Camille Wilson

Camille Angela Cortez-Viernes Wilson (born December 2, 1995) is an American-born Filipina footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Camille Wilson
Personal information
Full name Camille Angela Cortez-Viernes Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995[2]
Place of birth West Covina, California, United States[3]
Height 5.4 ft (1.6 m)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
Years Team
2010–2014 Marin F.C.
2010–2014 Marin Catholic Wildcats
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 San Francisco Dons 72 (6)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Philippines 7 (2)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 17, 2015[2]
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Cortez-Viernes and the surname or paternal family name is Wilson.

Early life

Wilson was born on December 2, 1995 in the United States. Both of her parents were born in the Philippines who later emigrated to the United States.[2] Wilson was inspired to take up football from her older brother Mark.[4][5]

Education

Wilson studied at Marin Catholic High School.[5] She studied at the University of San Francisco for college.[2]

Club career

Youth

Wilson started playing football at age five and joined Novato's local football house league for three years. She later joined the Novato United under-10 team at age eight. At age thirteen, Wilson joined Marin F.C. and played for the California (North) Olympic Development Program (ODP) State team for two years.[4]

Wilson played as a midfielder for her high school team, the Marin Catholic Wildcats and as a striker for her club, Marin F.C.[5]

International career

Wilson tried out for the Philippine national team when the national side set up a recruiting camp in November 2012 and March 2013 in Southern California. Wilson was among the youngest players to try out for the team. She managed to earn a spot in the national team and made her first non-FIFA international at the LA Vikings Cup for the Philippine national team.[5] She scored her first goal against Indonesia at the 2013 AFF Women's Championship which ended in a 6–0 win.[4]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Indonesia3–06–02013 AFF Women's Championship
2.30 July 2016Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay Singapore2–02–02016 AFF Women's Championship

References
  1. "Players – National women's senior national team". Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. "Pilipinas Futbol – Camille Wilson". Malditas Pilipinas Futbol. Malditas Pilipinas Futbol. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "Camille Wilson". San Francisco Dons Official Athletics Site.
  4. Wilson, Camille. "BEING A MALDITA: An honor and a privilege". FilAmStar. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. Ross, Ian (19 March 2013). "Prep girls soccer: Marin Catholic's Wilson drawing interest from colleges, the Philippines". Marin Independent Journal. Marin Catholic High School. Retrieved 16 March 2015.


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