalliga A 2017 Swiss Women's Cup 2017
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:20, 21 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 20, 2017

Early life

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

Pietrangelo attended Rutgers University to study Exercise Science on a full scholarship and played for the Scarlet Knights from 2011 to 2014.[1]

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

Laval Comets

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.[3]

Indoor soccer

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.[4]

FC Neunkirch

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.[5]

FF USV Jena

On June 26, 2017, Pietrangelo joined Frauen-Bundesliga club FF USV Jena. In doing so, she became the third Canadian to represent the club alongside Tiffany Cameron and Shannon Woeller.[3]

International career

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.[6]

On October 18, 2011, she scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over Costa Rica.[7] 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.[8]

In 2012, she won silver at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in Panama.[8]

In November 2017, she received a call-up to the national team after a five-year absence.[9]

References

1. Imagiamedia.ca. "Amelia Pietrangelo: The Future of Canadian Women's Soccer - Panoram Italia". www.panoramitalia.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
2. "The Official Site of Rutgers Athletics". scarletknights.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
3. Vavel (June 27, 2017). "USV Jena add Knupfer and Pietrangelo". VAVEL.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
4. "QSL | Quebec Super League". www.qslsoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
5. "Amelia Pietrangelo - FC Neunkirch". FC Neunkirch (in German). Retrieved December 20, 2017.
6. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
7. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
8. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
9. "Canada Soccer Women's National Team to take on Norway 28 November in Marbella, Spain | Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.