Brittany Persaud (born 1 April 1990) is an American-born Guyanese footballer who plays as a

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for Westside Timbers FC, and recently played for Portland Thorns FC of the American

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(NWSL). Persaud has been a member of the Guyana women's national team. She played college soccer for Dayton and Wright State.

College career

At Wright State, Persaud was the all-time leader in assists with 24 during her three-year Raider career, and eighth in points with 56 (16 goals, 24 assists) and shots attempted with 146.

Club career

Persaud played for the Swedish team

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in 2012. Returning to the United States, Persaud signed on with the Ohio-based Dayton Dutch Lions WFC in 2015, appeared on the bench for Portland Thorns FC during the

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, and plays for the Westside Timbers of Women's Premier Soccer League.

International career

''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first''

Managerial career

In 2019, Persaud was a part of the coaching team for Guyana's U20 Women's Team

Honours

;ADO Den Haag Winner * KNVB Women's Cup: 2012–13 Runners-up * BeNe Super Cup: 2012–13

Personal life

Persaud obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Exercise Science at Wright State She also earned a Master of Science in Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands during her European football career.

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* 1990 births Living people Citizens of Guyana through descent Guyanese women's footballers Women's association football forwards SC Telstar VVNH players ADO Den Haag (women) players Guyana women's international footballers Guyanese expatriate women's footballers Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Indo-Guyanese people People from Westerville, Ohio Soccer players from Columbus, Ohio American women's soccer players Dayton Flyers women's soccer players Wright State Raiders women's soccer players Portland Thorns FC players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands American sportspeople of Guyanese descent American people of Indo-Guyanese descent {{Guyana-women-footy-bio-stub